Words by Katie Hagan. We should all be keeping a close eye on the work that is emerging from the group of dance artists at London Contemporary Dance School. Creating work that is cerebral, multimedia-ed, […]
Category: reviews
MCDC’s I Love Myself, Do You? – review
Words by Katie Hagan. A billowing, sartorially-hung cloth of gold suspended from upstage left is draped across the Blue Elephant Theatre‘s performance space, like a figure nonchalantly lying on a chaise longue, undisturbed. Such a […]
Peeping Tom 32 rue Vandenbranden: Extreme bodies face human condition
Words by Giordana Patumi. After nearly 200 shows and ten years on the road, 32 rue Vandenbranden by Peeping Tom premiered in the US, at BAM New York. Originally opened on November 2009 in Koninklijke […]
Janine Harrington’s it’ll-blow-your-mind Screensaver Series – review
Words by Adam Moore. Shoryuuuuu-ken!!! Screensaver Series is a beast of a performance. I feel like it’s 1996 and Dark Ryu is gearing up to obliterate me in an unstoppable, mathematical equation that only the […]
Ali Curtis-Jones ‘Drumstick’ a living archive of Laban’s work – review
Words by Katie Hagan. Performed at Trinity Laban. A culmination of years’ research on Rudolf Laban, notation and choreology, Ali Curtis-Jones’ Drumstick performed by her company of lithe dancers, Summit Dance Theatre, is a technical […]
Dimitris Papaioannou’s The Great Tamer a wild hybrid – review
Words by Giordana Patumi. Last night at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Dimitris Papaioannou’s The Great Tamer made its New York debut. The piece, produced by the Onassis Cultural Centre of Athens, premiered in […]
‘Joseph Toonga’s Born to Manifest empowers and awakens’ – review
Words by Katie Hagan. I read a quotation somewhere which said the danger with stereotypes is that they assume a whole story, when in truth they are insubstantial and ridden with bias. Just Us Dance […]
