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, […]
Category: reviews
Queen of Shade | review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Recently I’ve thought about the peace of forgetting…in pieces, a canvased memory. It’s coincidental that I encounter this film now, as I’ve been considering silhouette in dance practice as a way […]
VOXED Out Late as part of Dance Passion 2022 | review
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. In Out Late, VOXED takes an innovative approach to presenting dance work online by creating an online, choose-your-own-adventure crime drama experience. With the ability to decide how the story unfolds, I […]
Neighbours by Rauf RubberLegz Yasit & Brigel Gjoka | review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Performed at Sadler’s Wells. Years ago in a workshop, I remember being in process with Slovakian choreographer Anton Lachky’s “puzzle work” a Forsythian creative modality in which the body moves within […]
Lucinda Childs Dance, a hypnotic utopia | Review
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. Performed by Lyon Opera Ballet at Sadler’s Wells as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival. … we are gonna work together, we are gonna have […]
Listening to trauma | ‘Them’ by Body Politic | Review
Words by Maria Elena Ricci [Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence] It is a heavy reality to know that 1 in 4 women in the UK will experience sexual violence at some point in their lives. Roughly […]
The dancing flags of ARA! ARA! by Panzetti and Ticconi | Review
Words by Giordana Patumi. Review of ARA! ARA! choreographed and performed by Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi at Teatro Morlacchi of Perugia. Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi, based in Berlin and Torino, have been working […]
On beauty: Graces by Silvia Gribaudi | review
Words by Giordana Patumi. On Thursday, December 30th at Teatro Morlacchi in Perugia a wide laugh filled the seats of the theatres while on stage there was ‘Graces’ by Silvia Gribaudi. Silvia Gribaudi, an artist […]
Moving with Pina: a dance-lecture by Cristiana Morganti| review
Words by Giordana Patumi. Watched at Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia, Italy November 21, 2021. “Pina Bausch used dance to make up for her lack of familiarity with words,” introduces Cristiana Morganti, soloist with Bausch’s company Tanztheater […]
“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 […]