Words by Katie Hagan Can prosthetic limbs transcend their usual function to be seen and understood as pieces of jewellery or dance companions? They certainly can in film director, Dorothy Allen-Pickard’s Material Bodies, a sensual […]
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DAJ features new film q.f.d.f
Words by Katie Hagan. We are super excited/delighted/grateful to be featuring queer faggy dance fun (q.f.d.f), a new film that spotlights queer collective joy, and cherishes togetherness after months of absence and loss. Directed by […]
Discover DAJ’s Percolate residency archive!
A couple of months ago we did a residency at Siobhan Davies Studios as part of the studios’ Percolate award. During our week-long research, we were exploring new ways to write about dance, going beyond […]
FIRST ISSUE OF LINES CURVES GALAXIES ZINE NOW AVAILABLE
DAJ is pleased to announce the first issue of its zine, Lines Curves Galaxies, is now published on Live Art Development Agency. The zine is an archive of poetic responses to performance art created and […]
DAJ awarded Siobhan Davies Dance Percolate residency
We are thrilled to announce that we are one of the four artists who have been awarded a residency at Siobhan Davies Dance as part of its Percolate programme! The DAJ team will be heading […]
Dance memes: Are they a thing now?
Everyone loves a meme. They’re pretty much a staple of our digital lives. They can make you laugh, cry, sad, forlorn; almost always they are a mirror which you look into when you are alone […]
DAJ PRESENTING AT 2FD MULTI STORY FESTIVAL
DAJ is so excited to announce that it’s part of a fantastic line-up for 2Faced Dance Company’s Multi Story Youth Arts Festival taking place on 11 & 12 December. Dance writing opportunities for young people are […]
WEBRES 2020 – How can dance journalism support the work of independent artists?
A reflective document written by Katie Hagan, dance art journal and Rachel Elderkin, Dance Dialogues Podcast. Introduction Following our WebRes event for Siobhan Davies Dance, we felt it important to create a document that highlights […]
strikethrough: a score by Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş
A couple of weeks ago DAJ created ‘Share a Score’, an idea which is designed to turn attention to the creative processes and practices behind dance-making. We welcomed Kashish Gaba for our first entry and […]
