Dance Revolutionaries, a film celebrating Robert Cohan and Kenneth MacMillan in cinemas

Yorke Dance Project will release its dance film, Dance Revolutionaries, on 26 June 2024 in cinemas (in the UK).

Emmy-nominated director David Stewart explores “raw emotion through dance set in stunning locations” with Portraits — a series of five solo dances, and a production of the rarely-seen ballet, Sea of Troubles.

Cohan’s film work Portraits is an intimate series of solos created with award-winning dancers. MacMillan’s Sea of Troubles, inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet, explores grief, jealousy and the drive for revenge.

Yorke Dance Project was established by dancer and choreographer, Yolande Yorke-Edgell, in Los Angeles in 1998. When Yorke-Edgell returned to the UK in 2004 she joined the Richard Alston Dance Company, and when she relaunched the company in 2009, Alston became its Patron.

YDP has since performed seven seasons of work including Robert Cohan, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Lea Anderson, Wendy Houston as well as works by American artists Bella Lewitzky and John Pennington.

“With Dance Revolutionaries – said Yorke-Edgell – we are paying homage to the trailblazing spirit of Cohan and MacMillan, allowing audiences to fully immerse themselves in the movement, connecting to dancers and the drama on a deeper level. We are absolutely thrilled to be bringing these incredible and intimate works to the big screen.”

Yorke Dance Project has created the film in partnership with the Royal Ballet, and it can be seen in select UK cinemas from 26 June 2024.

DANCE REVOLUTIONARIES (PG)
Director: David Stewart 
UK, 2024, 74 m 
Cast: Dane Hurst, Romany Pajdak, Edd Mitton, Jonathan Goddard, Freya Jeffs, Oxana Panchenko, Benjamin Warbis

Gramilano Editor

Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.