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Friday Releases for February 2

Friday is the busiest day of the week for new releases, so we've decided to collect them all in one place. Friday Releases for February 2 include Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Argylle, The Promised Land, and more.

Argylle

Argylle, the new movie from Matthew Vaughn, is out today.

Bryce Dallas Howard is Elly Conway, the reclusive author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night at home with her computer and her cat, Alfie. But when the plots of Elly’s fictional books—which center on secret agent Argylle and his mission to unravel a global spy syndicate—begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by Aiden (Sam Rockwell), a cat-allergic spy, Elly (carrying Alfie in her backpack) races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Elly’s fictional world and her real one begins to blur.

The Promised Land

The Promised Land, the new movie from Nikolaj Arcel, is out today.

In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) – a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero – sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. He seeks to start farming crops, build a colony in the name of the King, and gain a noble title for himself. This beautiful but forbidding area also happens to be under the rule of the merciless Frederik De Schinkel, a preening nobleman who realizes the threat Kahlen represents to his power. Struggling against the elements and local brigands, Kahlen is joined by a couple who have fled the clutches of the rapacious De Schinkel. As this group of misfits begins to build a small community in this inhospitable place, De Schinkel swears vengeance, and the confrontation between him and Kahlen promises to be as violent and intense as these two men.

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane, the new movie from Terry Miles, is out today.

After Wild Bill is killed in a poker game, Calamity Jane must break out of prison and seek revenge before the Deadwood’s Sheriff can arrest them.

Orion and the Dark

Orion and the Dark, the new movie from Sean Charmatz, is out today.

A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Dark.

Scrambled

Scrambled, the new movie from Leah McKendrick, is out today.

Quintessential eternal bridesmaid Nellie Robinson (Leah McKendrick) constantly finds herself between weddings, baby showers, and bad dates. When she begins to feel like the clock is ticking and is faced with bleak romantic prospects, Nellie decides to freeze her eggs — setting her on an empowering journey to a brave new world where she ultimately discovers “the one” she’s looking for might be herself.

Skin Deep

Skin Deep, the new movie from Alex Schaad, is out today.

Seeking a retreat where they can salvage their struggling relationship, young couple Leyla (Mala Emde) and Tristan (Jonas Dassler) travel to a remote island at the invitation of Leyla’s childhood friend Stella, where it soon becomes clear that what the island offers is more mysterious than a simple vacation. Leyla and Tristan join another couple in a ritual to exchange bodies and see the world through the eyes of someone else – a chance to find themselves or, for some of them, a chance at escape. Free from the constraints of her former body, Leyla quickly finds she has never been happier, with a fresh outlook on life and a new sense of release and fulfillment. But when she refuses to return to her old self, the situation threatens to spiral out of control.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the new TV series from Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover, is out today.

Two lonely strangers land a job working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world travels and a dream brownstone in Manhattan. The catch: new identities in an arranged marriage as Mr. & Mrs. John and Jane Smith. Now hitched, John and Jane navigate a high risk mission every week while also facing a new relationship milestone. Their complex cover story becomes even more complicated when they catch real feelings for each other. What’s riskier, espionage or marriage?

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur S2

The second season of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, the TV series from Steve Loter, Jeffrey M. Howard, and Kate Kondell, is out today.

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur have it all under control! In the new season, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur are in their element as Super Heroes; however, as Moon Girl’s Super Hero-ing intertwines more with her personal life, she must decide if the cost of keeping her identity a secret is worth the toll it takes on her family.

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, the new game from Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Games, is out today.

From the creators of Batman: Arkham, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a genre-defying third-person action shooter where the ultimate band of misfits must do the impossible: Kill the Justice League.

Legendary Hoplite

Legendary Hoplite, the new game from TripleBricksGames and Ravenage Games, is out today.

A combination of Action RPG and Tower Defense: slay monsters, find weapons, upgrade your armies, defend your base… Prevent humanity from extinction at the hands of monsters from Greek mythology and ancient tribes. Don't let them cross the gate, commander!

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What Are The Best Dance Shows In London This Spring?

