Bill & Ted in middle age: ‘We felt if we did it with heart, it would work’
Alex Winter on friendship with Keanu Reeves, the risky new film and the fun side of fame
How are composers affected by lockdowns, wars and revolutions?
From Stravinsky to Schoenberg, composers differed in their treatment of global events in the 20th century
It was 50 years ago today: Choreographing a commemoration of Sgt Pepper
Mark Morris’s Pepperland, a dance celebration of the Beatles album, is coming to Dublin
Louise Brooks: ‘I was always late, but just too damn stunning for them to fire me’
The dancer, actor, gossip columnist and muse was one of the most modern of stars
James Taylor, Tom Ó Drisceoil, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Alina Pogostkina: the best classical music this week
Taylor and Ó Drisceoil play rare two-harpsichord works; Leonskaja plays with the ICO; Pogostkina plays with the RTÉ NCO
Talking won’t always help war-trauma victims. But dance might
Tom Clonan joins a cast of dancers who are finding new ways to describe the brutality of war
The movement of people: dancing about migration
How can a dance festival engage with the refugee crisis? Powerfully, it seems
Emily Browning: Legend star on her new role
Actress Emily Browning on her role in new film ‘Legend’, about the Kray Twins
An American take on Friel’s Irish Russia
‘Itinerant director’ Ethan McSweeny is bringing his outsider’s eye to Brian Friel’s translation of A Month in the Country at the Gate
Michael Flatley paintings are top sellers at Dublin art auction
Dancer has become one of the most expensive living Irish artists
The naked truth about dance
In Greek mythology, the gods were depicted nude to show their higher status, but these days little inflames indignation like the sight of the naked human body. For some artists, and dancers in particular, it’s an essential, everyday part of their work
Dublin Dance Festival’s opening night shows the rite way to do it
Vaslav Nijinsky’s choreography became a victim of the success of the music in Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. A century later, choreographers are still trying to get to grips with the dance
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