Words by Hannah Draper. Young children form the landscape and set for We Touch, We Play, We Dance, a piece made for early years audiences by disabled-led dance company, Second Hand Dance which I saw […]
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Connectingvibes at IRIE! dance theatre | interview
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. “Here we don’t say competition, we compete together,” says dancer Adriana Pino about the upcoming Connectingvibes performance tour, organised by the BA (Hons) Diverse Dance Styles course at IRIE! dance theatre, […]
Embodied ballet – Discovering Anne of Green Gables | Interview
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. It is a bright, crisp Saturday morning when I go to visit London Children’s Ballet. Lovely weather for an exciting day – exactly the kind of morning that would thrill Anne […]
Paco Pena’s Solera packs a punch | Review
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. It is always a treat to learn not only a new word, but a new concept. And I did just that at Sadler’s Wells watching Paco Peña’s Solera. The word […]
dance art journal launches GoFundMe campaign
Exeunt, A Younger Theatre… many independent theatre magazines are closing because they can’t pay their writers or work sustainably. It’s why we are launching this Crowdfunder campaign, to raise £2,000 to support our Arts Council […]
Juxtaposing absurdity and poetry in Transverse Orientation by Dimitris Papaioannou | Review
Words by Giordana Patumi. An aseptic white room, the flickering light of a neon sign and a door. This is how Dimitris Papaioannou begins a journey between antiquity and modernity, permanence, and transience, in search […]
Matthias Sperling on No-How Generator & choreography – interview
Words by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes. A No-How Generator is a habitat for sustaining generative states of not-knowing ~ Matthias Sperling Under the surface of our feet, we predict earthquakes…we ache from marathons…we remember the rain. Inside […]
Activism through movement: Interview with Ana Clara Guerra Marques (Angola Contemporary Dance Company)
The body has tremendous power in translating reality – no matter how complex it might be. In Angola, translating reality through movement is a powerful act of activism – says Ana Clara Guerra Marques, a pioneer in contemporary dance in this country. We chatted about her journey with CDC Angola, and the role of dance in analysing, questioning and – most importantly – demanding social change.
STIMMING towards a neurodivergent dance practice | Interview with Susanna Dye
Words by angel dust. Stimming (definition): nounrepetitive actions or movements displayed by neurodivergent people and people with developmental disorders when they are over/ under-stimulated emotionally, or by sensory input from their environment. Recently I was […]
Queen of Shade | review
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 […]