Words by Giordana Patumi. Known for being the youngest ever creator to have directed the 2004 Olympic Games ceremonies in Athens and for being the first artist to create a full-length work for Tanztheater Wuppertal […]
Category: interviews
“We don’t need to improve diversity, we need room for the diversity to coexist” | interview with Simbarashe Norman Fulukia
Words by Inês Carvalho. Simbarashe Norman Fulukia (Simba) founded Vestland Danseteater with the aim of creating room for artists with a multicultural background. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Simba arrived in Norway as an exchange […]
“I want to feel this free all the time” | Dan Daw discusses kink and The Dan Daw Show
Words by Katie Hagan. Dan Daw and his team – also known as Dan Daw Creative Projects – first started researching the hotly-anticipated The Dan Daw Show in 2017. “Back then The Dan Daw Show was about my relationship […]
‘Choreography makes sense of the world’ interview with Richard Chappell dance
Words by Katie Hagan. Since 2013 Richard Chappell Dance (RCD) has been making work that brings people together. Ahead of the premiere of Infinite Ways Home at Exeter Northcott on 24-25 September 2021, dance art […]
Dance history: Uncovering lost figures | Ida Rubinstein
Words by Stella Rousham. ‘The Ballets Russes’, ‘Nijinsky’, and ‘Diaghilev’ are all names that those with passions for ballet and dance history will be well aware of. ‘Ida Rubinstein’ – perhaps less so. The Western […]
“We need to expand the terminology of contemporary dance” – Interview with Lia Rodrigues
Words by Inês Carvalho. It was still early morning in Rio de Janeiro when I joined the videocall from this side of the Atlantic. I was particularly excited about this conversation. Why? Because I knew Lia […]
An interview with Siciliano Contemporary Ballet
Words by Giordana Patumi. Founded in 2015 by choreographer Salvatore Siciliano, Siciliano Contemporary Ballet (SCB) is a nonprofit dance company based in Berlin, Germany. The company is known for creating work that is a ‘refined […]
Building a LGBTQIA+ library in Poland – Interview with Filip Kijowski
Words by Katie Hagan. The last time I spoke with dance artist Filip Kijowski was in the bleak aftermath of an exhaustive period for Poland’s LGBTQIA+ community. The authoritarian President Duda had just been elected […]
In conversation with Transitions Dance Company
Words by Katie Hagan. Founded in 1982 by then artistic director Bonnie Bird, Trinity Laban’s resident postgraduate outfit Transitions Dance Company comprises 14 dancers from around the globe who complete a rigorous audition process to […]
“There is so much to learn from Deaf dance culture” | interview with Surface Area Dance Theatre
Words by Katie Hagan “I really wanted to do something that I could remember her by. I wanted to feel as if she’d helped in some way.” Seven years ago, Nicole Vivien Watson director of […]
