The Place’s Resolution festival of new choreography brought together 54 artists and companies from London and beyond to debut and perform striking contemporary dance work. Dance art journal writers Katie Hagan, Stella Rousham and Qiao […]
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Discussing the iconic Les Noces with New Movement Collective
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. For fans of dance, history, culture, and stage, there is something really exciting coming up. This Saturday and Sunday at the Fireworks Factory in Woolwich, New Movement Collective (NMC) are sharing […]
A Conversation with Annie Kahane of Alive & Well Productions
Edited Transcript by Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes. Annie Kahane is a performer and maker working in performance poetry, dance, song, and theater. She founded Alive & Well Productions in 2014 to unify these disciplines under a single […]
Q&A with Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang
How can the body be used as a instrument to say things that go unsaid? This is one of the many questions that Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang’s new work Deciphers asks. Embarking on its […]
Eve Stainton talks ‘Impact Driver’, art and welding
Words by Katie Hagan. I’m speaking to artist Eve Stainton just after they have finished an intense two-week period of cracking open their new work Impact Driver, which comes to the ICA this week. On […]
Take Me Somewhere 2023 announces full programme of artists
This Autumn, Take Me Somewhere returns to present its first in person festival since 2019, taking over Glasgow from 13-28 October 2023. A large-scale inflatable sculpture celebrating radical kindness and queer identity takes over a […]
Dancing with the Ancestors: Exótica by Amanda Piña/nadaproductions
Words by Giulia Casalini. In this creative writing text, I review the performance of Chilean/Mexican/Austrian artist Amanda Piña, which premiered in June 2023 at Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels. My review is based on experiencing the performance […]
Restorative values for dance making: How do we heal?
Written as a provocation piece for the Clore Leadership Fellowship, this paper a call to action for increased levels of care, respect and safety for artists in the UK dance sector, representing Richard Chappell’s views […]
Symoné: “Artists that make me feel something inspire me”
Words by Maria Elena Ricci. Extravagant, immersive, athletic and multidisciplinary, Symoné is a one-of-a-kind artist with an undeniable, awe-some talent. From spinning 50 hula hoops on her body at once while skating on high heels, […]
What we talk about when we talk about dance
Words by Elspeth Wilson. Elspeth took part in our Guest Writers development programme, supported by Arts Council England. There is a level of exhaustion that my body experiences where I know that the only movement […]