Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Watched at The Place, London. “There is no activism without hope” said choreographer Sivan Rubinstein in the post-show talk, speaking of her piece Dance No 2° as a culmination of her […]
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Carareretetatakakekerers Normal Conditions / Nicola Conibere | review
Words by angel dust. Watched at Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio. Walking home that night, holding the thoughts and processes of a group of humans, softly layered on top of one another, unstapled, fragile and […]
SMACK & Spektakel at Rich Mix | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. A rainy Saturday at Rich Mix London’s split bill SMACK & Spektakel marked a witty journey back to the pre-teen era of Barbie Girl and even further to the neoclassical musings […]
Looking into the eyes of Marlene Monteiro Freitas | Review
Mal – Embriaguez Divina Words by Inês Carvalho. Eighteen months since the last time I went to see a live performance, I step into the large entrance of Teatro Municipal do Porto (Rivoli) for an […]
Turning to nature In Zara Sands ‘Hibernation Dream’ | Review
Words by Katie Hagan Although Zara Sands’ Hibernation Dream may open on a habitual woodland scene, there’s nothing predictable about this dance work. Instead, and more compellingly, Hibernation Dream casts the wood as a site […]
Charlotte Spencer Projects ‘Is this a Waste Land?’ | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. At moments, dance exists as a migratory sensation. Sometimes we need to come and go from ourselves as we move, our bodies like mini-wingspans and reminders of what it is to […]
Reimagining the dying swan – Gender Bender Festival | Review
Words by Giordana Patumi. What remains today of a choreographic work considered a milestone in the history of Western dance at the beginning of the 20th century? In what forms and in what bodies has […]
‘Reune’ an evening of dance and film | review
Words by Sophie Chinner. Reune was performed 7th August at the Playground Theatre. 9:30am on a Sunday morning blanketed with rain clouds — not that I could see them as I was sat in the […]
‘A sense of wonder’ Groundmarks Project | review
Words by Adam Moore. Laure Dubanet, Teresa Skamletz, Jessy Mackay, and Mathie Duchy commune with and for each other, the audience, and everything living in the Sydenham Hill woods. Calling to each other as they […]
Angelin Preljocaj & Flora Detraz at Festival dei Due Mondi | review
Words by Giordana Patumi. For the sixty-fourth edition of the Festival dei Due Mondi, in Spoleto (Italy), dance is the protagonist of the last weekend of the Festival. Friday July 9 at the Teatro Caio […]