Words by Katie Hagan. ‘At one point I had eight jobs’ is a statement pretty much every freelancer can relate to. It’s a piece of insight divulged by choreographer and Trinity Laban MFA graduate, Gianna Burright, […]
Shivaangee Agrawal’s on-point North – review
Words by Katie Hagan. ‘Da, da, di, di, di, di, da, da’; this punctuated vocal konnakol, articulated by Swati Seshadri, is drummed into my brain after the debut performance of Shivaangee Agrawal’s North. Three dancers, […]
Why do dance festivals matter?
Words by Ines Carvalho. The UK’s main festival for new choreography, Resolution, is back for its 31st edition. Between January and February, 81 artists have the chance to showcase their original work from different backgrounds […]
Ruminating on dance and intimacy – beginning with Five Dances
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. For those of us who watch rather than create dance, the studio is a mysterious place. We can only wonder about it as a site of possibility — choreographic or romantic. […]
‘Zorro but not as you know it’ – Dan Burns’s ‘Zorroz’ – review
Words by Katie Hagan As the dying man’s final thoughts enter into the gaping chasm of what his life could have been, we, the viewers, take this moment to ask ourselves if we are living […]
‘Dance is intimate, always’: Eva O & Sofia Filippou on spontaneity, curiosity & choreography
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. Artist Statement: “On the 21st of June 2019, the Steamship project space organised a group exhibition titled ‘100’ where the concept was to have 100 artists exhibiting work in the same space. We […]
‘NOWhere’ & ‘Be fruitful and multiply’ – review
Words by Katie Hagan. We should all be keeping a close eye on the work that is emerging from the group of dance artists at London Contemporary Dance School. Creating work that is cerebral, multimedia-ed, […]
MCDC’s I Love Myself, Do You? – review
Words by Katie Hagan. A billowing, sartorially-hung cloth of gold suspended from upstage left is draped across the Blue Elephant Theatre‘s performance space, like a figure nonchalantly lying on a chaise longue, undisturbed. Such a […]
Peeping Tom 32 rue Vandenbranden: Extreme bodies face human condition
Words by Giordana Patumi. After nearly 200 shows and ten years on the road, 32 rue Vandenbranden by Peeping Tom premiered in the US, at BAM New York. Originally opened on November 2009 in Koninklijke […]
An interview with Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion
Words by Katie Hagan. It seems apt that choreographer Jonathan Burrows and composer Matteo Fargion have based their new work Let us stop this mad rush towards the end on an interpretation of Shakespeare’s line: […]