Words by Jodie Nunn. An algorithmic takedown of trite trends and beauty BS! A satirical social commentary contoured by a pertinent poignancy, She’s F***ing Tired pokes an angled brush at the relentless rigmarole of prevailing […]
Category: reviews
Wherever Ivo Dimchev Goes, Expect a Wild Ride
Words by Giordana Patumi. Ivo Dimchev, the renowned Bulgarian artist celebrated for his provocative and boundary-pushing performances, delivered one of his most captivating shows at the IETM Sofia Plenary Meeting 2024 with In Hell with […]
Chronicles from Bolzano Danza
Words by Giordana Patumi. Alessandro Sciarroni’s latest work, U. (un canto), which premiered on July 24, 2024, at the Bolzano Danza Festival, is a mesmerising experience that defies categorisation. Known for challenging the boundaries of […]
Sunhi Willa Keller deliciously subverts the norm in her two dance works
Words by Natalie Albaran. Sunhi Willa Keller and her mother greeted incoming audience members with a pre-show tutorial on how to make kimchi. Behind a black table littered with garlic, gochugaru, cabbage and other kimchi […]
“Fest en Fest is an exhilarating expanded choreography festival”
Words by Jo Leask. Sunday afternoon spent at the APT gallery in Creekside, Deptford, for the final day of Fest En Fest 24 feels like visiting an oasis of hope and a well of alternative […]
“We Move in Circles entwines life & performance”
Words by Paula Riofrio. It was 5:58 and I was lying upon the moss covered roots. The invitation I received a couple weeks ago was clear: arrivals would start at 6pm. A woman crossed the […]
Darcy Wallace’s Mothertongue
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. There is no rest under burden, there is no breath except inside the moment that never ends… Framed by bricks in the looks of a run-down tube station, a dancer snaps […]
Yewande 103’s meditative Many Lifetimes
Words by Pagan Hunt. Performed at Dance City. Yewande 103’s Many Lifetimes felt to me like just that; a series of unfolding histories. Set to the incredible live music of Bianca Wilson and Femi Oriogun-Williams beneath a glowing canopy, Alexandrina Yewande […]
Wolf-cries and rave: a reflection on FEAR
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. In bocca al lupo! answered one of the participants when I asked her how to say good luck in her mother tongue. In bocca al lupo (its English translation is […]
Birthday Fish is clever & surreal
Words by Isabela Palancean. ‘To drink like a fish’ takes on a new, surreal dimension in Birthday Fish, a physical theatre piece co-authored and performed by Stephanie Burrell and Erin Hughes. What starts off as […]