Words by Gus Hodgson. Erwin Olaf’s photographs of ballet dancers aren’t what you’d expect. There’s a whole subgenre of photography capturing ballet dancers with its own norms and stylistic conventions: dancers in technically demanding positions […]
Intricate, sharp & scandalous: Jess & Morgs DEEPFAKE
Words by Georgia Howlett. Why was the Prime Minister 24 minutes late to a royal banquet, and why should we care? Award-winning directors and choreographers Jess & Morgs return with high-level, interdisciplinary production DEEPFAKE, written […]
FEEDBACK to FEEDB’ACK by Bad Bias
Words by Luella Rebbeck. There was something fitting about encountering FEEDBACK to FEEDB’ACK inside the Horse Hospital, a Grade II listed building that already feels like it has absorbed years of bodies, pain, movement and […]
Reframing Pam Tanowitz Pastoral for the present
Words by Josephine Leask. Sarah Crowner’s abstract set for Pam Tanowitz’s Pastoral at the Barbican creates a refreshing contrast to the burnt-out colours of our drought-ridden summer. Vibrant emerald-green backdrops and curtains, spliced with light-pink leaves, divide the stage […]
Dancing Towards Repair: MA Dance Participation, Communities, Activism’s Online Symposium
Words by So’l Jelenke. From all corners of the globe, students presenting their final research projects at the London Contemporary Dance School‘s MA Dance: Participation, Communities, Activism symposium often began with a provocation, inviting online […]
Choreodrome @ The Place
Words by Rebecca Dodd. Choreodrome is The Place’s residency programme designed for independent makers and choreographers to play, experiment, discover and act on their choreographic tendencies. We watched one of the latest works in progresses […]
Beginning with the end: The Last Quartet by Seke Chimutengwende
Words by Eoin Fenton. The Last Quartet by Seke Chimutengwende, inspired partly by T.S. Eliot’s poetic cycle Four Quartets, is imagined as a last work, a last opportunity to dance. The choreographer enters the space […]
Reflecting on Frame Rush 2026
Words by Josephine Leask. Directed and produced by the 2026 MA Screendance cohort, this year’s Frame Rush brought together experimental films by the previous year’s graduates and selected work by established international dance filmmakers. The […]
Being an independent artist: Pearl Seraphina
We sat down with independent artist Pearl Seraphina to discuss her practice, her work Lotus and her advice for her fellow artists… Q: Tell us about yourself A: Hello my name is Pearl, a London-based […]
Take a Seat by Elly and Olia
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. A blank projector screen. A click of a slide projector presents two chairs facing the ohter on the screen as lights fade up to reveal two chairs on stage. Slide click […]