Words by Giordana Patumi. The confinement caused by Covid-19 allowed a new group of artists to embark on a new journey: EREM dance, under the artistic leadership of the Swiss-Italian dance artist Tommy Cattin. “My […]
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CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS
Dear humans/dancers/writers/artists, We are happy to announce the beginning of a new project; a digital zine of poems inspired by performances (online and real life) that we have seen and been tickled by over the […]
SHARING A SCORE: KASHISH GABA
We are very grateful to dance artist, Kashish Gaba who has shared his score ‘home under_construction’. Kashish is a recent MFA Choreography graduate from The University of Roehampton. He has worked with movement, video, visual, […]
impermanence presents: ‘we’ll meet again’
Words by Sophie Chinner. The start of August. What would be the month that marks the middle of an ordinary summer, now, an extraordinary time for us all. But as restaurants, shops and pubs trickle […]
MAKING ART IN POLAND: AN INTERVIEW WITH FILIP KIJOWSKI
Words by Katie Hagan. We’re all praying for the LGBTQ+ community in Poland. When I caught up with performance artist Filip Kijowski a few months ago the severity of what’s now happened was boiling beneath […]
ICEBERG WIG IV – REVIEW
Words by Katie Hagan. EAZ by Zoe Katsilerou and Eilon Morris with Andrew Morrish Latency. Defined as something embryonic, a becoming on the verge of something. Latency the ‘delay before a transfer of data begins following […]
Poetic Choreography by Zoe Katsilerou – reflection
Words by Ines Carvalho. On the 25th and 26th of July ICEBERG — an international group of professional dancers, musicians and theatre practitioners dedicated to improvisation — organised WIG IV (Weekend Improvisation Glasgow), an online improvisation weekend full of […]
a future for independent dance
A conversation with Josh Slater. Words Ines Carvalho. There are many concerns right now about what the future will bring after the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, we spoke to independent artists about those concerns and how they are […]
OUR ANTI-RACISM MANIFESTO
Written by the DAJ team. This manifesto has been made to sustain the essential discourses about racism in the dance industry. It comes from a need for us, dance art journal, to support the Black […]
Valerie Ebuwa talks ‘Body Data’, quarantine & racism
Words by Stella Rousham. ‘The inspiration is my life, I guess. A combination of wanting to fight for dancers, wanting to fight for artists and wanting people to understand how racism works.’ Since graduating with […]