The Southbank Centre has announced its Spring / Summer 2025 Performance and Dance programme, offering audiences the unique opportunity to see brave, groundbreaking new work and contemporary collaborations from a multitude of international artists, many […]
Next week, Sadler’s Wells Young Associates – Elisabeth Mulenga, Blue Makwana, Roseann & Sula (aka Tough Boys Dance Collective) and Maiya Leeke – swoop into London to showcase their new choreographic work in Four. Sadler’s […]
Words by Francesca Matthys. “I have been hatching all my life”, Mamela Nyamza opens our interview about her new work Hatched Ensemble. I have known this exuberant artist for a couple of years and having […]
Words by Francesca Matthys. Touch Wood is a gift of an opportunity where choreographers get given time and space to research a choreographic idea in a safe studio at The Place. The MC of the […]
Dance Umbrella, London’s biggest and most celebrated festival for dance, returns this month. Featuring a jam-packed festival line-up of international independent dance makers and companies, Dance Umbrella 2024 will be a fantastic opportunity to experience […]
Words by Florence Nicholls. Frame Rush, curated and programmed by the MA Screendance students at London Contemporary Dance School took place a couple of weeks ago. This event, that showcased ten thoughtfully selected dance films from artists […]
Words by Katie Hagan. Marianne Tuckman’s dance theatre-y piece The Dirt, which came to Camden People’s Theatre last week, is a dystopic lesson in the unavoidable and dirty impact of climate change. This week alone […]
Words by Katie Hagan. Last Friday, Independent Creatives Night brought together a group of independent dance artists each showcasing three works they’ve either created or choreographed. Designed to provide a platform for play – scratch […]
Words by So’l Jelenke. This article is part of our REWRITE series with CDS Artist Community. Is the dance industry an environment that prioritises care? And if it isn’t, what needs to change? Care is something […]
Words by Josephine Leask. Lea Anderson’s beautifully designed book celebrates the 40th anniversary of her companies The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs. It is indeed a work of art, a visual archive of images featuring Chris […]