Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Recently I’ve thought about the peace of forgetting…in pieces, a canvased memory. It’s coincidental that I encounter this film now, as I’ve been considering silhouette in dance practice as a way […]
Tag: dance writers
Lucinda Childs Dance, a hypnotic utopia | Review
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. Performed by Lyon Opera Ballet at Sadler’s Wells as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival. … we are gonna work together, we are gonna have […]
Listening to trauma | ‘Them’ by Body Politic | Review
Words by Maria Elena Ricci [Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence] It is a heavy reality to know that 1 in 4 women in the UK will experience sexual violence at some point in their lives. Roughly […]
Feeling Thing by Jo Bannon / Candoco Dance Company | film preview
Feeling Thing is a new film by multi-disciplinary artist Jo Bannon and co-produced by Candoco Dance Company. The film invites us to pay attention to the objects around us and experience them as the dancing, […]
On beauty: Graces by Silvia Gribaudi | review
Words by Giordana Patumi. On Thursday, December 30th at Teatro Morlacchi in Perugia a wide laugh filled the seats of the theatres while on stage there was ‘Graces’ by Silvia Gribaudi. Silvia Gribaudi, an artist […]
Making art happen with producer Johanna Taylor | Interview
By Inês Carvalho. A creative process is much more than what we see on stage. Behind the scenes, there is adriving force that organises, plans, promotes and manages every single step of the journey. What […]
DAJ features WirrWarr, a dance film on loss & separation
Words by Katie Hagan. As well as writing reviews and conducting interviews at dance art journal, we feature dance films directed and produced by independent artists. We are pleased to announce that this month, we […]
Trinity Laban Fulbright Will Byram: “I’m committed to creating more art in the American South” | interview
Words by Katie Hagan. “I think artists have all had some weird reckoning over the past year” contemplates dancer and Trinity Laban Fulbright Will Byram as we speak one afternoon. “We look at the world […]
Moving with Pina: a dance-lecture by Cristiana Morganti| review
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 […]
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 […]