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Trade union movements: why Rambert are 'picketing' 30 years after the miners' strike by Mark Baldwin

Can setting modern dance to brass band music capture the sound and spirit of the miners' strike? Rambert artistic director Mark Baldwin finds lingering hope amid a bitter legacyWhen composer Gavin Higgins was appointed Rambert's inaugural music fellow in 2010 he suggested it would be interesting to explore the 1984/85 miners' strike through music and dance. The strike was a defining political and social moment in rec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM on May 9, 2015

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