Of wishful encounters, choreographies of becoming and critical renegotiations on the theme of hospitality; when ‘to meet again’ is a political engagement

A Balkanised re-membering made up from dialogues at the Lyon Dance Biennale Forum

In crisis especially, hospitality becomes not just an idea but a vital measure

An encounter with the other awakens the other within for Irish writer Greta Bourke

The Lyon Dance Biennale reminds us that questions are sometimes best left open

A glimpse of how dance can remain relevant in a burning world through hospitality towards both local and global communities

Words such as the west, colonisation, race and culture look different from eastern than from western Europe

How Original Bomber Crew brought those who were absent into the present moment

Ambivalences around being hosted within a gracious gathering while the world’s fabric frays

Exploring ‘hospitable criticism’ at the 2025 Lyon Dance Biennale

The practice and presence of dance offers connections within a fractured world

Getting muddy and mucking at the first Forum of the Lyon Dance Biennale

A meditation on returning to strength through dance

Are the roles of host and guest two sides of a single page?

Serving up the first Forum in Lyon, world capital of gastronomy

Floods pushed people from railway to runway – a process rooted in policy, not nature

Georgia Howlett reflects on different ways of connecting structure to agency

Connecting Orpheus and Eurydice to European dance and politics today

Let’s move from singular to plural with the notion of dance as a common language

Can structure liberate rather than constrain?

We need to walk into democracy’s crumbling foundations if we are to build a future from them

Criticism as translation between dance and text – and between communities

Synchronised applause is peculiar and particular to Hungarian audiences. What’s that about?

A contemporary take on the mythic tale that speaks to our wider world

We must keep on defending against defunding – for the common good

Works by Kat Válastur and François Chaignaud surpass the words that label them

A three-day thread leads to a special place

Ways of seeing vis-à-vis the performances at Oriente Occidente

What do we see and select when we describe a body – our own or another’s?

Dance encounters at MART Museum sharpened the appetite – but did they satisfy a hunger?

A moment unfolds, stretching its dimensions for us to apprehend

Can encounters transform the stories we tell about ourselves, and each other?

On triggers, traumas and choices in the content and the location of performance

Notes trigger memories, stimulating reflections, giving rise to … more notes!

Priming your audience is a key part of any performance

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