Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. Mime and puppetry have a universality about them that charms young and old, beyond language and life experience. Then it is no surprise that the latest offering in MimeLondon, an annual […]
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Tanztheater Wuppertal / Pina Bausch’s Nelken is enchanting
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. Every few Februarys, a special circus comes to town. They are theatrical, acrobatic, and very, very funny. The current ringmaster is Boris Charmatz, an experienced artistic director from France. This troupe’s […]
Resolution festival @ The Place roundup
The Place’s Resolution festival of new choreography brought together 54 artists and companies from London and beyond to debut and perform striking contemporary dance work. Dance art journal writers Katie Hagan, Stella Rousham and Qiao […]
Kasia Witek on latest work Solastalgia
Words by Qiao Lin Tan. When I chatted with choreographer Kasia Witek about her new work Solastalgia on a Wednesday evening, I thought that she had the most wonderful way of speaking. She conversed in […]
Mark Bruce Company on adapting Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Mark Bruce Company is no stranger to creating dance works inspired by literary classics. The company’s Dracula which premiered in 2013 was praised for the way it raised the bar for dance theatre with its […]
Silvia Gribaudi’s Grand Jeté
Words by Giordana Patumi. Silvia Gribaudi, known for her choreographic genius infused with fertile irony, continues to captivate audiences with her latest creation, Grand Jeté. We had the pleasure of witnessing this performance at Teatro […]
Interview with Ellye Van Grieken of Silver-Tongue Collective
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ellye Van Grieken (she/her), the creative producer of Silver-Tongue, about their new work, Devil Fish, premiering on the 7th of February as […]
Galit Criden and the Modern Matriarchal Studies Choreographic Attempt
Words by Maria Elena Ricci. Galit Criden talks about modern matriarchal studies, choreography, and her artistic practice as an attempt to move towards more caring, harmonic and balanced dance-making practices. Through her artistic work, Galit […]
Ambergris by Les Antliaclastes, a surreal odyssey
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. There is always many a treat to be found at London’s fantastic annual mime festival, MimeLondon. So en route to the Barbican, into its darkest depths of the Pit Theatre, I […]
Abdelfattah Abusrour on the beauty of resistance
We speak to Abdelfattah Abusrour, director of Alrowwad Cultural Arts and Society centre in Palestine, about the importance of dance to cultural identity, and art’s role in restoring humanity