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World Service,07 Aug 1981,28 mins
The Dance Theatre of Harlem energises the Royal Opera House
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The Dance Theater of Harlem has brought a diverse new repertoire to London for its season at the Royal Opera House. Review of a new Stravinsky recording of Agon by London Sinfonietta. Director Shohei Imamura gives audiences an insider's view of Japanese society in the season at the National Film Theatre in London. In Cologne, West Germany, Waldemar Januszczak reviews the vast new exhibition Western art from 1939 to the present, describing it as the "most important exhibition of art seen since the war in Europe, indeed in the world." Presenter: Alexander Walker. Picture: Ballet shoes Credit: Thinkstock
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