Words by Katie Hagan. “It’s my own story, I guess, exploring the contradictions within myself. I feel like I am so many different things in my own body and making fire bird was a way […]
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Peeping Tom’s Child – review
By Inês Carvalho. The Belgian dance theatre company Peeping Tom returned to the Barbican as part of the London International Mime Festival. Child (Kind) is the last chapter of a family trilogy, following the acclaimed […]
“It’s time for dance to ask itself: what is really important?” An interview with Gianna Burright
Words by Katie Hagan. ‘At one point I had eight jobs’ is a statement pretty much every freelancer can relate to. It’s a piece of insight divulged by choreographer and Trinity Laban MFA graduate, Gianna Burright, […]
Shivaangee Agrawal’s on-point North – review
Words by Katie Hagan. ‘Da, da, di, di, di, di, da, da’; this punctuated vocal konnakol, articulated by Swati Seshadri, is drummed into my brain after the debut performance of Shivaangee Agrawal’s North. Three dancers, […]
Why do dance festivals matter?
Words by Ines Carvalho. The UK’s main festival for new choreography, Resolution, is back for its 31st edition. Between January and February, 81 artists have the chance to showcase their original work from different backgrounds […]
Ruminating on dance and intimacy – beginning with Five Dances
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. For those of us who watch rather than create dance, the studio is a mysterious place. We can only wonder about it as a site of possibility — choreographic or romantic. […]
‘Zorro but not as you know it’ – Dan Burns’s ‘Zorroz’ – review
Words by Katie Hagan As the dying man’s final thoughts enter into the gaping chasm of what his life could have been, we, the viewers, take this moment to ask ourselves if we are living […]
‘Dance is intimate, always’: Eva O & Sofia Filippou on spontaneity, curiosity & choreography
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. Artist Statement: “On the 21st of June 2019, the Steamship project space organised a group exhibition titled ‘100’ where the concept was to have 100 artists exhibiting work in the same space. We […]
‘NOWhere’ & ‘Be fruitful and multiply’ – review
Words by Katie Hagan. We should all be keeping a close eye on the work that is emerging from the group of dance artists at London Contemporary Dance School. Creating work that is cerebral, multimedia-ed, […]
MCDC’s I Love Myself, Do You? – review
Words by Katie Hagan. A billowing, sartorially-hung cloth of gold suspended from upstage left is draped across the Blue Elephant Theatre‘s performance space, like a figure nonchalantly lying on a chaise longue, undisturbed. Such a […]