Words by Josephine Leask. Liam Francis, looking scholarly in glasses behind a lectern, delivers an informative account of the Australian ground-dwelling Lyrebird’s extraordinary vocal habits, particularly its ability to mimic a variety of natural and […]
Words by Qiao Lin Tan. Almost like a lecture demonstration, No.60 is a thesis and it’s structured like one. The piece starts off with a slideshow showing the 59 fundamental poses in the Thai classical […]
Radical Body, a disability arts organisation providing opportunities and support for disabled artists who are facing barriers in developing careers in the creative sector, has recently published its Disability Data Drive. Drawing on a survey of 252 disabled […]
Words by Qiao Lin Tan. Pichet Klunchun Dance Company performs No.60 as part of Queer East Festival this year, a work that deconstructs the Thai classical dance canon of 59 set poses, in turn proposing […]
Words by Georgia Howlett. Trigger warning: mention of suicide. Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen kicks off Multitudes, the Southbank Centre’s multi-disciplinary arts festival with classical music at its core. The credits list is […]
Words by Qiao Lin Tan. Daniel Kok and Luke George (Singapore, Germany, Australia) bring their work Bunny to Battersea Arts Centre from 4-6 June for its London premiere as part of Queer East Festival 2026. […]
Words by Karly Benson. Cathy Waller Dance Company presented You & Us at The Place, an evening of photography, film, and live dance exploring the complicated nature of identity and how we exist not only […]
Words by Gus Hodgson. Take a piece of dance and begin removing elements from it. At what point is it no longer dance? Set and lighting design can go; so too can costumes and music, […]
Dance North Scotland today announces the programme for RISE 2026, its annual festival of contemporary dance and performance, taking place from Saturday 23 May to Saturday 6 June 2026 across Caithness, Inverness, Findhorn and Glasgow. Centred on global indigenous voices, this […]
‘Step by Step’ (1982-1989) is a study of girls and their mothers at a dancing school in North Shields, in North East of England, and their later lives after leaving the school. Author Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen […]