Words by Katie Hagan. “I think artists have all had some weird reckoning over the past year” contemplates dancer and Trinity Laban Fulbright Will Byram as we speak one afternoon. “We look at the world […]
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“Dance helps my body find its centre” | Interview with Minako Seki
Words by Dally Schwarz It was October, the beginning of the autumn and almost the end of 2020. I was in my room in Lisbon and I remember it was during a hard moment of […]
Sanctuary on the Fault Line’s latest gathering to explore dance’s potency
New women’s movement Sanctuary on the Fault Line is inviting women dancers and the public worldwide to a three day gathering that will orient dance deeper into its potency. Taking place in-real-life and virtually between […]
Human Measure gives space to trans bodies | Interview with Cassils & Jasmine Albuquerque
Words by Hannah Draper. When I leave Cassils’ retrospective exhibition ‘Human Measure’ at HOME in Manchester I’m reminded of that fuzzy orangey blue shape that appears in your vision after looking at the sun for […]
Womanewer by Laura Kenyon | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Performed at Academy Mews Dance Studio. The danger is everywhere…walking home alone at night…I could easily be overpowered… In the quaint lamplit space of what could easily have been an emptied […]
Folk-s: Will you still love me tomorrow? by Alessandro Sciarroni| Review
Words by Giordana Patumi. I’m going to start by saying that myself and almost the entire audience stayed until the very end of ‘FOLK-S: Will you still love me tomorrow?’ by Alessandro Sciarroni. Sciarroni presented […]
VOXED: Out Late | Review | Guest Writers
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. ‘Out Late’ is the second production created by Wayne Parsons in collaboration with writer Ankur Bahl. A dance-theatre crime drama centring around a love triangle between a wife, her “fiercely-closeted” husband […]
Boy’s Khaya by Tavaziva Dance | a poem by Jessie Jing
Powerfully moving and personal, BOY’S KHAYA is the latest work and account of Bawren Tavaziva’s early life in Zimbabwe told through a mesmerising combination of contemporary, ballet and African dance, with a spoken-word soundtrack and […]
Celebrating the beauty of classical Indian dance styles | Interview
Words by Katie Hagan. To celebrate its 30th year, Leicester-based arts organisation Nupur Arts is holding the specially curated Äanartam festival. Taking place on 13th November 2021 at the Curve Theatre, Leicester, Äanartam will feature […]
Reflecting on Sivan Rubinstein’s Dance No 2° | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Watched at The Place, London. “There is no activism without hope” said choreographer Sivan Rubinstein in the post-show talk, speaking of her piece Dance No 2° as a culmination of her […]