Photographer Jack Thomson and choreographer Susan Kempster have recently come together to work on Susan Kempster’s new project, MOTHER. MOTHER is an intergenerational duet that invites the audience to question intimacy and who we are […]
Category: interviews
Bringing disability into dance environments with Stuart Waters
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. How does one begin to describe an artist like Stuart Waters? A challenge he poses to himself through his “live” practice, ever-evolving to encapsulate the complex intersectionality of all the facets […]
Getting to know independent artist Olivia Grassrot
Originally from Belgium, movement artist Olivia Grassot started performing and moving in her family living room aged six. Her parents encouraged her to dance and be creative, and then she studied at Conservatoire de la danse […]
Dance horror, collaboration & culture with Marikiscrycrycry
Words by Francesca Matthys Malik Nashad Sharpe, aka Marikiscrycrycry, and I sat down a couple of weeks ago over Zoom to talk about their practice and new work Goner a horror dance tale to tour […]
Participation, Communities & Activism in a dance practice
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Maxine chats to the first student cohort and curatorial team of London Contemporary Dance School’s MA Dance: Participation, Communities, Activism which launched last year. “We use dance as a place where […]
In conversation with Diasporas Now
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. I recently found an article that described in perfect terms what diaspora means. Here is the translation from Spanish into my own words: “Diaspora comes from a Greek word which […]
Bringing Jamaica to UK audiences | interview with Marlon D. Simms
National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) is making its first UK visit in over ten years, headlining the Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF) festival at Curve, Leicester. Founded in the spirit of Jamaica’s independence […]
Centring children’s agency in Mission Earth
Words by Francesca Matthys. Mission Earth is a vibrant new work that centres children at the heart of its storytelling and mission. As shared by co-choreographer Ania Straczynska, the work was birthed during Lockdown from […]
Athletic choreography: James Wilton Dance: ‘Lore puts audiences in touch with nature’
Using an exciting range of experiences and physicality including martial arts, athletics and folklore, this company of dancers are constantly in pursuit of finding new things to do with the body. Their energetic feats of […]
Dancing autobiography: Accident / a Life with Marc Brew
Words by Gabriel Levine Brislin. At the height of the covid pandemic, with the possibility of in-person performances a distant uncertainty, Marc Brew and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui spoke over Zoom with the aim of developing […]