Words by Giordana Patumi. Perugia will be a centre for dance this month when Umbria Dance Festival, running from 17-23 July, comes to town. We sat down with the festival’s artistic director Valentina Romito to […]
Category: interviews
How can dance performance be sustainable?
Words by Hannah Draper. The black and red riso-printed posters for Burnt Out are striking – Penny Chivas’ hand clasped over her mouth with the other arm stretched overhead – a call for help, a […]
Resolution at The Place artists on funding, authenticity & community
Words by Stella Rousham. It’s a warm and gentle Monday evening in May. The sun is just beginning to set in the horizon, sending shimmering soft beams of gold and pink into the sky. It’s […]
In the studio with artist Paul Miller
In January of this year, Paul Miller stepped into a studio nestled in the upper floors of Live Theatre, ready to try something completely new. As an artist and theatremaker who usually works in the […]
Choreographer Lea Anderson on dance and other fabulous things
Words by Jo Leask. Choreographer, filmmaker and artistic director Lea Anderson is soon to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her signature all-female company The Cholmondeleys, co-founded in 1984 with Gaynor Coward and Teresa Barker. As […]
Vidya Patel on choreographing stories of migration
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. Fresh from a day of performances at the Tate Modern, choreographer, Vidya Patel, joined me via Zoom to discuss her work in Akademi’s new piece Pravaas, a site-specific, promenade performance using […]
Instigate Unknown on making dance work with its local community | interview
Words by Maria Elena Ricci. Earlier this year Instigate Unknown (IU), a contemporary and hip-hop influenced dance company, led a residency at Spark Lab Ilford, in the north-east side of London. Artistic director Cherilyn Albert […]
Siobhan Davies talks about her final work ‘Transparent’
Words by Katie Hagan. Last week Siobhan Davies and I sat down to have a chat about her latest and, it is touted, final work Transparent which will be screened at Sadler’s Wells on 20th April. Siobhan […]
Sarah Hopfinger on ‘Pain and I’ | interview
Hannah Draper speaks to artist Sarah Hopfinger about Sarah’s work Pain and I, a piece which explores what it’s like to live with chronic pain.
Class and queerness: BULLYACHE on latest work ‘TOM’
TOM is a work that blends the myth of Orpheus with the Department for Work and Pensions. It’s a pop-culture collision of working class and queer expression. A conflicting space of tradition & lived experience, personal […]