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 […]
Category: interviews
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 […]
Expanding approaches to choreography | Next Choreography Part 1
Angel speaks to Rach Coleman, Lin Ji and Billy Gigurtsis about the projects they’re working on for SDS’s Next Festival taking place on the 23 March. They’ve had no formal dance training but all share an inclination towards the physicality of expression.
Divija Melally & Saili Katebe on new work Six Degrees from Home
Last year Dancin’ Oxford and Pegasus Theatre announced their Moving with the Times commissions. These were awarded to Divija Melally and Saili Katebe; Anjali Dance Company; and Kavya Iyer Ramalingam. The Moving with the Times commission is one […]
Re-dancing archives with Farah Saleh
Words by Hannah Draper. I write this on day 123 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and Palestine. The day I see the show is December 14th, day 68 of the genocide. The work is […]
Kasia Witek on latest work Solastalgia
Words by Qiao Lin Tan. When I chatted with choreographer Kasia Witek about her new work Solastalgia on a Wednesday evening, I thought that she had the most wonderful way of speaking. She conversed in […]