Words by Giordana Patumi. Watched at Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia, Italy November 21, 2021. “Pina Bausch used dance to make up for her lack of familiarity with words,” introduces Cristiana Morganti, soloist with Bausch’s company Tanztheater […]
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Finding a voice in vulnerability | Interview with Jani Toivola
DAJ chats with Jani Toivola about his journey and how he found in vulnerability the strength to find his way – as an artist and as a person.
Human Measure gives space to trans bodies | Interview with Cassils & Jasmine Albuquerque
Words by Hannah Draper. When I leave Cassils’ retrospective exhibition ‘Human Measure’ at HOME in Manchester I’m reminded of that fuzzy orangey blue shape that appears in your vision after looking at the sun for […]
Womanewer by Laura Kenyon | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Performed at Academy Mews Dance Studio. The danger is everywhere…walking home alone at night…I could easily be overpowered… In the quaint lamplit space of what could easily have been an emptied […]
First Love an ode to romance| Marco D’Agostin | Review
Word by Giordana Patumi. ‘First Love’ is like a letter put into an envelope and addressed to your first love. It is the story of a young boy in the 90s who did not like […]
Folk-s: Will you still love me tomorrow? by Alessandro Sciarroni| Review
Words by Giordana Patumi. I’m going to start by saying that myself and almost the entire audience stayed until the very end of ‘FOLK-S: Will you still love me tomorrow?’ by Alessandro Sciarroni. Sciarroni presented […]
Boy’s Khaya by Tavaziva Dance | a poem by Jessie Jing
Powerfully moving and personal, BOY’S KHAYA is the latest work and account of Bawren Tavaziva’s early life in Zimbabwe told through a mesmerising combination of contemporary, ballet and African dance, with a spoken-word soundtrack and […]
Reflecting on Sivan Rubinstein’s Dance No 2° | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Watched at The Place, London. “There is no activism without hope” said choreographer Sivan Rubinstein in the post-show talk, speaking of her piece Dance No 2° as a culmination of her […]
Dimitris Papaioannou: “I believe I’m a choreographer of illusions…”
Words by Giordana Patumi. Known for being the youngest ever creator to have directed the 2004 Olympic Games ceremonies in Athens and for being the first artist to create a full-length work for Tanztheater Wuppertal […]
“We don’t need to improve diversity, we need room for the diversity to coexist” | interview with Simbarashe Norman Fulukia
Words by Inês Carvalho. Simbarashe Norman Fulukia (Simba) founded Vestland Danseteater with the aim of creating room for artists with a multicultural background. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Simba arrived in Norway as an exchange […]