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Martin Belk

Martin Belk is an expat New Yorker, author, playwright and archivist for Jim Haynes and is a PhD researcher of the Drury Lane Arts Lab at E...

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Martin Belk

Martin Belk is an expat New Yorker, author, playwright and archivist for Jim Haynes and is a PhD researcher of the Drury Lane Arts Lab at Edinburgh Napier University.

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Choreographer Liam Scarlett dies aged 35

His death - the cause of which has not been disclosed - comes a year after the Royal Opera House ended its association with Scarlett.

Choreographer Liam Scarlett dies aged 35

His death - the cause of which has not been disclosed - comes a year after the Royal Opera House ended its association with Scarlett.

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