As a performer, Harry Price nurtured a keen interest in film through his work with London dance company Balletboyz – who we last saw on Dn with in-flight safety demonstration inspired short Flight – and as an independent filmmaker felt it only right to collaborate work with the company for his directorial debut Limet. Inspired by Price’s desire to dig into the complexities of human relationships and translate intricate emotions and feelings into movement, Limpet showcases a lived in intimacy through close handheld camerawork and simple yet effective cinematography, all brought together by a stark, realist and layered sound design. As intended, there is no clear linear narrative to the film; instead, recurring themes of water and the juxtaposition of public and private spaces all echo through the short, uniting its components into a great whole. Ahead of today’s Directors Notes Limpet premiere, we spoke to Price about finding a...
- 3/26/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Pete Townshend has released a new song, “Can’t Outrun the Truth,” his first solo single in 29 years. The track was composed and produced by Rachel Fuller (Townshend’s wife and sometimes collaborator) under the name Charlie Pepper, and reflects on the lack of human interaction caused by the pandemic.
The song is accompanied by the Who guitarist’s first solo video in 40 years. The video was shot in a series of one-take performances by a creative team of Michael Nunn and William Trevitt.
“Can’t Outrun the Truth” was...
The song is accompanied by the Who guitarist’s first solo video in 40 years. The video was shot in a series of one-take performances by a creative team of Michael Nunn and William Trevitt.
“Can’t Outrun the Truth” was...
- 3/24/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Chrissie Hynde will be releasing an album of Bob Dylan covers, the Pretenders singer announced on Monday. The LP, titled Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan, will be out on May 21st via BMG.
In a statement, Hynde explains that she recorded the album during the Covid-19 lockdown with her Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne.
“A few weeks into lockdown last year, James sent me the new Dylan track ‘Murder Most Foul.’ Listening to that song completely changed everything for me,” Hynde says, echoing what she told Rolling Stone...
In a statement, Hynde explains that she recorded the album during the Covid-19 lockdown with her Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne.
“A few weeks into lockdown last year, James sent me the new Dylan track ‘Murder Most Foul.’ Listening to that song completely changed everything for me,” Hynde says, echoing what she told Rolling Stone...
- 5/10/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Company unveils plans for its summer slate including ‘Maradona’, ‘Horrible Histories’.
Altitude Film Distribution, the releasing arm of UK mini-studio Altitude Film Entertainment, has added four titles to its UK release slate.
The company has picked up rights to Andre Singer and Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev. The film, which premiered at Telluride last year, sees Herzog interview the former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to get an insight into his life and career. Altitude picked up the title from History Films and will release in November.
Altitude has also bought Little Monsters, the...
Altitude Film Distribution, the releasing arm of UK mini-studio Altitude Film Entertainment, has added four titles to its UK release slate.
The company has picked up rights to Andre Singer and Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev. The film, which premiered at Telluride last year, sees Herzog interview the former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to get an insight into his life and career. Altitude picked up the title from History Films and will release in November.
Altitude has also bought Little Monsters, the...
- 5/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Members of the BalletBoyz dance company provide the choreography in this uneven film about dance
Here is a lo-fi indie about dance that won the best UK feature award at last year's Raindance festival. Chris Payne directs, and Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt of the BalletBoyz dance company provide the choreography. There are some unusual ideas and a self-conscious sort of potential, but it fails to come together. Oriel is a charismatic Cuban dancer who catches the eye of Maya, an elegant young woman, one day on the tube: driven by a sense that he knows her from somewhere, Oriel strikes up a conversation and the two begin a spontaneous, complex relationship. They are played by professional dancers, Arionel Vargas and Cindy Jourdain. I spent this movie wishing I could have watched it in another form, telling the same story as a stage ballet, with Vargas and Jourdain expressing everything through dance.
