Prosthetic leg for amputees designed by Jae-Hyun An to encourage new genre of ballet
Pratt Institute graduate Jae-Hyun An has created a prosthetic leg that allows amputees to perform ballet like never before. More
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P-rouette is a 3D-printed ballet shoe designed to reduce pain felt by the dancer
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design graduate Hadar Neeman has created personalised ballet shoes using 3D-printing technology to reduce dancer's pain. More
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Ching-Hui Yang creates dance training device that imitates muscle memory
Central Saint Martins graduate Ching-Hui Yang has created a series of brass tools that aim to encourage muscle memory to help train dancers. More
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Copper screen stretches across front of Memphis ballet school by Archimania
A metal brise-soleil and a sculptural rooftop block allow a new performing arts centre by Tennessee studio Archimania to stand out in a revitalised district in Midtown Memphis. More
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Chicago Biennial promotes performance art as "a medium of growing importance" for architects
The opening week of this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial featured three architecture-related performances, which artistic directors Johnston Marklee included in the programme to highlight a trend for this mode of expression. More
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Bulbous garments are contorted during Shani Ha's Embody performances
These "wearable sculptures" are designed by French artist Shani Ha to be manipulated during interpretative dance performances. More
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Olafur Eliasson creates scenes of visual trickery for Tree of Codes ballet production
Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson used a combination of mirrors and coloured screens to create different abstract scenes for Wayne McGregor's Tree of Codes ballet. More
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Zoe Robertson's oversized flockOmania creations meld jewellery with performance
Theatrically sized jewellery is the hallmark of Birmingham designer Zoe Robertson, whose exhibition flockOmania opens at The Cass in January. More
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Dancers perform vertical routine across Boston building facade
Performers from experimental dance company Bandaloop leap, flip and spin across the glass facade of a 17-storey tower at Boston's Fan Pier in this choreographed acrobatic act (+ movie). More
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Pablo Bronstein manipulates architectural imagery for choreographed Tate commission
Dancers dressed in bright red jumpers, ballet leggings and oversized pearls promenade and gesticulate within a distorted architectural setting created by artist Pablo Bronstein for his new Tate Britain show (+ slideshow). More
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Robotic vacuum cleaners perform a Viennese Waltz at Biennale Interieur 2014
Interieur 2014: a troop of robotic vacuum cleaners "waltz" with each other around a school gymnasium in this installation for the Biennale Interieur event in Kortrijk, Belgium (+ movie). More
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"Wacky, inflatable, flailing tube man" dances in Les Sins' Bother music video
Music: directors Harry Israelson & Harry Schleiff enlisted the help of a yellow inflatable man called "Mr Wiggles" to make this music video for Les Sins' dance track Bother. More
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Giant kaleidoscope used to create music video for Rufus' single Sundream
Dezeen Music Project: video artist Katzki and director Jackson Mullane built a huge floating kaleidoscope to create the patterns in this music video for Australian dance act Rufus. More
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Designed in Hackney: Costume designs for Carbon Life by Gareth Pugh
Designed in Hackney: we're stepping into the fashion world for Designed in Hackney this week, showcasing fashion designers who are based in the borough every day. We start with Gareth Pugh's sculptural designs for new ballet Carbon Life, which had its premier at the Royal Opera House last month. More
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The New Dance and Music Centre in The Hague by RAU Architects & Powerhouse Company
This proposal by Amsterdam architects RAU and design agency Powerhouse Company is one of three projects vying to win a competition to design a dance and music centre for The Hague. More
