{"id":12636,"date":"2012-11-06T15:44:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T15:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=12636"},"modified":"2012-11-06T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T15:44:05","slug":"ballet-cymru-dances-to-matthews-tunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/06\/ballet-cymru-dances-to-matthews-tunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballet Cymru dances to Matthews&#8217; tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/cerysmatthewscrop2.tif\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/cerysmatthewscrop3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12639\" title=\"cerysmatthewscrop3\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/cerysmatthewscrop3-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12639\" title=\"cerysmatthewscrop3\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/cerysmatthewscrop3-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The name Cerys Matthews is well known, both for her work in the Brit-pop group Catatonia, and her show on BBC Radio 6. Now her music is being put to dance.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Matthews released Tir (welsh for land), an album of traditional Welsh songs, from which chorographers Darius James and Amy Doughty\u00a0created a ballet show for Ballet Cymru.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews said, \u201cI was excited to see how they would choreograph to traditional songs &#8211; they did an incredible job. The songs now come alive on a whole new level.\u201c Cerys will be providing music for the show live herself in Newport, London and Caernarfon.<\/p>\n<p>Catch this exciting Ballet Cymru production in Cardiff on 9 November at the Millenium Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name Cerys Matthews is well known, both for her work in the Brit-pop group Catatonia, and her show on BBC Radio 6. Now her music is being put to dance. 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