Here is a lo-fi indie about dance that won the best UK feature award at last year's Raindance festival. Chris Payne directs, and Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt of the BalletBoyz dance company provide the choreography. There are some unusual ideas and a self-conscious sort of potential, but it fails to come together. Oriel is a charismatic Cuban dancer who catches the eye of Maya, an elegant young woman, one day on the tube: driven by a sense that he knows her from somewhere, Oriel strikes up a conversation and the two begin a spontaneous, complex relationship. They are played by professional dancers, Arionel Vargas and Cindy Jourdain. I spent this movie wishing I could have watched it in another form, telling the same story as a stage ballet, with Vargas and Jourdain expressing everything through dance.
- 11/8/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Raindance Festival award-winner set for a November 2013 release in the UK.
Love Tomorrow, a romantic drama starring professional ballet dancers, has been picked up by Soda Pictures for theatrical release in the UK.
Soda plans to release the film on November 8, with a preview screening and Q&A in partnership with Sadlers Wells.
Directed by Christopher Payne and produced by Stephanie Moon, Love Tomorrow picked up the Best UK Feature prize at the Raindance Film Festival last autumn.
The film stars former Royal Ballet soloist Cindy Jourdain and English National Ballet principal Arionel Vargas and centres on a chance meeting between two troubled dancers.
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt (aka The Ballet Boyz) choreographed some of the dance scenes, and co-produced through their company, Manilla Productions.
Moon said: “Our director and cast will be fully supporting Soda in their efforts to reach the audience we are confident the film will find.”...
Love Tomorrow, a romantic drama starring professional ballet dancers, has been picked up by Soda Pictures for theatrical release in the UK.
Soda plans to release the film on November 8, with a preview screening and Q&A in partnership with Sadlers Wells.
Directed by Christopher Payne and produced by Stephanie Moon, Love Tomorrow picked up the Best UK Feature prize at the Raindance Film Festival last autumn.
The film stars former Royal Ballet soloist Cindy Jourdain and English National Ballet principal Arionel Vargas and centres on a chance meeting between two troubled dancers.
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt (aka The Ballet Boyz) choreographed some of the dance scenes, and co-produced through their company, Manilla Productions.
Moon said: “Our director and cast will be fully supporting Soda in their efforts to reach the audience we are confident the film will find.”...
- 7/18/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Love Tomorrow gets it’s world premiere tomorrow at the Raindance Film Festival and we’ve got the first look at the trailer for you right here. Directed by Christopher Payne (The Jolly Boys’ Last Stand), Produced by Stephanie Moon and co-produced and choreographed by Emmy-Award winning film-makers Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt (BalletBoyz), Love Tomorrow is a love story set over one day between two dancers who meet by chance on the streets of London.
Check out the beautifully shot trailer for the movie below along with the poster for the movie which has been nominated in the ‘Best Feature’ category at the 2012 Raindance Film Festical. Visit the Raindance website for more info.
Set in present day London, Love Tomorrow focuses on the story of an ex-ballet dancer (Cindy Jourdain) whose life is turned upside down after receiving devastating news. Wandering the underground in a torment of pain and confusion,...
Check out the beautifully shot trailer for the movie below along with the poster for the movie which has been nominated in the ‘Best Feature’ category at the 2012 Raindance Film Festical. Visit the Raindance website for more info.
Set in present day London, Love Tomorrow focuses on the story of an ex-ballet dancer (Cindy Jourdain) whose life is turned upside down after receiving devastating news. Wandering the underground in a torment of pain and confusion,...
- 10/3/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Heading into last night’s Mia Michaels tribute episode of So You Think You Can Dance, I was a little worried the judges would get so caught up in praising new renditions of the choreographer’s seven most memorable routines that their actual critiques would be reduced into something of a “You get a gold star! And you get a gold star! And you get a gold star!” mess.
What I wasn’t expecting was the sight of Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy in a bad cop-bad cop routine, interrogating dancers beneath a single, swinging lightbulb to determine whether or...
What I wasn’t expecting was the sight of Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy in a bad cop-bad cop routine, interrogating dancers beneath a single, swinging lightbulb to determine whether or...
- 8/16/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
It's been two weeks since we last got any So You Think You Can Dance action (something about "Olympics"? Whatever.) It's so good to have it back - and here are our top 14 to reminds us what we've been missing! Cat's back, too, and she's here to tell us all about tonight's show - it's going to be a tribute to a certain Mia Michaels! Yep, all the dancers are going to be performing classic Mia routines from previous seasons, so we should be in for some serious treats. There are some exciting judges, here, too - Nigel and Mary are joined by the 'Ballet Boys' - Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt. Of course, there's also an elimination to come - four dancers will be heading home based on the votes from the last show, meaning they'll miss out on the Top 10 and the tour. But that's a while away yet,...
- 8/16/2012
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
After a two-week Olympics hiatus, four contestants were eliminated tonight (Aug. 15) on "So You Think You Can Dance," in which the dancers honored Emmy-winning choreographer and judge Mia Michaels by performing her iconic routines.
Of the six dancers who received the fewest votes, Matthew Kazmierczak, Dareian Kujawa, Janelle Issis and Amelia Lowe were sent home.
Lindsay Arnold and George Lawrence II were spared by Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and guest judges Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt (the Ballet Boyz).
The Top 10 finalists, including Arnold and Lawrence, will be paired next week with 'Sytcd' All-Star partners.
Natalie Portman's new husband, "Black Swan" choreographer Benjamin Millepied, will be a guest judge on the Aug. 22 two-hour show.
Of the six dancers who received the fewest votes, Matthew Kazmierczak, Dareian Kujawa, Janelle Issis and Amelia Lowe were sent home.
Lindsay Arnold and George Lawrence II were spared by Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and guest judges Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt (the Ballet Boyz).
The Top 10 finalists, including Arnold and Lawrence, will be paired next week with 'Sytcd' All-Star partners.
Natalie Portman's new husband, "Black Swan" choreographer Benjamin Millepied, will be a guest judge on the Aug. 22 two-hour show.
- 8/16/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
As a tribute to Emmy-winning So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Mia Michaels, the Top 14 will be performing her classic routines from previous seasons. So we're basically expecting to feel the angst and sorrow tonight, and not just because four contestants will be eliminated.
Also: Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt, choreographers and founders of modern dance troupe Ballet Boyz, will be handling the guest-judge duties tonight.
Let's get down to the routines:
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Also: Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt, choreographers and founders of modern dance troupe Ballet Boyz, will be handling the guest-judge duties tonight.
Let's get down to the routines:
Read More >...
- 8/16/2012
- by Hanh Nguyen
- TVGuide - Breaking News
The Olympics are over, so that means it's time for an all-new, all-live performance/elimination double header of "So You Think You Can Dance"! Cat is wearing Heidi hair to celebrate! Even better, the entire show is dedicated to the work of one choreographer: Mia Michaels. Oh, and four people (two guys, two gals) are going home. Yay. Not. Our judges will be Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and guest judges ballet superstars Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt. Michael and Billy are top ballet dancers who have a show which is not going to be named on "Sytycd" (psst, it's "Chance to Dance" on Ovation, and it debuts on Friday) but is produced...
- 8/16/2012
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage. The two stars of Ovation’s new dance competition series A Chance To Dance, Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt, will soon appear as judges on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, Nunn said this morning at TCAs. The crossover is not unexpected. At a TCA panel this morning on the new dance show, Nunn and Trevitt appeared alongside the show’s producers, the father-son team of Nigel and Simon Lythgoe (producers of American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance). It premieres Aug. 17 as one of two new original programming series for Ovation. The other is Johnny Cash: Song By Song, premiering Oct. 7. The show follows Nunn and Trevitt, two former Royal Ballet dancers who have reinvented themselves as “The Ballet Boyz”, as they audition, select and train an American ballet company in 28 days. Nunn said that their...
- 8/1/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
If "So You Think You Can Dance" isn't enough hoofing and pirouetting for you, you'll be happy to know that "Sytycd" producer Nigel Lythgoe has another dance-oriented series for you. The 7-part series "A Chance to Dance," which premieres Friday, Aug. 17 (10 p.m. Et) follows two former ballet dancers Billy Trevitt and Michael Nunn as they travel across the country to put together a dance troupe in just four weeks. Why four weeks? "Because the theater was booked," said Lythgoe, who said this isn't so much about eliminating dancers but putting Trevitt and Nunn to the test. "It isn't a...
- 8/1/2012
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
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