We originally reviewed WomanEwer’s work back in 2021 where it was performed in a sharing format at Academy Mews Dance Studios in London. The work emerged out of WomanEwer’s founder Laura Kenyon’s year-long residency with […]
Dancing autobiography: Accident / a Life with Marc Brew
Words by Gabriel Levine Brislin. At the height of the covid pandemic, with the possibility of in-person performances a distant uncertainty, Marc Brew and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui spoke over Zoom with the aim of developing […]
Reune x Sadler’s Wells
Words by India Berry. Reune – an evening of live performance and film produced by Emma Farnell-Watson and Joshua James Smith – was a night that brought a collective of dance performances and short films […]
Choreographing in a community of practice | Next Choreography Part 2
Words by Stella Rousham The Roof Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios has and always will be a kind of sanctuary. Arriving at 18:00 sharp to watch the Next Choreography rehearsal, I was immediately transported from […]
Expanding approaches to choreography | Next Choreography Part 1
Angel speaks to Rach Coleman, Lin Ji and Billy Gigurtsis about the projects they’re working on for SDS’s Next Festival taking place on the 23 March. They’ve had no formal dance training but all share an inclination towards the physicality of expression.
Kavina Pound’s Archive at Siobhan davies studios
Reflection – Waiting, Relating, Coordinating: Kavina Pound Self-proclaimed activist and dance artist, Kavina Pound concluded the launch of her Live Archive: Waiting, Relating and Coordinating at Siobhan Davies Studios proclaiming: ‘I use the term this […]
Divija Melally & Saili Katebe on new work Six Degrees from Home
Last year Dancin’ Oxford and Pegasus Theatre announced their Moving with the Times commissions. These were awarded to Divija Melally and Saili Katebe; Anjali Dance Company; and Kavya Iyer Ramalingam. The Moving with the Times commission is one […]
Ballet National de Marseille / La Horde’s Roommates is fresh & cutting edge
Words by Inês Carvalho. The Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium feels particularly packed for the opening night of Roommates, a mixed bill by Ballet National de Marseille, directed by the French collective (LA)HORDE since 2019. The […]
Re-dancing archives with Farah Saleh
Words by Hannah Draper. I write this on day 123 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and Palestine. The day I see the show is December 14th, day 68 of the genocide. The work is […]
Can This Place be a Temple? By Akshay Sharma a sensory feast
Words by Pagan Hunt. Soft white shirt, draped over a muscular form, warmly lit. Unfurling gold foil, reflecting shimmers of light across exposed brick walls. A rich, liquid melody soaring over a deep drone, steadily growing in volume. […]