Ruby TV has landed in Venice for the 67th cinema Biennale which kicks off today with Daron Aronofky’s (The Wrestler) Black Swan starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder. With… Ruby TV at the Venice Film Festival
If you’re flying Qantas throughout September, pick up a copy of The Australian Way and flick through to read my story on Australian Creatives Abroad featuring Simon T Rann (Paris), Luke Davies (LA), Monique Julian… Qantas Creatives Abroad
Recently when in Barcelona for the Tap On Barcelona festival, Franco, a friend and man- about- town invited me to the inauguration of his ex-flatmate’s frozen yoghurt shop in Barceloneta- LIKK. While Ruby TV usually… LIKK Barcelona
Ruby TV shuffles off to… Barcelona for the 3rd annual Tap On Barcelona Tap Dance Festival. Featuring Chloe Arnold, Jason Samuels Smith, Sebastian Weber, Jérémy Champagne, Guillem Alonso, Roser Font, Tap Olé, Walk on Tap… Ruby TV at Tap On Barcelona Festival 2010
Last night the Tap On Barcelona festival 2010 wrapped with a screening of tap classics and favourites chosen by Chloe Arnold and Guillem Alonso followed by a closing jam and a glass of cava- Catalan… Tap films, wrap jam and cava
Despite being on the tail end of hours and hours of classes, Chloe and Jason gave generous and inspiring interviews yesterday evening in their hotel (with Sagrada Familiar views). Sebastian is leaving tomorrow so return… Masterclasses, open air jams and frozen yoghurt
… have routines floating around with exercisers noted, videod, half memorised and simply forgotten. Sebastian’s classes are really smooth and precise; Chloe’s advance kills us but we keep coming back… and Guillem’s choreography and Spanish… 10 + hours of tap later
My festival nearly ends on day two – as I swing past the Sagrada Familia and take a left past the hords of tourists minutes before class, I realise I’ve forgotten socks! With blisters still… Tap On Barcelona Day 2- I Love Tap (?)
The stage was hot at Harlem Jazz Club in Barcelona last night as the talented, warm and excitable host Ludovico Hombravella Suarez compared the tap jam. With the international guests, the audience was offered French- Spanish… Barcelona’s Harlem
I’m still deciding over three classes or four as I walk pas the Sagrada Familia at eleven and bump into locals Yvan and Ludo who are on the way home to sleep after registering and… Tap On Barcelona- Classes Begin!
There’s a blue, cloudless sky in Barcelona and while the locals in Gracia sip a morning wine or espresso and cigarette (seems strange now but people can still smoke inside in Spain), I slurp a… Tap On Barcelona 2010 kicks off
Summer has finally settled into Europe and here at Ruby TV we are enjoying it in Bordeaux for a week to warm up for the Tap On Barcelona festival that kicks off on July 24.… Summer Tapping
Hot on the heel taps of last week’s Paris Claquettes 2010 concert, thanks to Victor Cuno & co, another tap event is happening this Thursday in Paris, also under Cuno’s artistic direction. A meeting of music… Rubén Sánchez to shuffle Spanish beats into Paris tap event
Tuesday 29 Juin Café de la Dance In October 2000, I had just gotten off the plane in Paris and decided I needed to take a tap class. With the help of a friendly local… Victor Cuno’s Paris Claquettes 2010 Spectacle
From Friday 18th – Sunday 20th June from 11am to 7pm in the Square Réné Viviani directly next to Shakespeare & Company, the globally famous English bookshop in Paris is hosting a literary festival. Readings,… Storytelling and Politics in Paris this weekend
The Cabaret des Filles de Joie de Juliette Dragon at the Bellevilloise with Merci Madame and special guests Rachel Gardner Smith, Marion Sandner and Jazmin Baret. Le Cabaret des Filles de Joie perform in France… Le Cabaret des Filles de Joie with Merci Madame Clip
Thanks to Kitty Hartl, Isabelle from Les films du Poisson and the great burlesque star studded cast of Tournée, I got backstage interviews at the Wild Bunch party in Cannes . It was the night… Backstage with the stars of Tournée- SBS video
The French-Australian co-production The Tree closed the Festival de Cannes and is currently featuring in the Sydney Film Festival. Here are the interviews in Cannes with producer Sue Taylor, director Julie Bertuccelli and actors Charlotte… The Tree Cannes Interviews – SBS
Four international journalists talk to Ruby about the role of the film critic and give some tips of the best films from Cannes 2010. Filmed/directed by Elise McLeod. Meet Ali Naderzad (Screen Comment), Rodrigo Fonseca… Inside Words from the Press- Cannes Film Festival SBS video
First timers and well experienced festival shakers share their experiences and emotions of Cannes with Ruby and Elise McLeod (camera/direction). The girls dash from the market to the terrace of the Grand Hotel to a… Virgins & Veterans at the Cannes Film Festival- SBS Video