Words by Maxine Flasher Duzgunes. “How can a sculpture retain its autonomy and coexist in the same space with dancers?” asks Bolivian-American sculptor Cecile Johnson Soliz, collaborator with choreographer Faye Tan on the interdisciplinary production […]
Words by Giordana Patumi. Beyond by Luzerner Theater’s resident dance company Tanz Luzern is a performance that provides a mixed experience, combining distinct works that explore themes of human potential, individual expression and the physicality […]
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. Resolution Festival 2025 opened last week with a warm welcome from Eddie Nixon, artistic director of The Place, who invited the audience to enjoy the upcoming evenings of new work with […]
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Director Gopal Bala’s film The Black Swan’s Renaissance immerses us in the tempered reverie of Odette (the White Swan) and Odile (the Black Swan), as they battle for freedom and challenge […]
Words by Florence Nicholls. Wakes is an experimental dance film by Paula Riofrío that delves into the depths of our connection to water. Across three locations Riofrío traces somatic pathways that lead to and from the […]
Words by Giordana Patumi. Exposure, a collaboration between Alexandra Bachzetsis and the acclaimed Cullberg dance company, was performed earlier this month at the Gessnerallee in Zürich, Switzerland. The work —provocative, visceral and layered — offered […]
Words by Elspeth Wilson. This article is part of our REWRITE series with Chisenhale Dance Space’s Artist Community. So much of the dance world traditionally relies on binaries; who’s a performer and who’s the audience, […]
Akademi, in partnership with DanceEast, announces the five recipients of new Akademi Artists Commissions 2024, fostering innovative practice in South Asian dance. Akademi, the UK’s leading South Asian dance organisation, and DanceEast, a national leader […]
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. The first sound I hear was a familiar one; the collective indignation of a community raising their voices and stomping their feet to wake each other up in spirit. Uproar, […]
Words by Katie Hagan. In a recent interview, artist Jenny Odell articulated a sensation that many of us feel: that our contemporary concept of ‘clock-time’ – that is the push towards productivity and money in […]