Words by Florence Nicholls. Choreographer Emma Martin – the creator of dance company United Fall – is making her London debut this February with Birdboy. This production is a celebration of individuality, set to an eclectic soundtrack featuring pop cultural […]
Category: interviews
Nurturing innovative practice in South Asian dance
Very recently, South Asian dance organisation Akademi announced a series of commissions in partnership with DanceEast for artists who are pushing innovation in their respective dance forms. The awardees were Shivaangee Agrawal, Anjana Bala, Chandenie […]
Faye Tan on new work Infinity Duet with Cecile Johnson Soliz
Words by Maxine Flasher Duzgunes. “How can a sculpture retain its autonomy and coexist in the same space with dancers?” asks Bolivian-American sculptor Cecile Johnson Soliz, collaborator with choreographer Faye Tan on the interdisciplinary production […]
BirdGang on HATCHWORK & giving artists time
Words by Katie Hagan. In a recent interview, artist Jenny Odell articulated a sensation that many of us feel: that our contemporary concept of ‘clock-time’ – that is the push towards productivity and money in […]
Mufutau Yusuf on memory & ancestry in Impasse
Words by Maria Elena Ricci. Last Saturday, I sat down for an online conversation with Nigerian-Irish choreographer Mufutau Yusuf. With a smiley look Mufutau told me he had just landed in Brussels, where he is […]
The power of intergenerational art with Anjana Bala and her mother Booni
Words by Katie Hagan. One thing that never fails to fascinate me is the body’s ability to hold onto things and remember what is sacred to you, even if during your everyday reality it couldn’t […]
Interview with Transcendance
Founded in 2022 by Isabelle Long and Ashley Lim, Transcendance offers inclusive dance workshops to transcend the narrative of what dance is. Recognising that dance is a movement, is a language, Transcendance sees and teaches […]
Tender Brutality: The violent dance of ‘Blood Show’
By Ocean Chillingsworth. In this article Ocean reflects on the labour and tenderness of fight choreography. It’s the artifice I love about fight choreography. It’s the NOTness I’m drawn to. The too-large gap between the […]
Getting to know Sadler’s Wells Young Associates
Next week, Sadler’s Wells Young Associates – Elisabeth Mulenga, Blue Makwana, Roseann & Sula (aka Tough Boys Dance Collective) and Maiya Leeke – swoop into London to showcase their new choreographic work in Four. Sadler’s […]
Mamela Nyamza: “I have been hatching my entire life”
Words by Francesca Matthys. “I have been hatching all my life”, Mamela Nyamza opens our interview about her new work Hatched Ensemble. I have known this exuberant artist for a couple of years and having […]