Words by Ines Carvalho What do dance and architecture have in common? Some words navigate into our minds, like space or aesthetics, that immediately brings us to a theatre stage or the frontage of a […]
Category: interviews
An Interview with Fullstop Dance – ON TIDAL WAVES AS COLLABORATORS
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Togetherness is irreplaceable. Its memory washes over us like waves, its palpability remains an insurmountable reminder of its loss. In Jake Stangel’s 2018 film ‘Mercury’, Fullstop Dance company members Kathryn Florez […]
The revolution in Lebanon is about celebrating the arts: Interview with Reem Naamani
Words by Ines Carvalho. If this year is teaching us something in the arts sector, it’s definitely that the digital world can enhance a global community of artists to connect and reach wider audiences. Even […]
Shifting the perception of Black dance – an Interview with Beverley Glean, founder of IRIE! dance theatre
During Black History Month, we look at the past, present and future of Black Dance and how we can act towards a more equitable diverse dance scene. We spoke with Beverley Glean MBE, founder and artistic director of IRIE! dance theatre, about her journey and mission of raising the profile of Dance of the African Diaspora (DAD) in the United Kingdom.
Back to the theatre: Dimitris Papaioannou’s ‘INK’
Words by Giordana Patumi. And so, after seven months I am back at the theatre, almost a year after watching the acclaimed The Great Tamer in New York. I am sitting at the Carignano theatre, […]
Valerie Ebuwa talks ‘Body Data’, quarantine & racism
Words by Stella Rousham. ‘The inspiration is my life, I guess. A combination of wanting to fight for dancers, wanting to fight for artists and wanting people to understand how racism works.’ Since graduating with […]
An interview with Mass Hysteria
Mass Hysteria is an all-female dance collective consisting of 12 members based across the globe. On the 17th May our writer Angelos was joined by seven of them for a virtual hang out to discuss their […]
Navigating the routes to being: Julie Cunningham talks ‘fire bird’
Words by Katie Hagan. “It’s my own story, I guess, exploring the contradictions within myself. I feel like I am so many different things in my own body and making fire bird was a way […]
“It’s time for dance to ask itself: what is really important?” An interview with Gianna Burright
Words by Katie Hagan. ‘At one point I had eight jobs’ is a statement pretty much every freelancer can relate to. It’s a piece of insight divulged by choreographer and Trinity Laban MFA graduate, Gianna Burright, […]