Words by Francesca Matthys. Walking into a performance space where the artists have intentionally set the atmosphere, allowing for a soft landing into the world, is always a delight. The Place’s stage was carefully curated […]
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Camps Breakerz dancing for joy & resistance
This weekend, Move Together x Camps Breakerz is coming to Peckham, south London for a day of dance in celebration of Camps Breakerz, a breakdance school or crew on the Gaza Strip providing a place […]
Oona Doherty’s Specky Clark is magic
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. Edward James Doherty was born in Glasgow… So begins the part fictional, part biographical Specky Clark, the latest offering from maverick choreographer Oona Doherty. Edward James – aka Specky – was […]
NEXT 2025: a sensory & poetic reflection
Words by Stephanie Burrell. At this year’s NEXT 2025 gathering at Siobhan Davies Studios, I witnessed a myriad of eclectic performances by a variety of different practitioners who had completed NEXT Choreography, a programme for […]
Creating legacies at Let’s Dance International Frontiers
Running from 29 April – 17 May, Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF), the annual Leicester-based festival for electric and dynamic dance, returns in 2025 with a striking programme of work celebrating and spotlighting the voices […]
Evening of performances at Operformancef
Words by Adam Moore. Moritz Tibes looks like he’s reading unselfconsciously at the edge of the room. I think he’s reading the programme note for the last exhibition. His durational performance begins the first live […]
Q&A with Nahum Mclean
Next week on 14 May, Nahum Mclean, together with Darius Drooh as part of the duo BLACBRIK, will perform Don’t Step On My Shoes at Let’s Dance International Frontiers, a festival of dance run by […]
Not Even a Pin Drop or How Music lives within Sound
Words by Paula C. Riofrio. Not Even a Pin Drop premieres during the Resolution Festival at The Place in January 2025. Gabrielle de Souza, in collaboration with Luke Cartwright crafted a choreographic narrative about de […]
Lindy Hop with Angela Andrew
Words by Lily Kind. Angela Andrew keeps the class in time, directing our attention – first here (boom BAH de-ba-buh) and then there (shoulders parallel with the floor) – as we chase each other’s footwork […]
Some reflections on relationships between art and activism
Words by Rose Biggin. This article is part of our REWRITE series with Chisenhale Dance Space’s Artist Community. The categories of artist and activist are becoming ever more entwined as the fault lines in our […]