Words by Georgia Howlett. U N S I L E N C E D by Rieckhof-Silva Collective Sound travels to us from a distance, as if we are in a cave. Choreographer and performer Moyra Ceclia Silva Rodríguez, one half of Rieckhof-Silva Collective, is a black […]
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Resolution @ The Place 2026 on 13 February
Words by Georgia Howlett. STILL BLIND, LET ME SEE by Noah Meteau STILL BLIND, LET ME SEE is slick and sultry. Four dancers impeccably dressed in Chinese silk and suits slink between two tables to curious, plucky strings. Casual indoor smoking, a rotary phone […]
Phoebe Lindenbach premieres SHE KNOWS
Trigger warning: abuse. Last week, dancer and choreographer Phoebe Lindenbach premiered her new film SHE KNOWS, which puts a spotlight on violence against women. The film, captured by King Cat Productions, uses the white walls […]
No One Dances The Mambo Here: Pina Bausch’s Sweet Mambo
Words by Zara Joan Miller. A woman in a pink dress laughs into a Ziploc bag then stuffs it under her arm, “for later”. Her name is Nazareth Panadero, she announces to the audience, enunciating […]
Resolution at The Place Theatre: Rachel Elderkin, Wayward Thread, Taylor Lauren Hughes
Words by Lizzy Tan Resolution festival’s lineup on 11 February showcased work from seasoned performers across the UK’s diverse dance landscape. Rachel Elderkin’s Hours created an ambient world to draw attention to the beauty of […]
Dancing lineage in Roots to Rise by Nandita Shankardass
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 […]
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 […]