Josephine Burton
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Josephine Burton is the artistic director and chief executive of Dash Arts, an international arts organisation, that she co-founded with Tim Supple in 2005.[1]
Early life[edit]
Burton grew up in London and studied Classics at Oxford University. At university, Burton practised drama and arts journalism. With Jonathan Walton, she co-founded and sang in Oi Va Voi and formed YaD,[2] an organisation that promoted the arts of the Jewish diaspora[3]
Career[edit]
Burton is the creator of over 80 new pieces of cross art-form work and producer of over 300 gigs at venues including Barbican, Royal Albert Hall, Oval Space, Roundhouse, Sadler’s Wells[4] and South Bank Centre. She is a music advisor for PRS Foundation, professional vocalist and regular host of Dash Arts Podcast,[5] Dash Cafés[6] and events.[7] Burton is also a Salon Guest Artist for Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.[8]
Recent highlights[edit]
- Creation and direction of Dido's Bar[9] in London.
- Creation and direction of The Great Middlemarch Mystery,[10][11] Coventry
- Creation and direction of the internationally celebrated Songs for Babyn Yar[12][13] in London, Berlin, Kyiv, Weimar[14] and New York.[15]
- Creation of an ensemble of rappers from across the Arabic Region, Lyrical Alliance,[16] with the Roundhouse and new work exploring classical music across the post-soviet world, the Renegade Orchestra
- Commission of an adaptation of a Lemony Snicket short story with Tall Stories and the award-winning The Table with Blind Summit[17]
- Commission and production of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet, and Antony Gormley on the Olivier Award-winning Babel at Sadler’s Wells and with choreographer Hofesh Shechter on Plagues
- Creation and direction of Cold Wars at Tate Modern and the Dash Arts Dacha[6][18] with British Library, Latitude Festival and other festivals
References[edit]
- ↑ "INTERVIEW: Josephine Burton Shares her Ideas on Russian Art and Running of Dash Arts. By Anna Prosvetova". Anya Prosvetova. 2017-02-17.
- ↑ "Nu? Musik! New and Creative Jewish Music for 21st Century" (PDF).
- ↑ "Steps to peace: Clubbing and politics". the Guardian. 2002-04-24.
- ↑ "Babel | Dance review". The Guardian. 2010-05-19.
- ↑ "The new podcast about todays big issues through the artistic lens: Josephine Burton talks about the Dash Arts series". Run Riot.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "EUTOPIA - are you ready for it? Josephine Burton launches a new cultural programme". Run Riot.
- ↑ "So, what is Brexit Britain rejecting?". The Jewish Chronicle.
- ↑ "Josephine Burton - Salon Guest Artist". Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
- ↑ "Dido's Bar". The Royal Docks.
- ↑ "Immersive show turns Middlemarch into 1980s murder mystery". The Guardian. 2022-03-17.
- ↑ "The week in theatre: The Great Middlemarch Mystery; The 47th; For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide…". the Guardian. 2022-04-17.
- ↑ "In conversation: Josephine Burton". Jewish Renaissance.
- ↑ "Music Matters - Manchester Camerata at The Monastery in Gorton - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Concert - Yiddish Summer Weimar". yiddishsummer.eu.
- ↑ "Songs for Babyn Yar". www.92ny.org.
- ↑ "Lyrical Alliance Featuring Talib Kweli, Roundhouse, London". The Independent. 2010-10-19.
- ↑ "The Table". blindsummittheatre.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - The Kitchen Cabinet, Series 17, Dash Arts Dacha, Shoreditch". BBC.
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