Words by Sophie Chinner and Katie Hagan. Impermanence Dance Theatre‘s Lady Blackshirt is an experimental, dance-collage film exploring the development of modernism and radical ideologies in the early twentieth century. This abstract film, which ran […]
Words by Katie Hagan. *please note this contains sexual references* Milan’s Game is 15+. Nothing seems out-of-bounds in AllouAqui Dance Theatre Company’s Milan’s Game. Over the course of 52 minutes, audience members are swept up […]
A couple of months ago we did a residency at Siobhan Davies Studios as part of the studios’ Percolate award. During our week-long research, we were exploring new ways to write about dance, going beyond […]
Words by Inês Carvalho. We listen to echoes of the cracking wood floor while watching an empty house. No furniture. The broken windows allow the light to come in. A room only gets inhabited when […]
Words by Katie Hagan. Founded in 1982 by then artistic director Bonnie Bird, Trinity Laban’s resident postgraduate outfit Transitions Dance Company comprises 14 dancers from around the globe who complete a rigorous audition process to […]
Words by Katie Hagan “I really wanted to do something that I could remember her by. I wanted to feel as if she’d helped in some way.” Seven years ago, Nicole Vivien Watson director of […]
‘Glimpses of a Future’ is a new docuseries available on Netflix that combines writing and movement to answer the following question: If you can imagine the future, what does it look like? During the first […]
DAJ is pleased to announce the first issue of its zine, Lines Curves Galaxies, is now published on Live Art Development Agency. With 27 submissions from across the globe and edited by our very own […]
Words by Stella Rousham. Seeing new work is something that I have truly missed in lockdown. For all the endless videos of old performances filmed and available online, nothing is quite the same as watching […]
Words by Katie Hagan Elizabeth Arifien founder and creative director of Creative Dance London is on a mission to change the perceptions of adult dance. In our culture of comparison, adult classes have long been […]