Words by Inês Carvalho. An ensemble of performers jam with live percussion as audiences find their way into the auditorium of the Southbank Centre. There is something going on, and it takes an extra effort […]
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Q&A with Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang
How can the body be used as a instrument to say things that go unsaid? This is one of the many questions that Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang’s new work Deciphers asks. Embarking on its […]
SHEDDING SKINS: Choreographing healing in a world of patriarchy
Words by Stella Rousham. Content Warning: Sexual assault, eating disorders, trauma and gender “What does embodiment mean?” “Why is it important to you?” These were the opening questions to the Coming Home: Embodiment Tools for […]
Living through touch in Until We Meet
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. I invite you to do this task before, or rather after you read the article. Find yourself the time and space to be openly connected with your eight senses. Now […]
Seke Chimutengwende’s haunting It Begins in Darkness
Words by Francesca Matthys. A gasp of breath and shudders of whispers lure us into the haunted world of It Begins in Darkness by Seke Chimutengwende. We are immediately thrown into panic, loss, uncertainty and […]
Rebellious Bodies International Butoh Dance Festival 2023
History of Butoh Butoh, the avant garde dance form that shook Western dance concepts in the twentieth century, was born from a Japan emerging from World War II. As the country began assimilating Western values […]
The Spaces Between by Nina Haft & Company | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes For most of our lives we’ve been conditioned to fear uncertainty – the unknowns where we’ll live and work, and who we’ll share it with…And certainly those external unknowns can be […]
1 Click Away: Art as the medium for Environmental Action
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrío. “Towers falling down” replayed one of the kids. “Things break all the time” said the other. “Waste, a lot of waste” said the tallest one. Those were the answers of […]
Take Me Somewhere series: Ashanti Harris
Words by Sarah Lapinsky The Take Me Somewhere Festival is back again to bring audiences radical works from a diverse group of the world’s most cutting-edge contemporary performance makers. Running from the 13th through the […]
Take Me Somewhere series: NXSA
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. At the forefront of pioneering performances, the Take Me Somewhere Festival returns to once again enthrall Glasgow’s audiences with captivating and innovative works from a diverse group of artists dedicated to […]