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 […]
1 9 Monologue at The Place is a dance macabre
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. Tuberculosis is something I know very little about. It feels very far away – either as part of the Romantic poet era or as something nobody I know has had. But […]
To Hold My Love film premieres in London
Debuting at The Place’s Resolution festival for new choreography last year, Elettra Giunta’s To Hold My Love is a sensual work about vulnerabilities and personal journeys. Just over a year on, the stage performance of […]
Joan Català’s ‘Pelat’ a labour of love
Words by Francesca Matthys. Pelat, which refers to being ‘Peeled off’ in Catalan or ‘to remove the first skin’ as shared by performer Joan Català, does just that, peeling away the layers of performance, the […]
Raze Collective’s Let Us Raze You LABS
Words by Katie Hagan. Raze Collective’s work in progress night at Stanley Arts – featuring a line up of stunning and stellar artists Elle Fierce, Wet Mess and AZARA – was an absolute belter of […]
Eve Stainton talks ‘Impact Driver’, art and welding
Words by Katie Hagan. I’m speaking to artist Eve Stainton just after they have finished an intense two-week period of cracking open their new work Impact Driver, which comes to the ICA this week. On […]
Dragons by Eun-Me Ahn
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. Y2K is having a moment right now, but I hadn’t yet seen that cross over into the dance world. Until last Wednesday at the Barbican Centre when I saw the latest […]
Touch Wood at The Place
Words by Qiao Lin Tan. In early September, The Place’s Choreodrome residency artists performed in Touch Wood, a work-in-progress showcase that marks the end of Choreodrome season. Each artist was allowed 10 minutes of stage […]
Dancing with Hafez | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Düzgüne? SAN FRANCISCO: In Turkish (but originating from Arabic), my father told me, “hafez” means one who remembers things…and like poetry’s daring recitations, dancing must be remembered also. While cursed inside its […]