Words by Hannah Draper. Performed at TRAMWAY on 24th February. Trigger warning – this article mentions rape. Burning incense curls up from a metal bowl passed between the circle of whispering performers as I enter […]
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Exploring identity through movement | Review
What do the territories we grow and live into represent for us? What represents us? Paula Catalina Riofrio reviews Zebras Crossing Collective’s new dance film.
Reflecting on SERAFINE1369’s ‘We can no longer deny ourselves’
Words by Maya Williams. This response to SERAFINE1369’s We can no longer deny ourselves was never intended to be a review. It was a scramble of phone notes, a day out with a friend and […]
Taylor Han and Simone Seales on ‘With Catastrophic Consequences’ | interview
Words by Hannah Draper. Both Glasgow based artists, Taylor Han and Simone Seales’ show With Catastrophic Consequences is performance which invites the audience into a space of collective warmth, using improvisation and storytelling, or story […]
Sonia Hughes ‘I am from Reykjavik’ | review
Words by Hannah Draper. Performed at Edinburgh Fringe as part of Horizon Showcase. Monday 22nd August 4.19 pm, Portobello Promenade I walk along the promenade to find Sonia Hughes. A small crowd is gathered in […]
Eve Stainton Dykegeist at Horizon Showcase | review
Words by Hannah Draper. Industrial techno is blaring through the curtain that separates the performance area from the bar when the performance starts. The audience mills in, standing around Dykegeist choreographer Eve Stainton who is […]
Mesh by Maija Hirvanen: movement as life | review
Words by Katherine Adams. Mesh, which premiered in Berlin at the Tanz im August festival, is a work modeled after forms of organic generation. The piece draws on principles one might find in contact improvisation […]
A Festival of Korean Dance 2022: Dismantling Traditions
By Sunhi Keller From performers deconstructing a piano and gender politics to dances erasing certain senses and heightening others, the 2022 A Festival of Korean Dance held at The Place offered an enriching curation of […]
SEVENS by Nina Rajarani Dance Creations | Review
Words by Giada Palmisano The tinkling of Indian rattle anklets — known as ghungroo — settled in the darkness. In the slow ascending light appeared a blend of warm and brightly coloured costumes, well-pronounced make-up, […]
“Dance helps my body find its centre” | Interview with Minako Seki
Words by Dally Schwarz It was October, the beginning of the autumn and almost the end of 2020. I was in my room in Lisbon and I remember it was during a hard moment of […]