Words by angel dust. Monika Blaszczak since I first came across her art, is someone I consider to be a professional shapeshifter. That is not to say that Monika and her work are incoherent and cannot ever be known, but rather […]
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Shovel at Roundhouse Studio Theatre: Digging beneath the known
Words by Lizzy Tan. Two people (Daze Hingorani and Alex Whelan) sit facing each other in a tub. There’s a blue wash over the intimate setting of the Roundhouse’s Studio Theatre, and a suit laid […]
Zamane Festival: an invitation to dance
Words by Inês Carvalho. Music often offers an irresistible invitation to move: to connect with what’s within and around us, feeling our bodies in a wilder pulse. As someone whose dance has always shaped both […]
An evening with KIN Collective
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. On a cold Sunday evening that made the darker days dreadfully apparent, I ventured forth to see KIN Collective’s triple bill. Walking up the (many) stairs at Chisenhale Dance Space, I […]
Constellations of ‘Together-mess’ with Romany Dear
Words by Florence Nicholls. On the 13th of December, Romany Dear will be hosting their workshop, Constellations of Together-mess, with Independent Dance (ID) at Siobhan Davies Studios. Romany is a body-based practitioner, access worker, and […]
What to see at Resolution 2026 The Place
Resolution 2026 comes to The Place from Friday 9 January – Wednesday 25 February 2026, bringing together 60 companies across 20 exhilarating nights of performance. The UK’s biggest festival of new choreography, Resolution has been […]
body on the edge of doomscroll: evan ray suzuki’s plot hole
Words by Liana Zhen-ai. I walked up the escherian steps to Pageant in Brooklyn knowing only one thing about how the evening would proceed: evan ray suzuki promised to punch me in the face at […]
Keep Moving: Defying Limits, Defining Leadership, Dancing Legacy
Words by Jodie Nunn. “I feel like a choreographer now – I call myself a choreographer and this is what I want to do.” Placing two disabled dance artists within a professional setting should not […]
HOMECOMING by Georgia Tegou & Kristina Pulejkova
Words by Georgia Howlett. Straight off the rainy streets of London, I arrive flustered at The Place. The ambience of HOMECOMING’s immersive installation is immediately serene, and therefore welcome. HOMECOMING is a mixed reality performance […]
Cherish Menzo’s macabre FRANK
Words by Maxime Swift. October – the macabre month – was a fitting time to see FRANK by Cherish Menzo. At the start of the performance (as part of Take Me Somewhere festival) once the […]