LES BALLETS RUSSES AND LITERATURE
At: Woking Library, Gloucester Walk, Woking
Wednesday 23 February, 7pm - 8.30pm
FREE event.
To reserve a place, call Woking Library on 01483 770591 or
email: woking.library@surreycc.gov.uk
See Ballet Biarritz Un Hommage aux Ballet Russes

Les Ballets Russes influenced some of most important artists in the early 20th century, including Stravinsky, Picasso, Derain and Ravel. Lesser known are the shared ideas and aesthetics with writers and literature. Virginia Woolf was a frequent visitor of dance performances and looked at dance and movement for inspiration and influence.
Dr Susan Jones, lecturer in English Literature at Oxford University, has researched and written about the exchange of ideas between dance and early 20th century literature, especially in the work of Virginia Woolf.
She will discuss the connections of dance and literature in some of Virginia Woolf's famous works: Mrs Dalloway, Night and Day and The Years.

DANCE TRADITION AND NEW APPROACHES IN SOUTH INDIAN DANCE
At: The Lounge at the New Victoria Theatre
Tuesday 1 March, 6.15pm – 7.15pm
FREE event prior to Padmini Chettur performance.
For details call 01483 726438

Chennai (Madras) is the main centre of training classical Indian dance style Bharata Natyam and home to many dance artists, both traditional and contemporary, including Padmini Chettur.
It is a melting pot of the historical and the new.
Dr Janet O'Shea, lecturer in dance studies at the University of Surrey, and Vidya Thirunarayan, artistic director of Sankalpam Dance Company, talk about dance in southern India, its roots, how it is taught and how today's artists confront the past and the future.