Words by Katie Hagan With its title derived from the first line of a poem penned by the piercing Louise Gluck, the great thing is not having a mind by Trinity Laban Fulbright scholar Oluwaseun […]
Category: reviews
RANDOM ACTS OF LOVE FOR THE FUTURE OF ARTS
Words by Giordana Patumi Strabismi festival, Cannara, Perugia (Italy), 4-11 October 2020 What were you doing on Friday October the 9th? Maybe watching the Royal Ballet back on stage? Maybe having a drink (before 11pm […]
Greta Gauhe Memories of Skin – review
Words by Katie Hagan. I’ve been closely following the work of German dance artist and choreographer Greta Gauhe for just over a year now. I interviewed the UK-based dancer last year and around the same […]
Back to the theatre: Dimitris Papaioannou’s ‘INK’
Words by Giordana Patumi. And so, after seven months I am back at the theatre, almost a year after watching the acclaimed The Great Tamer in New York. I am sitting at the Carignano theatre, […]
Yoga at the Park – Mass Hysteria Collective – review
Words by Angel Dust. The stage lights are off, the curtains are all pulled back revealing the metal structures that are holding everything together, a faint light from the door that performers use to go backstage at […]
‘NOWhere’ & ‘Be fruitful and multiply’ – review
Words by Katie Hagan. We should all be keeping a close eye on the work that is emerging from the group of dance artists at London Contemporary Dance School. Creating work that is cerebral, multimedia-ed, […]
MCDC’s I Love Myself, Do You? – review
Words by Katie Hagan. A billowing, sartorially-hung cloth of gold suspended from upstage left is draped across the Blue Elephant Theatre‘s performance space, like a figure nonchalantly lying on a chaise longue, undisturbed. Such a […]
Peeping Tom 32 rue Vandenbranden: Extreme bodies face human condition
Words by Giordana Patumi. After nearly 200 shows and ten years on the road, 32 rue Vandenbranden by Peeping Tom premiered in the US, at BAM New York. Originally opened on November 2009 in Koninklijke […]
Neve Harrington’s It’ll-blow-your-mind Screensaver Series – review
Words by Adam Moore. Shoryuuuuu-ken!!! The year is 1996 and Dark Ryu is gearing up to obliterate me in an unstoppable, mathematical equation that only the PlayStation really understands. All I can do is watch the […]
Ali Curtis-Jones ‘Drumstick’ a living archive of Laban’s work – review
Words by Katie Hagan. Performed at Trinity Laban. A culmination of years’ research on Rudolf Laban, notation and choreology, Ali Curtis-Jones’ Drumstick performed by her company of lithe dancers, Summit Dance Theatre, is a technical […]