Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Ahead of their premiere this Thursday, March 27 at Sadler’s Wells East, we spoke with choreographer Jules Cunningham and producer Kat Bridge of Julie Cunningham & Company on the reimagining of […]
Category: interviews
Go With Your Heart | Interview with Vlatka Horvat & Tim Etchells
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. For UK-based artists Vlatka Horvat and Tim Etchells, artmaking is a question of relation: an ongoing process of organizing ourselves with other bodies in space and time. In their first joint […]
Finleigh Zack on Common Threads
Curated by Finleigh Zack Dance Inc, Common Threads is a split bill assembling global voices in dance that comes to Chisenhale Dance Space this week from 21-22 March. During the bill, Common Threads will reflect on […]
What does it mean to be anti-racist?
Words by Francesca Matthys. This article is part of our REWRITE series with Chisenhale Dance Space’s Artist Community. “I enjoy it when people feel okay to be held accountable” says dance artist Cherilyn Albert. We are […]
What is NEXT Choreography?
Words by Maria Elena Ricci. Last week I sat down to have a chat with Lena Hannigan, Maxi Himpe and Jemima TheRese Nzinga who are part of this year’s Siobhan Davies Studios’ NEXT Choreography cohort. […]
NEXT Choreography cultivates a collaborative praxis ahead of festival
Words by Florence Nicholls. When we think about dance education, what might come to mind is a dimly lit studio, ill-fitting leotards and gruelling exercises. Or maybe, romantically, the pursuit of a life-long dream to […]
(LA)HORDE on the Age of Content
Words by Katie Hagan. Known for creating eruptive, cool and propulsive dance works, (LA)HORDE was formed back in 2013 by three friends Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel shortly after Marine and Jonathan met […]
Emma Martin on work Birdboy
Words by Florence Nicholls. Choreographer Emma Martin – the creator of dance company United Fall – is making her London debut this February with Birdboy. This production is a celebration of individuality, set to an eclectic soundtrack featuring pop cultural […]
Nurturing innovative practice in South Asian dance
Very recently, South Asian dance organisation Akademi announced a series of commissions in partnership with DanceEast for artists who are pushing innovation in their respective dance forms. The awardees were Shivaangee Agrawal, Anjana Bala, Chandenie […]
Faye Tan on new work Infinity Duet with Cecile Johnson Soliz
Words by Maxine Flasher Duzgunes. “How can a sculpture retain its autonomy and coexist in the same space with dancers?” asks Bolivian-American sculptor Cecile Johnson Soliz, collaborator with choreographer Faye Tan on the interdisciplinary production […]