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Tuesday
09Mar2010

10 March David P France, Srini Pillay

David P France is Artistic Director of the David P France Dance Company.  David blends Modern, Jazz and Ballet, with Hip-Hop to create a truly unique style. Based in New York and Basel, the company has performed in the US and looks forward to staging an upcoming performance in Belgrade.  David tells Ciarán why he thinks dance is "making a serious comeback" among young people.  He offers a free upcoming dance workshop on Saturday March 20th  from 10:30 to 12:00 at the You-Dance studio.

Vicki gives us a great place to steal away for  lunch over the French border: the restaurant at the Hotel Tivoli in Huningue.

Harvard Neuroscientist Srini Pillay joins us to tell us how neuroscience can give us insights into being more effective in business.   English Show contributor Andy Habermacher has arranged a conference in Zürich tomorrow with Dr. Pillay as one of three speakers.  Maximising Profit through Social Intelligence: What Neuroscience Tells Us takes place at the Park Hyatt, Zürich from 3 to 7 pm.

Plus the news from Basel and from Switzerland, local and over-the-borders cultural events, and sports from the region.

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Tuesday
02Mar2010

2 March Conor Lennon, Metro Basel, Rob Stuart

Tonight  a special show - We partner with World Radio Switzerland, in a live simulcast from the Mr. Pickwick pub on Steinenvorstadt in Basel.

Our own Greg Cotter teams up with Conor Lennon to co-host both the Wrap and The English Show sequentially.  The Wrap is a daily drivetime show from 16:30 to 19:00 broadcast nationally on the DAB+ digital network and on satellite and cable. Tonight they make way for the English show at 18:30 and we broadcast together until 20:00.

 

Matt spoke with Ingrid DuPlain of the Metro Basel Association,  a movement to drive a shared vision for the future of Basel. Metro Basel is a consortium af citizens and businesses whose goal is to support the entire Dreiländereck region by promoting quality of life for citizens, attracting knowledge workers from around the globe, and driving a thriving life sciences industry.

 

 Rob Stuart stopped by for his monthly cinema review. Rob brings highlights of the BAFTA (BritishAssociation of Film & Television Awards) held in London last month. The glitterati provided a spectacular array of British acting, dancing, singing, editing, sound talent, according to Rob.

The star film that should make it here to Basel is the 60's romp called An Education directed by Lone Scherfig and cleverly played by the stylish starlet everyone's talking about, Carey Mulligan.

Other topics: a preview for the Orange Cinema , the Film Festival Freibourg and, of course, what's on at local cinemas now. Recomendations include  the new musical Nine, Sherlock Holmes and The Ghost Writer.

 

The team saying good night with Greg and Conor Lennon on location at the Mr Pickwick Pub

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Tuesday
23Feb2010

23 February Lory Bonavia, Roy Zuckerman, Ann Allen

Lory Bonavia, dance instructor at the Basel Tango Schule shares her enthusiasm for the Argentinian Tango with Maria and gives us all the low-down on the tango scene in Basel -  where  and when to practice and where to learn more about the Tango. If you're inclined to see just what its all about, try the introductory practice session every Monday at the school grounds in the Clarahof. Upcoming Tango events in Basel include the International Tango Festival during Easter, and a seminar by world masters of the Argentinian Tango Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne.

Amy interviewed Roy, who just returned from a long weekend at  the 60th International Film Festival, the Berlinale.  In spite of the sub-zero weather, there was plenty to do, including sampling the many film offerings,  visiting world class museums on Museum Isle  and the  architecturally reknowned Jewish Museum, checking out the renovated Potsdamer Platz and enjoying great restaurants. Highly recommended are the Circus Hotel in the Mitte, part of former East Germany, the restaurants  Dudu  (Asian Fusion) and Rosa Caletta.  (Jamaican). A vibrant city, Berlin is easily accessed from Basel by plane or train.

Matt speaks with  Ann Allen, director of the medieval dance and music festival Nox Illuminata, from March 3-6th.  There is nothing quite like it anyplace else in the world: a four day festival of the senses, with music from the middle ages to baroque with a twist of with modern hip hop beats, brasilian grooves and jazz harmonies.... add a splash of decadent decoration, some innovative staging, a glass of champagne or two and you have a pretty good idea of what Nox Illuminata is all about.

Next week - we'll have a special simulcast of The English Show courtesy of a cooperation between Radio X and World Radio Switzerland. We'll be broadcasting live from the Mr. Pickwick Pub on Stenientorstrasse - the movie theater street. Come on down to the pub if you'd like to see us in action.

 

 

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