Words by Giada Palmisano. Watched on 20 May at Resolution 2022, The Place. Youth, naivety, and simplicity encompass the world behind Courtney McCarthy’s Sketch. Two dancers dressed in pure white smile at each other with […]
Anne of Green Gables London Children’s Ballet | review
Words by Bengi-Sue Şirin. If you happened to read my recent interview with the London Children’s Ballet about their upcoming production of Anne of Green Gables, you would know how extremely excited I was to […]
RECONTEXTUALISING THE CLUB TO SPARK cross-disciplinary COLLABORATIONS | INTERVIEW WITH INKLINGROOM
Words by Stella Rousham “If I go to see performances or performance art, I miss moving, dancing or being somehow bodily shaked.” inklingroom is an art platform, club night and record label created in […]
We touch, we dance | Interview with Second Hand Dance
Words by Hannah Draper. Young children form the landscape and set for We Touch, We Play, We Dance, a piece made for early years audiences by disabled-led dance company, Second Hand Dance which I saw […]
Connectingvibes at IRIE! dance theatre | interview
Words by Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş “Here we don’t say competition, we compete together,” says dancer Adriana Pino about the upcoming Connectingvibes performance tour, organised by the BA (Hons) Diverse Dance Styles course at IRIE! dance theatre, […]
Embodied ballet – Discovering Anne of Green Gables | Interview
Words by Bengi-Sue Şirin It is a bright, crisp Saturday morning when I go to visit London Children’s Ballet. Lovely weather for an exciting day – exactly the kind of morning that would thrill Anne […]
Paco Peña’s Solera packs a punch | Review
Words by Bengi-Sue Şirin. It is always a treat to learn not only a new word, but a new concept. And I did just that at Sadler’s Wells watching Paco Peña’s Solera. The word […]
dance art journal launches GoFundMe campaign
Exeunt, A Younger Theatre… many independent theatre magazines are closing because they can’t pay their writers or work sustainably. It’s why we are launching this Crowdfunder campaign, to raise £2,000 to support our Arts Council […]
Juxtaposing absurdity and poetry in Transverse Orientation by Dimitris Papaioannou | Review
Words by Giordana Patumi. An aseptic white room, the flickering light of a neon sign and a door. This is how Dimitris Papaioannou begins a journey between antiquity and modernity, permanence, and transience, in search […]
SEVENS by Nina Rajarani Dance Creations | Review
Words by Giada Palmisano The tinkling of Indian rattle anklets – known as ghungroo – settled in the darkness. In the slow ascending light appeared a blend of warm and brightly coloured costumes, well-pronounced make-up, […]
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