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, […]
Category: reviews
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 […]
Unapologetic BBC Arts New Creatives By Xavier Singer-Kingsmith – review
Words by Katie Hagan. We all need to be watching Xavier Singer-Kingsmith and collaborators’ short dance fashion film Unapologetic which premiered in October 2020 as part of BBC Arts’ New Creatives programme for filmmakers. Latticing […]
Emilia Robinson and Sidonie Carey-Green Becoming-Animal – Review
Words by Ines Carvalho. As we press play on the video performance, a melancholic landscape of woodland emerges on the screen, contrasting with the figure of a body wearing a black suit in the middle […]
Re:Sense by Iris Athanasiadi – review
Words by Katie Hagan Having some time for seclusion where we can be at one with our bodily senses is hard to come by in a world where we’ve become so desensitised. I trawl through […]
‘the great thing is not having a mind’ by Oluwaseun S. Olayiwola – review
Words by Katie Hagan With its title derived from the first line of a poem penned by the piercing Louise Glück, the great thing is not having a mind by Trinity Laban Fulbright scholar Oluwaseun […]
‘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 […]
“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, […]
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