By Angel Dust and Katie Hagan. – The female body as an othered body, the body of a witch. To reclaim the touch with nature from the talons of man, whose all pervasive hegemonic gaze […]
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Unboxing art, touring ideas: an interview with Greenwich Dance
Words by Katie Hagan Dance isn’t something we’d consider to be static. Whilst movement can be punctuated by moments of pause and stasis, on the whole we see or understand dance as characterised by flow, […]
Dora Frankel talks ‘Tread Lightly on the Planet’
Words by Katie Hagan. “To transition to a sustainable world, we need to tread more lightly on the planet.” — Professor Andy Purvis. Inspired by the crisp lucidity and aptness of these words, Dora Frankel […]
James Cousins Company | In Search of Sanctuary | Review
Words by Katie Hagan Although the pandemic has seized many aspects of the dance industry’s identity — physical touch, studio time, performance IRL — it has not destroyed its spirit. This is the premise of […]
An Interview with Fullstop Dance – ON TIDAL WAVES AS COLLABORATORS
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. Togetherness is irreplaceable. Its memory washes over us like waves, its palpability remains an insurmountable reminder of its loss. In Jake Stangel’s 2018 film ‘Mercury’, Fullstop Dance company members Kathryn Florez […]
CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS
Dear humans/dancers/writers/artists, We are happy to announce the beginning of a new project; a digital zine of poems inspired by performances (online and real life) that we have seen and been tickled by over the […]
ICEBERG WIG IV – REVIEW
Words by Katie Hagan. EAZ by Zoe Katsilerou and Eilon Morris with Andrew Morrish Latency. Defined as something embryonic, a becoming on the verge of something. Latency the ‘delay before a transfer of data begins following […]
Valerie Ebuwa talks ‘Body Data’, quarantine & racism
Words by Stella Rousham. ‘The inspiration is my life, I guess. A combination of wanting to fight for dancers, wanting to fight for artists and wanting people to understand how racism works.’ Since graduating with […]
Dance without borders : in conversation with Nicoletta Key
We sat down with fusion-ista choreographer and mover, Nicoletta Key Bonanni, to discuss her practice, her company Movement Deco‘, cross-cultural communication, movement appropriation and the intimate sources of inspiration essential to her growth as an […]