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Newspaper headlines for the New York festival 'Dancing in the Isles: British Invasion 97' informed readers at various stages that 'The Troupes are on the Way', 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'The British are Leaving' There was reference to a 'Brit Pack' while Clive Barnes, noting that virtually all Siobhan Davies' teachers were American imports, suggested that 'coming here, she remains something of a colonial showing off her art in the home country' (Barnes 1997).