While the spring season may seem less razzle-dazzle compared to last winter's big hitters (a la Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes or Akram Khan’s Giselle), don’t be April-fooled. There's still a wealth of gems up the city's dance sleeves. In this case: a few seasoned favourites, along with a host of inventive (and topical) premieres. Here's a few of our top picks.   Ballet on a bigger scale Marina Minguez as the Fairy Godmother in My First Ballet: Cinderella. Photo by Ash. Look out for Kenneth Macmillan’s devastatingly dark Mayerling at the ROH, based on the true story of the mysterious double death of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary and the 17 year-old Mary Vetsera in 1889. The genius of Macmillan's choreography lies in its ability to convincingly present lead character Rudolf with apprehension and discomfort. Listen out for music by prolific Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (Years of Pilgrimage). SS Publicised as the first ever abstract three-act ballet, George Balanchine’s 1967 creation Jewels also returns to ROH. Emeralds features art nouveau lampshades set to music by Gabriel Fauré; while Rubies utilises a jazzy Stravinsky score and a rich set. Diamonds dresses the dancers in white, and employs Tchaikovsky's Polish Symphony No. 3. SS The English National Ballet School heads to the Peacock Theatre for its sixth year with My First Ballet: Cinderella, enabling children as young as three to experience a classic ballet production. This reimagining of the popular fairy tale promises all the delicate steps and ravishing costumes of the traditional ballet, with the addition of a narrator and an adapted musical score allowing little ones to follow the proceedings. PE Jewels (Royal Ballet): Royal Opera House, 1-21 April 2017. Tickets: £4-£100 My First Ballet: Cinderella (English National Ballet and English National Ballet School), The Peacock, 11-22 April, Tickets £10-£25 Mayerling (Royal Ballet): Royal Opera House, 28 April-13 May 2017. Tickets: £4-£100. Mixed bills Pina Bausch's Le Sacre Du Printemps. Photo By Ulli Weiss. Not seen in the UK since 2008, Pina Bausch's iconic Rite of Spring (Le Sacre Du Printemps) is performed with a live Stravinsky accompaniment by the English National Ballet Philharmonic. William Forsythe and Hans van Manen also add to this hotly-anticipated triple bill, putting a spotlight on Tamara Rojo's English National Ballet this season. LS Considered by some as "the world's most popular living dance maker", Matthew Bourne takes audiences on a set of entertaining New Adventures this April at Sadler's Wells in celebration of his company's 30th anniversary. From a tour of Gay Paree in The Infernal Gallop to post-war vignettes featuring pas de deuxs and pastoral clog-dances in Town and Country, Bourne gives audiences a taster of his earlier works, and a clear reminder of his raw talent. The ROH showcases two new mixed bills that are not to be overlooked. One contains the first revival of David Dawson's The Human Seasons, Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain of 2005 and a piece by Crystal Pite that is so new it doesn’t even have a name yet.  SS The other features the first revival of Christopher Wheeldon's Strapless; The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, a classic work by modern master William Forsythe (that has not been seen at the Royal Ballet for nearly 15 years); George Balanchine’s Tarantella and a new work by Liam Scarlett set to Sergei Rachmaninov's brilliant Symphonic Dances. SS Ballet Black's Triple Bill — first presented at Barbican in spring 2016 — delighted a new generation of dance fans with an uncharted bold style of choreography. Artistic director Cassa Pancho commissions the triple bill once more, blending international dancers of black and Asian descent with edgy pieces from the likes of celebrated British choreographer Michael Corder and South Bank Award winner Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (who gives Red Riding Hood a surprising twist). Barbican also brings Julie Cunningham — whose performances with Michael Clark Company have won her a Critics' Circle Award — back for a double bill that utilises dance and spoken word to explore gender and identity. Expect a hip hop-influenced reworking of an ancient Greek myth and tracks by Anohni (Antony and the Johnsons) offering a contrast in the artist's dynamic approach. Julie Cunningham & Company with Julie Cunningham, Alex Williams, Hannah Burfield and Harry Alexander. Photo by Stephen Wright. Ballet Black Triple Bill (Cassa Pancho): Barbican, 2-4 March, Tickets: £16-£30 Julie Cunningham and Company - Double Bill (Julie Cunningham Company): Barbican, 8-11 March, Tickets: £18  The Human Seasons / After the Rain / New Crystal Pite (Royal Ballet): Royal Opera House, 16 – 24 March 2017. Tickets: £3-£50. Pina Bausch/ William Forsythe / Hans van Manen (English National Ballet): Sadler's Wells, 23 March-1 April 2017. Tickets: £12-£55. New Adventures (Matthew Bourne) Sadler's Wells, 3 April-8 April 2017. Tickets: £12-£45. The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude / Tarantella / Strapless / Symphonic Dances (Royal Ballet): Royal Opera House, 18-31 May. Tickets: £3-£100. Dance with a twist Wayne McGregor's Tree of Codes. Photo by Joel Chester Fildes. Inspired by Jonathan Safran Foer's book of the same name, Sadler's Wells associate artist Wayne McGregor's Tree of Codes comes to London following critical acclaim at last year's Manchester International Festival. The cast includes soloists and dancers from The Paris Opera Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor, with sets by Olafur Eliasson (think back to "that sun" at Tate Modern in 2003), and a score by Mercury Prize-winning Jamie xx. Ex-Royal Ballet prodigy Sergei Polunin brings Project Polunin to Sadler's Wells, where he aims to create new dance works through the collaboration of artists, musicians and choreographers for both stage and film. This triple bill includes the world premiere of Narcissus and Echo, a piece co-created by Polunin in collaboration with composer Ilan Eshkeri, who wrote the music for Polunin's biographical film Dancer, and photographer and artist David LaChapelle. A re-enactment of Casanova is brought to the stage by Northern Ballet — who in February won Best Classical Choreography at the National Dance Awards for their version of 1984. Don't miss a sultry, custom score from film composer Kerry Muzzey, played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia, and designs from the Tony and Olivier award-winning Christopher Oram. Prepare yourselves for a fresh take on 18th century seduction. It wouldn't be a dance season without Akram Khan. In a much anticipated return to Sadler's Wells, the artist performs in his tale of home and heritage — Desh — which first opened in 2011 to great praise. Stories spanning both Britain and Bangladesh (the homeplace of his parents) are brought to life by Oscar-winning visual artist Tim Yip, Olivier Award-winning composer Jocelyn Pook, writer and poet Karthika Naïr and slam poet PolarBear. Akram Khan in Desh. Photo by Richard Haughton. Tree of Codes (The Paris Opera Ballet, Company Wayne McGregor): Sadler’s Wells, 4-11 March, Tickets: £12-£45 (look out for dates, most shows sold out). Project Polunin: Sadler's Wells, 14-18 March, Tickets: £12-£60 (look out for dates, most shows sold out). Dancer (featuring Sergei Polunin): in UK cinemas Thursday March 2 (with an exclusive satellite Q&A March 2). Casanova (Northern Ballet): Sadler's Wells, 9-13 May, Tickets: £12-£45 Desh (Akram Khan): Sadler’s Wells, 31 May - 3 June, Tickets: £12-£45 Making a statement Darren Johnston's Zero Point. Photo by Darren Johnston. Avant-garde artist Boris Charmatz allures audiences with an after-dark, off-site dance experience — danse de nuit — whereby six dancers move by "a palpable sense of urgency", taking into consideration events such as the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, where people operate within a probable sense of danger. Stirring duo Project O revisit how dance can explore, heal and challenge the violence and oppression that haunts our society in Voodoo (presented at Sadler's Wells as a two hour spectacle with four back-to-back showings). Experience two women's attempt at tapping into their individual and collective power, and communicating with the past, present and future.   Barbican gets eclectic, or perhaps electric, with Darren Johnston's Zero Point that fuses digital imagery with meditative choreography. Hypnotic light and video projections promise to fill the stage-space, along with an ensemble of Japanese dancers. Canadian composer and pioneer of experimental electronic music Tim Hecker provides an additional energy to power the piece. The Place takes on Rosalind in a collaboration with Korean dancers and artists. Spearheaded by James Cousins, who in 2012 won the New Adventures Choreographer Award selected by Matthew Bourne, the show (as part of The Place's explosive dance season) tells the story of one woman's pursuit of enlightenment via the wondrous nights of a big city. Cousins prods audiences with the question, "Do women still need to take on stereotypical masculinity in order to find equality in our modern world’? Rosalind (James Cousins Company): The Place, 15-18 March, Tickets: £12-£18 Voodoo (Project O): Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis Studio, 12 May, Tickets: £17 danse de nuit (Boris Charmatz): Sadler's Wells off-site location, 17-20 May, Tickets: £20 (£15 concessions)   Zero Point (Darren Johnston): Barbican, 25-27 May, Tickets: £16-£30 Additional writing contributions from Sam Smith (SS), Lise Smith (LS) and Phillipa Ellis (PE).

