Words by Hannah Draper. Industrial techno is blaring through the curtain that separates the performance area from the bar when the performance starts. The audience mills in, standing around Dykegeist choreographer Eve Stainton who is […]
Tag: choreography
Mesh by Maija Hirvanen: movement as life | review
Words by Katherine Adams. Mesh, which premiered in Berlin at the Tanz im August festival, is a work modeled after forms of organic generation. The piece draws on principles one might find in contact improvisation […]
Dancing to fight climate change | Interview with Penny Chivas
Words by Katie Hagan. Australian born, Scotland-based dance artist Penny Chivas started working on her arresting work Burnt Out in January 2020, at a time when the Black Summer bushfires were tearing through Australia, destroying […]
Monica Tolia talks choreography and their work ‘a snake in the house means the family will never want’
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. With the sound of coffee grinding and smoothies blending in the background, Monica Tolia (they/she) and I discussed their interdisciplinary practice, creative process and new work, a snake in the house […]
Dance in the time of war | Diana Olifirova’s film Intrance
Dance may be an ephemeral, fleeting art form, but its moments can be documented and remembered as being representative or symbolic of a very specific period of time. For dancer, director and cinematographer Diana Olifirova, […]
Saburo Teshigawara’s Tristan and Isolde, Coronet Theatre | Review
Words by Paula Riofrio The lighting sculpts the stage as it is revealed before our eyes. The dancers become a sensuous spell that tells of the time of Tristan and Isolde. Tristan lies across a […]
In Realness by Van Huynh Company | review
Words by Sunhi Keller. Performed at Rich Mix on 16 May. Amidst a chatty audience and an empty stage, Tommaso Petrolo struts onto the floor, dressed in a holographic leotard — designed by Emma Lyth […]
Anne of Green Gables London Children’s Ballet | review
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. If you happened to read my recent interview with the London Children’s Ballet about their upcoming production of Anne of Green Gables, you would know how extremely excited I was to […]
We touch, we dance | Interview with Second Hand Dance
Words by Hannah Draper. Young children form the landscape and set for We Touch, We Play, We Dance, a piece made for early years audiences by disabled-led dance company, Second Hand Dance which I saw […]
Connectingvibes at IRIE! dance theatre | interview
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. “Here we don’t say competition, we compete together,” says dancer Adriana Pino about the upcoming Connectingvibes performance tour, organised by the BA (Hons) Diverse Dance Styles course at IRIE! dance theatre, […]