Words by Luella Rebbeck. Somehow, after spending an afternoon moving between performances in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, that felt true. The Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) 2026 is dance in its honest, raw, fun-loving and sun-kissed […]
Words by Eoin Fenton. Thrashing bodies, whipping hair, thunderous stamps from the ensemble to the beat of drums. This is not your typical rehearsal of a new work of contemporary dance, this is English National […]
Words by Maxime Swift. Before the opening of this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, I was reading about The Mechanicos, the dance of the sponge divers. First devised by Theophilos Klonaris, it represented the daily toil […]
Following a competitive process, Bradford Arts Centre (formerly Kala Sangam) has awarded the second Kala Sangam Commission to dancers Kavya Iyer, Devaki Rajendran, and Sneha Semaleesan for a project inspired by computer games. The £10,000 Commission was […]
Words by Luella Rebbeck. From the beginning, At Your Disposal at Chisenhale Dance Space felt less like entering a theatre and more like arriving somewhere already occupied by friends and family. The performers showing new […]
Rebellious yet joyous, fun with a dash of fury, Charlotte Mclean and Jack Anderson’s not for glory has premiered at Edinburgh Fringe and runs until 23 August ahead of Scottish tour next year. A reworking […]
This Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performer and drag artist Nelly Kelly presents the world premiere of their timely, mischievous and political new work Transmission at Summerhall from Wednesday 19 – Sunday 23 August, 7.15pm, following a […]
This year, award-winning choreographer Hayley Earlam will present her new work Brrr at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from Tuesday 18 – Saturday 22 August, as part of the Made in Scotland Showcase. A leader in […]
Words by Jo Leask. I spoke to Australian Aboriginal queer dance artist Joel Bray ahead of Daddy, his immersive and participatory show that he’s performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. New to Edinburgh, Bray arrives […]
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. Whilst an art form like dance is edgeless and connective, artists from all over the world have to deal with the shame of bureaucratic borders to perform or extend their […]