Tag Archive: dance

Crop of Arts Foundation Futures invitation

Hip Hop at the Arts Foundation Futures

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards, hip hop, life and (what I’m taking as) more proof that DanceGRiST is needed.

two dancers, a black woman and white man stare agreesively at each other. He has a hand on her neck. She is bent away from him

Danube

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My impressions of E14 Dance Company’s ‘Danube’, based on a rehearsal at Chisenhale Dance Space.

Image of two dancers, credit Josh Tomalin

Father Figurine: a quick review

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I went to see Father Figurine a while ago at the Omnibus Theatre in London. I was going because I wanted to support the two performers in it – Isaac Ouro-Gnao and Tyrone… Continue reading →

Sad, tired lady of Caribban background rests or cuddles a large empty woven basked. Her eyes are closed, her hair is loose and she is wearking gold hoop earrings iwth a complex design.

#metoo turned inside out: a performance of womb-centric healing

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Anecdotal account of my experience watching a rehearsal of Womb Paves Way

Poster for exhibition of images at Le Petit Corner, Leytonstone

No Better Metaphor starts on tuesday

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Better late than never? An introduction to the exhibition of my work which will start on July 3rd in a cafe in Leytonstone, London.

Lady dressed artistically with long dark hair and blue driess pulling on flat dance shoes while seated. A handbag and tall tango shoes are to her left (our right) and the other flat ballet shoe to her right

Warm humour and wry observation

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Bailamos Opa! A no-spoilers almost-review

Foreground is dusty, sand, with small concave depression right in the centre at the bottom of the shot. Manuela, a dark-haired Latin looking woman is dancing with one arm benind her exactly parallel to a ladder some distance behind her. This ladder leads to what appears to be an abandoned building behind which are the remnants of what appears to be either a hige ship or a 10-12 storey narrow tower block. In the middle ground are several people ship-breaking, working in the skeleton of the ship,

The Red Dress Dance Project

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Manuela Benini’s Red Dress Dance Project, part of which is currently on exhibition at Sadler’s Wells, highlights the complexities of tradition and the constant cycle of change, with particular attention to some of the biggest inequities on our planet.

Photograph of a male and female danging tango in close embrace. They are on a large bridge or portway with building in the background, the light is golden suggesting it is night time and while the two are dancing close together (the man is dragging the woman) they somehow don't look close.

German Kral on ‘Our Last Tango’

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Interview with German Kral on ‘Our Last Tango’ (Un Tango Mas)

Twenty Looks or Paris is burning at the Judson Church (S), 2009, photograph by Jan Douglas

Conversation with Trajal Harrell

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Just before the exhibition, this brief conversation with Trajal Harrell reveals how his thinking has changed over the years and how his initial perspectives were formed.

Flyer representing one of the dancers at Scratch Dat

Six Serious Reasons to See Scratch Dat

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Rather than not blog at all, I’ve decided to try to use these posts to give you some context to some of the things I’m doing, filling in gaps where I feel they… Continue reading →