Words by Maxine Flasher Duzgunes. San Francisco, CA – This poem is not a virus. Here, this poem is a dance: of jazz hollowed by the streets, its pedestrians all traipsing at airy distances. Of […]
Part 1: Dancing with Decolonisation
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. I was commissioned to cover the third edition of Dancing with Decolonisation, an organisation started by a small group of alum from the University of Roehampton who decided to pursue […]
Part 2: Dancing with Decolonisation
Me recuerda una película de Akira Kurosawa Me recuerda a cuando conocí los textos de artaud Un lugar sólido de Elena Garro Me recuerdo de un ejercicio de Tamara Cubas Me recuerda a los pasillos […]
Via Injabulo by Via Katlehong a celebration of South Africa
Words by Francesca Matthys. As a South African watching South African art in the UK or Europe, I wonder what the perceptions on African art are and what stereotypes may be expected from ‘African dance’. […]
Elettra Giunta’s To Hold My Love oozes sensuality
Words by Jodie Nunn. A tantalising and textured tableau of womanhood, To Hold My Love expertly fashions a gilded garment of style, scenery, and sistership. Director and Choreographer Elettra Giunta offers a masterclass in the […]
Roberta Jean’s Ways of Being communicates hope
Words by Josephine Leask. As we enter the Lilian Baylis Studio, a woman (Stephanie McMann) is lying crumpled on the darkened, smoke-hazed stage. She restlessly shifts position, trying to find a comfortable place to rest […]
Dam Van Huynh on work Re:birth
Words by Qiao Lin Tan. In speaking about writer Audre Lorde, Dam Van Huynh comments, “When she wakes up, she is politics… In a way, I also describe myself in that manner.” Dam’s glittering list […]
One Drop by Sonya Lindfors
Words by Francesca Matthys. Sonya Lindfors is charismatic and warm as she greets us in the foyer before her offering. We are encouraged to laugh, applaud and react to what we see. A significant sentiment […]
Zona Franca by Alice Ripoll defines Brazil of today
Words by Inês Carvalho. An ensemble of performers jam with live percussion as audiences find their way into the auditorium of the Southbank Centre. There is something going on, and it takes an extra effort […]
Q&A with Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang
How can the body be used as a instrument to say things that go unsaid? This is one of the many questions that Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang’s new work Deciphers asks. Embarking on its […]