Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. I invite you to do this task before, or rather after you read the article. Find yourself the time and space to be openly connected with your eight senses. Now […]
Seke Chimutengwende’s haunting It Begins in Darkness
Words by Francesca Matthys. A gasp of breath and shudders of whispers lure us into the haunted world of It Begins in Darkness by Seke Chimutengwende. We are immediately thrown into panic, loss, uncertainty and […]
Rebellious Bodies International Butoh Dance Festival 2023
History of Butoh Butoh, the avant garde dance form that shook Western dance concepts in the twentieth century, was born from a Japan emerging from World War II. As the country began assimilating Western values […]
The Spaces Between by Nina Haft & Company | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes For most of our lives we’ve been conditioned to fear uncertainty – the unknowns where we’ll live and work, and who we’ll share it with…And certainly those external unknowns can be […]
1 Click Away: Art as the medium for Environmental Action
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrío. “Towers falling down” replayed one of the kids. “Things break all the time” said the other. “Waste, a lot of waste” said the tallest one. Those were the answers of […]
Take Me Somewhere series: Ashanti Harris
Words by Sarah Lapinsky The Take Me Somewhere Festival is back again to bring audiences radical works from a diverse group of the world’s most cutting-edge contemporary performance makers. Running from the 13th through the […]
Take Me Somewhere series: NXSA
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. At the forefront of pioneering performances, the Take Me Somewhere Festival returns to once again enthrall Glasgow’s audiences with captivating and innovative works from a diverse group of artists dedicated to […]
Take Me Somewhere series: Louise Ahl
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. On the cutting edge of radical performance, the Take Me Somewhere Festival is back again bringing Glasgow audiences intriguing, exciting works from some of the world’s most ground-breaking performance makers. Kicking […]
Souls and Cells by Akeim Toussaint Buck and Crystal Zillwood
What speaks back to you when you call out? Souls and Cells by Akeim Toussaint Buck and Crystal Zillwood embodies this and invites us to witness an embodied ritual. Ritual is indeed present in the […]
Michael Keegan-Dolan’s magical Mam
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. When Irish dance company Teac Damsa’s piece Mám premiered in 2019 it was received with great acclaim, even garnering an Olivier Award nomination. The time has come for its revival, and […]