My goodness! Is it really time to start thinking about this year's Dance Umbrella already? But hey, with a line-up as strong as this, who's complaining. <P>PRESS RELEASE<P><BR><B>dance umbrella 2002</B><BR>10 Sep - 3 Nov<P>Dance Umbrella's 24th annual London festival kick's off on September 10 with<BR>eight weeks of the best national and international contemporary dance.<P><BR>Artists and companies include:<P>Merce Cunningham Dance Company (USA)<BR>Inbal Pinto Dance Company (Israel)<BR>Bedlam Dance Company (UK)<BR>White Oak Dance Project (USA)<BR>Cia. de Dança Deborah Colker (Brazil)<BR>Carol Brown (UK)<BR>Rosas (Belgium)<BR>Mal Pelo (Spain)<BR>Koffi Koko / Ismael Ivo (Germany)<BR>Charles Linehan Company (UK) - DU Commission<BR>Compagnie Felix Ruckert (Germany)<BR>Richard Alston Dance Company (UK) - DU Commission<BR>Walker Dance (UK)<BR>Akram Khan (UK)<BR>Charleroi Danses / Plan K (Belgium)<BR>Ballet de Lorraine (France)<BR>Siobhan Davies Dance Company (UK) - DU Commission<BR>Ballett Freiburg / Pretty Ugly (Germany)<BR>Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company (UK) - DU Commission<P>Plus: London's first ever Merce Cunningham Dance Company Residency,<BR>Jerwood Proms (£5 tickets at Sadler's Wells) and Dance on Screen.<P>Venues for dance umbrella 2002 include: Barbican Theatre, Sadler's Wells,<BR>Robin Howard Dance Theatre at The Place, Bloomsbury Theatre, Victoria Miro<BR>Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Greenwich Dance Agency.<P>Public information line: 020 8741 5881<P> <BR> <BR>