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Choreographer Joe Moran and Dance Art Foundation present the World Premiere of On The Habit of Being Oneself in the Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadler’s Wells on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 September. The production is an arresting new work encouraging the audience to pay attention to what dancing does. Moran creates work concerned with dance’s potential as a contemporary art form and has worked extensively in the visual arts, in both in theatres and galleries, and is currently a Sadler’s Wells Summer University artist.

On The Habit of Being Oneself places full-bodied, unmediated dancing under the spotlight. On a stripped back stage, seven dancers perform relentless dancing over 50 minutes inviting audiences into a direct and accumulative performance encounter. Dancers engage in perceptual and conceptual puzzles in ways that problematize or complicate their subjectivities, making visible their thinking and practice of dancing. Whilst the dancing is complex, the relentless single activity unfolding on stage builds through time in a way that quietly and yet insistently provokes the audience’s attention.

The production was created and developed in residence at Delfina Foundation during Moran’s public performance exhibition, Live Creations, with research aided by guests including the sculptor Phyllida Barlow and writer and dramaturge Martin Hargreaves. The production also collaborates with BAFTA-award winning composer Kaffe Matthews and filmmaker Sam Williams, with costume design by theatre and opera designer Tom Rogers.

A film installation created in collaboration with Sam Williams and Indefinite Article, a new solo, open the evening. Indefinite Article offers a focused, witty and individual counterpoint to the multiple bodies and relentless motion of On The Habit of Being Oneself. The piece is performed by the acclaimed dancer Andrew Harwridge, who has previously collaborated with choreographers Tino Seghal and Boris Charmatz.

Joe Moran, Artistic Director of Dance Art Foundation, said: “My work is informed by a background in experimentation and improvisation that I marry with a fascination with formal choreographic composition and conceptually driven dance. I am interested in the critical significance of dance’s recognition as a contemporary art form, and the knowledge and discourse fostered by dance and its dialogue with other disciplines. Questioning of dancing as a redundant or exhausted medium saw my work explore choreography as a discipline distinct from dance and dancing; in turn, leading to return to dancing within a deconstructive choreographic frame, and choreography as perceptual practice. On The Habit of Being Oneself develops my use of perceptual inquiry as a generative choreographic devise within a frame relentless motion, moving to unmediated dancing as a strategy by which to question dance’s terms and potential.”

Joe Moran is a choreographer, dancer and Artistic Director of Dance Art Foundation, through which his performance and curatorial work is produced. A Dance4 Associate Artist, Sadler’s Wells Summer University artist (2015-18) and Delfina Foundation Associate (2016), He has a wide ranging practice incorporating touring theatre and gallery work, lecture-performance and curatorial projects tackling contemporary propositions in dance, performance and critical thought. Commissions and recent performances include Whitechapel Gallery (2017); New Art Gallery, Walsall (2017); Delfina Foundation (2016); Block Universe /fig-2 at the ICA (2015), the first step in an ambitious collaboration with sculptor Eva Rothschild; David Roberts Art Foundation (Frieze, 2014); Nottingham Contemporary (2014); Assembly (UK tour, 2014); and The Place Prize (2013). As a dancer, Moran has worked with many distinguished choreographers including Deborah Hay, Siobhan Davies, Florence Peake and Pontus Pettersson. He trained in theatre at Bristol University and in dance and choreography at London Contemporary Dance School.

Produced by Dance Art Foundation and supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts, The London Community Foundation, and principal private patron, A summerday. Developed with support from Arts Council England, Delfina Foundation, Sadler’s Wells, The Place and TripSpace Projects.

Free post-show talk: Thursday 28 September

Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com

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