The Here & Now showcase will bring together experimental and bold dance artists from across the world to Edinburgh Fringe festival next month. We are spotlighting a selection of dance artists presenting work at the […]
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Here & Now series: Dickson Mbi
Here & Now showcase comes to Edinburgh Fringe next month, bringing together vibrant dance artists from across the world. We are spotlighting a selection of dance artists presenting work at the festival including Wet Mess, […]
Here & Now series: Wet Mess
Coming to Edinburgh Fringe next month, Here & Now showcase will bring together dance artists from across the world at the forefront of making bold dance works. We are spotlighting a selection of dance artists […]
Kamila CK on being a mature artist & her practice
Born in Poland in 1985 and based in the UK since 2007, interdisciplinary artist and performer Kamila CK came to dance and the wider field of art as a mature artist in her thirties. Defying […]
Interview with Rana San, Co-Director of Cadence Video Poetry Festival
Conducted by Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes. Last month I shared a conversation with Rana San, Co-Director of Cadence Video Poetry Festival, an annual film festival based in Seattle, Washington that is dedicated to screening works combining text […]
Move with the trouble | Moving Kinship
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. I’m going to start this review by saying I think you should read this book. Okay, hold on– I’ll qualify that: if you are interested in movement, connection, feminism, embodiment, psychotherapy, […]
Susan Kempster & Jack Thomson on choreography within image-making
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 […]
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 […]