Words by Francesca Matthys. Nandita Shankardass’s Roots to Rise never fails to warm my heart, entice me and remind me of the importance of representation of stories from the Global South on UK stages. I […]
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Anna Watanabe’s Magokoro: Before Thought
Words by Isabela Palancean. Defining free movement can be hard, but we all have certain images associated with it. A swimmer floating in the sun-dazzled sea. A raver whose body seems congruent with the space […]
BIRDHAUS by Camila Serrano
BIRDHAUS, a film by London Contemporary Dance School Screendance graduate Camila Serrano opens with a bird watcher in a brutalist architectural setting. With a mask on, the watcher nips around the building, peaking and hiding […]
Chicos Mambo’s TUTU
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. Out of darkness, an illuminated tutu spins around like a ghostly music box, setting the stage for six bountifully bouncing tutus, frantic fuzzy fruit heads, spicy ballroom partnering, comedic rhythmic gymnastics, […]
Letters of Silence by Manon Servage & Zach Parkin
Words by Stephanie Burrell. Manon Servage’s Letters of Silence, created with collaborator and dancer Zach Parkin, continues Servage’s choreographic inquiry into absence, rupture and the body’s capacity to hold what cannot be spoken. Where A […]
Shiho Yokoyama finding her truth in latest dance film by Nature’s Stage
Words by Katie Hagan. The film opens with Shiho Yokoyama taking us into a secret garden. Plush with greenery, the sun’s rays flicker between tree branches, as Shiho moves bewitched through a walkway adorned with […]
Mind The Gap’s night of improvisation
Words by Francesca Matthys. The word ‘improvisation’ finds its origins in the Latin word ‘improvisus’ which refers to the unforeseen, the unanticipated and unpredicted. Improvisation in many forms is rapidly spreading through dance practice around […]
She Who Moves Everything – Rajeswari Ramaswamy
Words by Josephine Leask. She Who Moves Everything, seen at the Theatre Deli, a vibrant cultural hub on Leadenhall street, is a new project by Rajeswari Ramaswamy, in which she explores her relationship with dance […]
Memory, supermarkets and power @ Resolution, The Place
Words by Lizzy Tan. Resolution festival’s January 10 triple bill at The Place presented diverse perspectives on the pulse of contemporary dance in 2026. Humble Power, Quiet Might by Maya Inniss is a contemplative demonstration […]
‘What we can do when we’re together’ with Romany Dear
Words by Florence Nicholls. Romany Dear’s workshop, Constellations of ‘Together-Mess’, was held with Independent Dance on the 13th of December. Turning in the year, the day signified a cathartic farewell to the tumult of 2025, […]