Venice Dance Biennale: in praise of the small-scale festival
The surge in popularity of smaller summer gatherings ensures a platform for fringe companies " and a return to the kinds of venue in which modern dance blossomedThe British dance summer has traditionally been dominated by visiting ballet companies (principally the monolith Russians) and by the ever-expanding programme at the Edinburgh fringe. A more recent arrival has been the small-scale festival. These clustered da…