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Notes on accessibility: practising equality, deconstructing representation
At the third annual B.Network meeting, the focus was on moving accessibility beyond questions of access
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Rabbit/Duck: small, independent, interdisciplinary – international
A small, independent-minded Swedish festival continues into its fourth edition. How does it work and what makes it special?
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The art of excess: nine encounters with Polish contemporary dance
Polish Dance Platform 2026 – uneven but distinctive encounters between theatrical ambition and choreographic precision
-
Dance Umbrella 2026
Four contrasting performances seen within the context of a diversifying Dance Umbrella
-
Amrita Hepi & Mish Grigor: RINSE
In the beginning there was… a piece about repeated beginnings, that ends up – where?
-
Rapeflower: an interview with choreographer Hana Umeda
On the background to an outstanding solo that mobilises classical dance to give voice to both personal and historical retellings of acts of sexual violence
-
NID 2026: Choreographies of the possible?
This year’s New Italian Dance platform encompassed archival activation and a metaphyscial abracadabra – but will it be eclipsed by the next edition?
-
Backdrops and frontlines at Tanz im August 2026
Artistic and political cross-currents at Berlin’s Tanz im August festival
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Collection: Festival Montpellier Danse 2026
A gathering of views, voices, styles and stances by Springback at the 46th Festival Montpellier Danse
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When did silence get this loud?
On dance, visibility and curatorial choices at Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2026
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Santarcangelo #2: Kilometres of dance, and singular solos
Dmitrijus Andrušanecas covers a lot of ground while Ingeborg Zackariassen focuses on solos at Santarcangelo Festival
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Santarcangelo #1: Beneath the ‘deep pressures’ of the present
Through choreographies of breath and corporeal un-policing, Santarcangelo festival responds to today’s deep pressures
-
12 reasons why I loved Moving Balkans 2026
Plus-points (count ’em!) at the second Moving Balkans contemporary dance showcase
-
Fresh footings: new Netherlands-made performance at Julidans 2026
A snapshot of new or reprised work from the Dutch dance scene at Amsterdam’s long-running summer dance festival
-
Le Danzatrici en plein air 2026: The dance of everyday life
Bringing dance to historic places and public spaces in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy
-
Beautiful imperfections: Edward Thomasson’s The Whole Routine
How a simply structured performance taps the ambivalent forces of self-expression and social conformity
-
Tanec Praha 2026: crafts carry meaning
In Prague and beyond, Tanec Praha deploys art and craft in despair, in resistance, in hope
-
STHLM DANS 2026: the fractured body of dance
Staging stories and diversities at the fifth edition of the Stockholm dance festival
-
Let’s keep in touch after New Baltic Dance 2026
Thirty years and going strong, New Baltic Dance still asks questions
-
The choreographic worlds of Paula Rosolen
Frankfurt-based, Argentinian-born choreographer who works at the edge of pop culture and theatre spaces
-
Dublin Dance Festival 2026
Three Irish premieres jostle with international titans in the 24th edition of Ireland’s biggest dance festival
-
Antistatic Festival 2026
Bodies of work, past presences and female trios at the long-running Bulgarian festival
-
Crossing Kunstenfestivaldesarts, an odyssey
Sights, sounds, feelings, experiences – a voyage across the ocean of Brussels’ annual performance festival
-
Alice Ripoll & Hiltinho Fantástico: PUFF
With a lightness of touch and breath, a solo that brings both joy and oppression to its surfaces
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