Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s greatest contribution to the quintessential American genre, has died. She was 97.
The Stables, a charity and venue Laine founded with her late jazz musician husband, John Dankworth, said Friday it was “greatly saddened” by the news that “one of its founders and Life President, Dame Cleo Laine, has passed away.”
Monica Ferguson, artistic director of The Stables, said Laine “will be greatly missed, but her unique talent will always be remembered.”
Laine’s career spanned the Atlantic and crossed genres: She sang the songs of Kurt Weill, Arnold Schoenberg and Robert Schumann; she acted onstage and on film; and even played God in a production of Benjamin Britten’s “Noye’s Fludde.”
Laine’s life and art were intimately bound up with bandleader Dankworth, who gave her...
The Stables, a charity and venue Laine founded with her late jazz musician husband, John Dankworth, said Friday it was “greatly saddened” by the news that “one of its founders and Life President, Dame Cleo Laine, has passed away.”
Monica Ferguson, artistic director of The Stables, said Laine “will be greatly missed, but her unique talent will always be remembered.”
Laine’s career spanned the Atlantic and crossed genres: She sang the songs of Kurt Weill, Arnold Schoenberg and Robert Schumann; she acted onstage and on film; and even played God in a production of Benjamin Britten’s “Noye’s Fludde.”
Laine’s life and art were intimately bound up with bandleader Dankworth, who gave her...
- 7/25/2025
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Nutcracker goes global in Royal Ballet's trip to the cinema; Altynai Asylmuratova makes the leap in St Petersburg
• Christmas traditionally provides rich pickings for dance fans who can't make it to live shows – and the season starts this Thursday with two very different offerings.
From the Royal Ballet comes a live screening of The Nutcracker, to be shown in cinemas worldwide, and with a cast including Laura Morera and Federico Bonelli as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince; Gary Avis as Drosselmeyer, Francesca Hayward as Clara and Alexander Campbell as the Nutcracker.
For anyone phobic to pink satin and snowflakes, the Tate Modern is hosting a minimalist alternative, a live streaming (at 20:00 GMT) of a new duet by Daniel Linehan, in which the dancers movements are in dialogue with sequences of words projected on the walls of the performance space.
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• Christmas traditionally provides rich pickings for dance fans who can't make it to live shows – and the season starts this Thursday with two very different offerings.
From the Royal Ballet comes a live screening of The Nutcracker, to be shown in cinemas worldwide, and with a cast including Laura Morera and Federico Bonelli as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince; Gary Avis as Drosselmeyer, Francesca Hayward as Clara and Alexander Campbell as the Nutcracker.
For anyone phobic to pink satin and snowflakes, the Tate Modern is hosting a minimalist alternative, a live streaming (at 20:00 GMT) of a new duet by Daniel Linehan, in which the dancers movements are in dialogue with sequences of words projected on the walls of the performance space.
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- 12/11/2013
- by Judith Mackrell
- The Guardian - Film News
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