Words by Qiao Lin Tan. Almost like a lecture demonstration, No.60 is a thesis and it’s structured like one. The piece starts off with a slideshow showing the 59 fundamental poses in the Thai classical […]
Liam Francis on dance & new work Lyre/Liar
Words by Josephine Leask. Liam Francis, looking scholarly in glasses behind a lectern, delivers an informative account of the Australian ground-dwelling Lyrebird’s extraordinary vocal habits, particularly its ability to mimic a variety of natural and […]
Radical Body publishes Disability Data Drive
Radical Body, a disability arts organisation providing opportunities and support for disabled artists who are facing barriers in developing careers in the creative sector, has recently published its Disability Data Drive. Drawing on a survey of 252 disabled […]
No.60 by Pichet Klunchun @ Queer East Festival
Words by Qiao Lin Tan. Pichet Klunchun Dance Company performs No.60 as part of Queer East Festival this year, a work that deconstructs the Thai classical dance canon of 59 set poses, in turn proposing […]
Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen at Southbank Centre
Words by Georgia Howlett. Trigger warning: mention of suicide. Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen kicks off Multitudes, the Southbank Centre’s multi-disciplinary arts festival with classical music at its core. The credits list is […]
Daniel Kok & Luke George on Bunny at BAC
Words by Qiao Lin Tan. Daniel Kok and Luke George (Singapore, Germany, Australia) bring their work Bunny to Battersea Arts Centre from 4-6 June for its London premiere as part of Queer East Festival 2026. […]
You & Us by Cathy Waller explores identity & invisibility
Words by Karly Benson. Cathy Waller Dance Company presented You & Us at The Place, an evening of photography, film, and live dance exploring the complicated nature of identity and how we exist not only […]
Almost dancing together: what Alexander Calder’s failed collaborations with Martha Graham tell us about dance
Words by Gus Hodgson. Take a piece of dance and begin removing elements from it. At what point is it no longer dance? Set and lighting design can go; so too can costumes and music, […]
RISE 2026 comes to Dance North Scotland
Dance North Scotland today announces the programme for RISE 2026, its annual festival of contemporary dance and performance, taking place from Saturday 23 May to Saturday 6 June 2026 across Caithness, Inverness, Findhorn and Glasgow. Centred on global indigenous voices, this […]
Dancers and their mothers: Step by Step by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
‘Step by Step’ (1982-1989) is a study of girls and their mothers at a dancing school in North Shields, in North East of England, and their later lives after leaving the school. Author Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen […]