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JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
Bitter-sweet Jaffa dance doc
MARIA DUARTE recommends a film on a unique project uniting Jews and Israeli Arabs
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
Dancing in Jaffa (PG), directed by Hilla Medalia
EVERY autumn Strictly Come Dancing fever grips the nation, uniting both young and old, so could ballroom dancing — in a very different setting — be the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
That is the idealistic notion of renowned ballroom champion Pierre Dulaine who returned to his birthplace of Jaffa in Israel to fulfill a lifelong dream of teaching Jewish and Israeli Arab children to dance together.
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