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 […]
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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 […]
How can artists articulate their work? Interview with Shannelle ‘Tali’ Fergus
Scratch Renaissance is a programme created by Chisenhale Dance Space, together with its Artist Community, that is designed to reinvigorate scratch culture in the UK. To document and help amplify the programme, we launched an […]