'It's like Heathrow control room': creating Wondrous Stories, Birmingham 2022's opening ceremony
Motionhouse artistic director Kevin Finnan reveals the challenges in preparing a spectacular start to a festival '"In the 60s, choreographer Yvonne Rainer came out with this whole manifesto: 'No to spectacle, no to virtuosity ... '" says Kevin Finnan, artistic director of Motionhouse dance company. Rainer's No Manifesto continues: No to transformations and magic and make-believe … No to moving or being moved. "And …