By Ocean Chillingsworth. In this article Ocean reflects on the labour and tenderness of fight choreography. It’s the artifice I love about fight choreography. It’s the NOTness I’m drawn to. The too-large gap between the […]
Southbank Centre announces 2025 season
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 […]
Getting to know Sadler’s Wells Young Associates
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 […]
Mamela Nyamza: “I have been hatching my entire life”
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 […]
Touch Wood at The Place is a smorgasbord of dance
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 […]
Pushing important conversations: Interview with Dance Umbrella
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 […]
Frame Rush 2024: Experience a world of screendance
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 […]
Tackling climate crisis complacency in The Dirt
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 […]
Platforming independent dance at Independent Creatives Night
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 […]
Bringing care rituals into practice
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 […]