Words by Gus Hodgson. Erwin Olaf’s photographs of ballet dancers aren’t what you’d expect. There’s a whole subgenre of photography capturing ballet dancers with its own norms and stylistic conventions: dancers in technically demanding positions […]
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Dancers Navigating the Global Talent Visa process
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. Whilst an art form like dance is edgeless and connective, artists from all over the world have to deal with the shame of bureaucratic borders to perform or extend their […]
Almost dancing together: what Alexander Calder’s failed collaborations with Martha Graham tell us about dance
Words by Gus Hodgson. Take a piece of dance and begin removing elements from it. At what point is it no longer dance? Set and lighting design can go; so too can costumes and music, […]
We’ll have you dancing soon enough
Words by Gus Hodgson. It’s strange where our minds go when we’re in extreme pain. I remember lying there desperately trying to work out what time it was. I was going in and out of […]