Words by Katie Hagan. Organisations based in local and regional communities are true agents of change. Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company, a north Kent based dance organisation established in 2010, is one such example, using […]
Category: interviews
Alexander Whitley Dance Company on new creation Anti-Body | interview
Words by Katie Hagan. “I’m interested in the subject of the post-human or trans-human, which, in its most extreme form is the idea that we can download someone’s mind onto a computer chip. I find […]
Revelling in the Reverie | interview with Georgia Tegou & Michalis Theophanous
Words by Giordana Patumi. It was an unexpected bright summer morning in Switzerland when I got the chance to have a chat with Georgia Tegou & Michalis Theophanous – who even connected from Japan and […]
A day at Dance City’s Creative Summer 2022 | interview
Words by Katie Hagan “Dance will forever be a part of people’s lives” expresses Anand Bhatt of Dance City, the organisation’s recent CEO who was also producer of Aakash Odedra Company when it became the […]
Choreography, writing and Nora the Many | Interview with Nora
We chat to performance collective Nora about writing dance, expanding definitions of choreography and their new work Nora which will be presented at Sadler’s Wells
MeToo and challenging Asian beauty standards in Sung Im Her’s Nutcrusher | review
Words by Stella Rousham. I, along with the rest of the audience, enter to pulsating, whirring music. As I wander over to my seat, my eyes are immediately drawn to the three dancers who are […]
“Contemporary dance in Korea is constantly changing and growing” | Interview with Jeong Kyuyeon
Words by Inês Carvalho. Dance reflects contexts. When I first saw the piece 1°C in April this year, I got curious to discover more about how contemporary dance is emerging in Korea. So I couldn’t […]
Dancing to fight climate change | Interview with Penny Chivas
Words by Katie Hagan. Australian born, Scotland-based dance artist Penny Chivas started working on her arresting work Burnt Out in January 2020, at a time when the Black Summer bushfires were tearing through Australia, destroying […]
Monica Tolia talks choreography and their work ‘a snake in the house means the family will never want’
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. With the sound of coffee grinding and smoothies blending in the background, Monica Tolia (they/she) and I discussed their interdisciplinary practice, creative process and new work, a snake in the house […]
Q&A with Surface Area Dance Theatre
Words by Katie Hagan. Header image of Ashling McCann. This week UK-based dance company Surface Area Dance Theatre will present a new dance performance centred upon an experiential understanding and knowledge of British Sign Language, […]