A contemporary Irish dance work exploring the world of online dating is breaking boundaries, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Wedding Belles

Rachel Borrill says age is no barrier to fitness. If you are over-50, start now.

‘The Birth of Modern Music’ is the programme for the Music for Galway Midwinter Festival, which runs from Jan 17 to 19.

Classical: Berlin Philharmonie, Live in HD

ONE hundred years ago this month Stravinsky debuted the The Rite of Spring at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

The Concert Ticket

KAUTO STAR is the surprise name among 66 possibles for the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on November 27.

Royal Ascot winner and European champion sprinter-elect Starspangledbanner has been retired to stud at Coolmore for the 2011 season.

FICTIONAL Account, under a fine tactical ride by Pat Smullen, landed Her Majesty’s Plate in good style at Down Royal last evening.

A love story so cool – cold even – that what begins as a promising film reaches a conclusion that falls far short of our expectations.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S message was not to write off Fame And Glory despite the Irish Derby winner fading into third on his comeback at the Curragh yesterday.

It is 44 years since Time Magazine placed London, The Swinging Capital on its cover and declared: “In a once sedate world of faded splendor, everything new, uninhibited and kinky is blooming.” The cast may change, but the characters remain the same, writes Allan Prosser

EDWARD O’Grady warned punters Osana has yet to reach his peak this season ahead of his tilt at the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy at Cheltenham.

NIGEL Twiston-Davies has decided to skip the totesport Trophy at Newbury on February 13 with Khyber Kim and head straight for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle.

HERE in Seattle we are overdosed with over-the-top stage Irish routines at this time of year, and for most of us real Irish here the cringe factor goes way off the charts.

Benbaun could run twice in the space of five days at Royal Ascot following his impressive recent return to action at the Curragh.

Benbaun has been handed a Group Three assignment at the Curragh on Sunday after he was withdrawn from the VC Bet Nunthorpe Stakes at York.

Jeremy Noseda revealed that Soldier’s Tale could make his eagerly-awaited seasonal return in the Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock on September 2.

A cosmopolitan entry of 66 has been received for the £360,000 Darley July Cup, the richest sprint race in Europe, at Newmarket.

Punters should keep on the right side of Michael Stoute’s progressive Rohaani when he contests the HSS Hire Handicap at York tomorrow.

Mark Wallace is hoping for the right signals from Benbaun as he contemplates running the progressive four-year-old sprinter at Sandown on Saturday.

JIM BOLGER took the training honours with a double in glorious sunshine at Gowran Park yesterday initiated by the well-backed Nyasa, who landed a tidy gamble when she took the mile handicap.

Star filly Attraction and 2000 Guineas hero Footstepsinthesand headline a 71-strong entry for the Darley July Cup at Newmarket.

Star filly Attraction and 2000 Guineas hero Footstepsinthesand headline a 71-strong entry for the Darley July Cup at Newmarket.

David Wachman’s star filly Damson strengthened her position at the head of the betting for next season’s 1000 Guineas with a workmanlike victory over the colts in the Independent Waterford Wedgwood Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh today.

Celtic Heroine can give Michael Jarvis another big-race win at Ascot tomorrow when she lines up for the Weatherbys European Breeders Fund Valiant Stakes.

Jeremy Noseda’s Balmont is set to make his seasonal reappearance in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Thursday week.

ZAFEEN is a hopeful choice to give Mick Channon a first ever classic success in this afternoon’s Entenmann’s Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh.

THE talented and consistent Native Scout can provide the answer to the Gowla Power-Pak Chase at Tipperary this evening.

Last year’s champion two-year-old Johannesburg heads 13 entries from Aidan O’Brien’s stable for the £220,000 (€352,000) Darley July Cup at Newmarket.

Last year’s champion two-year-old Johannesburg heads 13 entries from Aidan O’Brien’s stable for the £220,000 (€350,000) Darley July Cup at Newmarket.

Members of Russia’s oldest symphony orchestra struck the wrong chord when they began drinking heavily on board a transatlantic flight and became so rowdy they were ordered off.

Nureyev, sire of such stars as Peintre Celebre, Miesque and Spinning World, has died.

Conductor Daniel Barenboim faced heckles after he played music by Hitler’s favourite composer during a concert at the Israel Festival - having earlier agreed not to do so.