Peter Darrell documentary on BBC4
The Elly Taylor documentary 'Peter Darrell Scotland's Dance Pioneer' will be given a Network transmission on BBC FOUR on 7th March 2014 at 7.30pm as part of BBC FOUR'S Dance Season.
This film was first broadcast on BBC-Scotland to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Peter Darrell's untimely death.
You can watch a trailer below.
Peter Darrell's Nutcracker to be performed
Wonderful news - the Scottish Ballet have announced that they will present Peter Darrell's Nutcracker, which will tour during the winter 2014/15 season.
Please click here to read more on Scottish Ballet website.
Join us
Our website has new video interviews, listed under A Life Remembered, with Clement Crisp, David Ellis, Elaine McDonald, John Percival and Paul Tyers.
Big thanks to Geoff Baskerville and Alan Crumlish for interviewing, filming and editing the interviews. Also memories of people who worked with Peter.
We have lots of interview tapes waiting to be edited and more people to film, but as always we need money to be able to continue with this really valuable work.
If you or someone you know might be interested in supporting this work, do get in touch.
Also, if you would like to continue to support the Trust regularly, you can print out a form. It’s only £20 a year to be part of the Peter Darrell Circle. Your support would be very much appreciated.
That’s it for now we’ll keep you up to date with more news as it comes in.A new screening
Peter Darrell Scotland’s Dance Pioneer docu film has been selected to be part of Dance: Film13 programme.
The screening is scheduled for 5th November at 6.10pm at the Filmhouse, Edinburgh – it is part of a double bill.
Check it out here. If you haven’t already seen it, here’s another chance!
BBC4 will screen the film as part of the dance season 'Dance Moments', date/time to be confirmed, so do spread the word!
Prestigious award
Elly Taylor has been announced as the winner of a Certificate of Excellence at the 2013 US International Film and Video Festival for her documentary "Peter Darrell - Scotland's Dance Pioneer".
Elly's work was among more than 1000 entries from 27 countires at the 47th annual awards competition.
Winning submission
"PETER DARRELL - SCOTLAND'S DANCE PIONEER" (SCOTLAND)
CERTIFICATE
DOCUMENTARY: TV: Documentary Programs: BiographyEntrant: Taylored Productions Ltd/Glasgow
Peter Darrell was already a successful and ground-breaking choreographer when he became the first artistic director of Scottish Ballet in 1969. He laid the foundations for the company’s current success and created a catalogue of ballets that deserve reviving. To coincide with the 25th anniversary of his death at the age of just 58, the film explores what made Darrell’s work so innovative and influential with the help of dancer/choreographer Michael Clark, whom he mentored, and Matthew Bourne, the UK’s most successful contemporary choreographer, whom he inspired. Especially for the documentary, Scottish Ballet re-stages an extract from Darrell’s ballet ‘Cheri’.
Producer/Director Elly Taylor
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