Words by Josephine Leask. Jemima Brown walks calmly through an intense crossfire of laser beams. Projected from all around the stage they briefly scan the auditorium then track Brown, highlighting segments of her body as […]
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Dance in the metaverse | review
How do we feel about dance in the metaverse? We review #CAPITAL: Fashion Opera in the Metaverse by Alastair White, an immersive fashion-dance-opera show fully within the digital world
F-ing Good Provocation celebrates the Asian dance diaspora | Review
Sunhi Keller reviews the bold new zine F-ing Good Provocation, which is a response to the COVID pandemic and the uprise in worldwide violence against people of the Asian diaspora.
Dada Masilo’s spellbinding The Sacrifice | Review
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio The lights projected on the floor imprinted the shapes of sand caressed by the ocean. Solemnly, enters Dada Masilo as her hands morph into mokue bird wings. Her hands could […]
Katherina Radeva delights in touching work 40/40 | review
Words by Josephine Leask. Performed at The Place on 23 February. Artist, costume designer, performance artist and multiple other things, Katherina Radeva delights as she dances her heart out in her work 40/40. Part of […]
In Moments of Pause: A Q&A with Dance Artist Ira Ferris
Words by Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes A few weeks ago, I shared a conversation with Sydney-based dance and curatorial artist Ira Ferris, co-Director of an arts collective Artemis Projects, who create between Europe and Australia. Ferris is co-author […]
Teo Ala-Ruona & Maria Metsalu talk new works at the ICA
Words by Stella Rousham. What role and power do the audience hold in their encounter with performance artists? What is exchanged within the ‘communal situation’ of live performance between artist and viewer? What history, societal […]
Why should you study a dance degree? | Interview with Dance City
Read our interview with Dr Gillie Kleiman, who alongside her artistic practice, is Head of Higher Education at Dance City in Newcastle. We talk to Gillie about Dance City’s BA course redesign and the threats facing dance education today.
How a new contemporary dance work was inspired by African dance and song | Interview with Dada Masilo
Words by Diane Parkes. Acclaimed South African choreographer and dancer Dada Masilo brings together European and African influences in her latest show which comes to Sadler’s Wells this February before a UK tour. The Sacrifice blends […]
Chinese artist LuYang on new work LuYang NetiNeti | Interview
Words by Sunhi Keller. Shanghai-based artist LuYang’s work sits at the intersection of art, philosophy, science, technology, and bodily movement. Their first solo UK exhibition at the Zabludowicz Collection, LuYang NetiNeti, showcases the past 10 […]