Words by Maria Elena Ricci. Maud le Pladec’s Twenty-seven perspectives, presented the 1st and 2nd of October in Rome’s Auditorium Parco della Musica, is certainly not definable in a few, concise words. With dance works […]
Tag: dance interviews
Engaging older people through community dance | interview with Moving Memory
Words by Katie Hagan. Organisations based in local and regional communities are true agents of change. Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company, a north Kent based dance organisation established in 2010, is one such example, using […]
kid subjunctive by Funsch Dance | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Things began before beginning…dancers danced behind oblivious raised programs…house lights buzzed. Was the dance in the adjusting curtains and the diagonal warm-up jogs? Was the dance in […]
Empower audiences through immersive performance: Hysteria by 00100ENSEMBLE | Review
Words by Inês Carvalho. Helsinki, the last evening of summer. The chilly breeze of late afternoon paces up my steps.The GPS tracks an old building far from the city centre. I have no idea where […]
Revelling in the Reverie | interview with Georgia Tegou & Michalis Theophanous
Words by Giordana Patumi. It was an unexpected bright summer morning in Switzerland when I got the chance to have a chat with Georgia Tegou & Michalis Theophanous – who even connected from Japan and […]
A day at Dance City’s Creative Summer 2022 | interview
Words by Katie Hagan “Dance will forever be a part of people’s lives” expresses Anand Bhatt of Dance City, the organisation’s recent CEO who was also producer of Aakash Odedra Company when it became the […]
MeToo and challenging Asian beauty standards in Sung Im Her’s Nutcrusher | review
Words by Stella Rousham. I, along with the rest of the audience, enter to pulsating, whirring music. As I wander over to my seat, my eyes are immediately drawn to the three dancers who are […]
Taylor Han and Simone Seales on ‘With Catastrophic Consequences’ | interview
Words by Hannah Draper. Both Glasgow based artists, Taylor Han and Simone Seales’ show With Catastrophic Consequences is performance which invites the audience into a space of collective warmth, using improvisation and storytelling, or story […]
“Contemporary dance in Korea is constantly changing and growing” | Interview with Jeong Kyuyeon
Words by Inês Carvalho. Dance reflects contexts. When I first saw the piece 1°C in April this year, I got curious to discover more about how contemporary dance is emerging in Korea. So I couldn’t […]
Sonia Hughes ‘I am from Reykjavik’ | review
Words by Hannah Draper. Performed at Edinburgh Fringe as part of Horizon Showcase. Monday 22nd August 4.19 pm, Portobello Promenade I walk along the promenade to find Sonia Hughes. A small crowd is gathered in […]