Last year saw the launch of Ballet Nights, a platform for dancers from the worlds of classical ballet and contemporary dance to come together, showcase existing and new works, and celebrate the two dance forms. […]
Interview with Rana San, Co-Director of Cadence Video Poetry Festival
Conducted by Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes. Last month I shared a conversation with Rana San, Co-Director of Cadence Video Poetry Festival, an annual film festival based in Seattle, Washington that is dedicated to screening works combining text […]
What dance shows to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
Edinburgh Fringe kicks off in a couple of months, with dance artists from all over the UK and beyond coming together for a month of dance and theatre in the Scottish capital. There are always […]
Move with the trouble | Moving Kinship
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. I’m going to start this review by saying I think you should read this book. Okay, hold on– I’ll qualify that: if you are interested in movement, connection, feminism, embodiment, psychotherapy, […]
Oona Doherty scores with ‘Wall’ performed by NYDC
Words by Hannah Finnimore. “All for oneAnd one for allYou hear the callYour country needs youTo play football” More tender, patient and thoughtful than the title suggests, Oona Doherty’s Wall (performed by the brilliant NYDC) […]
Susan Kempster & Jack Thomson on choreography within image-making
Photographer Jack Thomson and choreographer Susan Kempster have recently come together to work on Susan Kempster’s new project, MOTHER. MOTHER is an intergenerational duet that invites the audience to question intimacy and who we are […]
Metal & Water a new studio for dance
Metal & Water is a new creative studio for dance, creating, producing and curating live, digital, film and participatory dance at the leading edge of new practice. The team of producers, curators, and researchers are […]
Akira Uchida debuts film What A Place
New York-based choreographer Akira Uchida’s latest dance film What A Place, which was created in collaboration with electronic music artist altrice, recently premiered on Nowness. What A Place delves and digs into the broad spectrum of […]
Bringing disability into dance environments with Stuart Waters
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. How does one begin to describe an artist like Stuart Waters? A challenge he poses to himself through his “live” practice, ever-evolving to encapsulate the complex intersectionality of all the facets […]
Opera Locos is a complete hit
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. Since 1991, the Spanish comedy and physical theatre company Yllana have delighted audiences in over 48 countries. And last week they came to London’s Peacock Theatre, with a show that enjoyed […]