In the programme for the New Dance Group's first performances in 1945, Philip Smithells described the company as ‘anxious to avoid the well-trodden and too worn paths of ballet, operatic, or acrobatic dance, and the type of interpretative dance that reeks with sentimentality.’ New Dance's work, said Rona Bailey, was revolutionary in form and content. Choreography was often shared between members of the group, which attracted good audiences during its three seasons (1945–47). New Dance is shown here performing Bailey's Machine song, which aimed to show the monotony of factory work.
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Dance of the instant: the New Dance Group, 1945-1947. Producer and director, Shirley Horrocks. Point of View Productions, 2008
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