Words by Stella Rousham. Please note that DAJ saw this performance on Wednesday 7th July during the week where only three of the four works were performed due to Covid restrictions. The following week the […]
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Emergence: Triple Bill | Review
Words by Inês Carvalho. On Saturday (26 June), Emergence Dance live-streamed their 2021 Triple Bill. The postgraduate dance company of Joss Arnott Dance and the University of Salford worked with guest choreographers Becky Namgauds and […]
‘my body is an exhibition’ baby – Christoper Matthews / formed view | Review
Words by Katie Hagan. Experienced @ Sadler’s Wells 24/06/21. As I reflect on my body is an exhibition curated by Christopher Matthews/formed view, I’m reminded of what a special and warm way it was to […]
Impermanence Dance Theatre’s ‘Lady Blackshirt’ – an experimental response
Words by Sophie Chinner and Katie Hagan. Impermanence Dance Theatre‘s Lady Blackshirt is an experimental, dance-collage film exploring the development of modernism and radical ideologies in the early twentieth century. This abstract film, which ran […]
Sex fantasies & food shopping | AllouAqui Dance Theatre ‘Milan’s Game’ | Review
Words by Katie Hagan. *please note this contains sexual references* Milan’s Game is 15+. Nothing seems out-of-bounds in AllouAqui Dance Theatre Company’s Milan’s Game. Over the course of 52 minutes, audience members are swept up […]
(UN)COMMON GROUNDS by Klevis Elmazaj | Review
Words by Inês Carvalho. We listen to echoes of the cracking wood floor while watching an empty house. No furniture. The broken windows allow the light to come in. A room only gets inhabited when […]
Experiment 6 ‘South London Scratch Night’ | Review
Words by Stella Rousham. Seeing new work is something that I have truly missed in lockdown. For all the endless videos of old performances filmed and available online, nothing is quite the same as watching […]
Skin & Scales by Darcy Wallace | A Poetic Response
By Angel Dust and Katie Hagan. – The female body as an othered body, the body of a witch. To reclaim the touch with nature from the talons of man, whose all pervasive hegemonic gaze […]
Smithson, interrupted By Adam Moore | Hypothetical Islands | Review
Preface Robert Smithson opened western artistic practice to a new landscape of possibilities, both inside and beyond the gallery. For me, his practice engages the ongoing enquiry of my own visceral, tactile, and embodied experiences, […]
James Cousins Company | In Search of Sanctuary | Review
Words by Katie Hagan Although the pandemic has seized many aspects of the dance industry’s identity – physical touch, studio time, performance IRL – it has not destroyed its spirit. This is the premise of […]
