Mampara Dance, Summer School Spectacular, (c) Carole Edrich July 2021, dancing joy, dance for joy, school show, dance school show, multigenerational dance performance, performance art

Double Joy; Mampara Summer Showcase Review

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Joy and dance To say dance is my life is excessive, but it brings me joy, and is my passion. Much of my writing is dance-related and my photography practice investigates movement.  I… Continue reading →

Lost in Translation in front of a fountain in Battersea Park in London.

Lost in Translation Circus on Tour in London

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Lost in Translation, one of the UK’s leading contemporary circus companies, celebrate their 10th anniversary with an exciting London tour in 2021.

Dancers in loincloths and traditional clothes, moving energetically in a very dusty environment that is lit by an artificial light at the back of the picture, roughly eye-height

Nocturnal Indigenous Australian Dancers. New installation in London E11

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  This image of native Australian dancers is part of the one in my Leytonstone Arts Trail installation  Printed on oilcloth, it is over 4m wide and 2m hight. I chose to hang… Continue reading →

cartoon of a probably female stick person with short hair and a smile working on a keyboard

Selected to join CF:SLR (Creative Freelancers: Shaping London’s Recovery)

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  I’m thrilled to say that I’ve been selected as one of 50 creative freelancers in a cohort working with the Mayor of London on post-pandemic recovery. I’ll learn more when it starts,… Continue reading →

Protected: Examples

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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Brown book with godl writing saying JOurnal to Joy and medal looking image with MG in the centre

Pandemic Pandemonium in Pitch Party Procedures

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  DanceGRiST had a Dancers Pitch Party in December. It was open to anyone involved in DanceGRiST. We played a game, then people pitched their ideas to an illustrious panel of three. I… Continue reading →

Blak, Whyte, Grey by Boy Blue Entertainment at London's Barbican. 2017

Poetry, Leadership, Bold

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Last year, after getting to grips with the double shock of my mother’s stroke and the likely impact of the global pandemic I resolved to use the interregenum wisely. Plans included a set… Continue reading →

Mood: scary fun. A smiling suspended woman with crash hat and safety clothesholds the hand of a smiling man who seems to be pulling her down. It looks windy and there is a feeling of empty space

How far I’ve come. A route through chronic illness.

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Suffering from long covid? A chronic illness? My experiences might help.

Cheerful woman at a podium. She has short hair and glasses and you can only see her arms, upper chest and face

Jo Verrent MBE on art, Unlimited and hats

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Jo Verrent on Unlimited, her career and the MBE

Review; Mogworld, Yahtzee Croshaw

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If you – unlike me – are not so starved of new works that you read all an authors’ works through upon discovering them, read Mogworld first with