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Helsinki’s Moving in November: pasts, pleasures, projections
Anna Kozonina selects from and reflects on the latest edition of Helsinki’s long-standing international festival
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The splatter dance of Smac McCreanor
Splay, squash, splash, shatter… Smac McCreanor’s twisted replications of objects breaking under pressure are comic, relatable – and addictive
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Embodied literature: an interview with Ben Duke
On blending literature, theatre and dance – Ben Duke talks about storytelling, embodiment and the classics
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Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid: a chronicle from within
Jordi Ribot takes a look into and around the long-standing, many-armed Spanish choreography platform
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Interview: Mette Ingvartsen on The Dancing Public
Choreomanias, contagious movement and collectivity – Mette Ingvartsen delves into the background to her new solo
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Keeping on track: a European culture trip by train
Can we opt for rail tracks instead of flight trails? Springback editor Sanjoy Roy gave it a go – and shares some practical and life lessons from the experience
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Lia Rodrigues, body and soul
Based in a Rio favela and fêted in Paris, Lia Rodrigues brings different yet connected works to this year’s Festival d’Automne
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Blow-Up
Blowing up the final scene of Antonioni’s notorious film to reveal the games of reality and representation
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Silvia Gribaudi: Monjour
A troupe of men with hands for fig-leaves are ‘just for you’ in a performance that is both bittersweet and perplexing
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Czech Dance Platform 2021
Lena Megyeri at the bumper edition of the Tanec Praha’s Czech Dance Platform
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Material Bodies
Accessories, prosthetics, props, extensions, constructions… Dorothy Allen-Pickard’s short film on the blur between materials and bodies
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The Dan Daw Show
A Crip kink dance shows the linkage of liberation and constraint, the leashed and the unleashed – physically, erotically, socially, emotionally
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A week at ImPulsTanz Vienna
To complement our snappy 1-line reviews of 26 ImPulsTanz shows, let Lena Megyeri be your in-depth guide to one week at the month-long festival
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Edinburgh Festivals Diary, August 2021
Big arts festivals have been cautiously opening up to the public – but what is it like to be there? Róisín O’Brien sampled summer dance in Edinburgh…
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Another Round
In the marvellous finale of Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, a dance, not a drink, comes to fill a lack in our lives. Here are two takes on the scene, one on the merging of actor, character and movement, the other a close-up of the dance itself.
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ImPulsTanz Vienna: one-sentence reviews
Twenty-six performances from ImPulsTanz Vienna 2021 – condensed into one sentence each
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Protein Dance: En Route
An antidote to digital dislocation, guided experiences such as Protein’s En Route reconnect us with place and presence
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Isabelle Schad: Pieces and Elements / FUR
Slow, steady, serene – an open-air double bill by German choreographer Isabelle Schad
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Going forward to normal
Italian choreographer Michele Di Stefano on curation, choreography and the possibility of a ‘new normal’ for dance
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Strange Russian dances
What is happening in experimental choreography in Moscow and Saint Petersburg?
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SPRING Festival Utrecht: ‘Seen live, with love, Jordi’
A letter to and two postcards from ‘test events’ for the reawakening of live performance
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Skype, crutches and pleasurable glitches
Collaborators Tanja Erhart and Katharina Senk talk about multi-sensorial connection, technological pleasures and the aesthetics of access
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The memeing of dance
Dance memes may be common, but few emerge from within the contemporary dance world. Enter Mr Felden Krisis…
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Helsinki’s Moving in November: pasts, pleasures, projections
Anna Kozonina selects from and reflects on the latest edition of Helsinki’s long-standing international festival
-
The splatter dance of Smac McCreanor
Splay, squash, splash, shatter… Smac McCreanor’s twisted replications of objects breaking under pressure are comic, relatable – and addictive
-
Embodied literature: an interview with Ben Duke
On blending literature, theatre and dance – Ben Duke talks about storytelling, embodiment and the classics
-
Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid: a chronicle from within
Jordi Ribot takes a look into and around the long-standing, many-armed Spanish choreography platform
-
Interview: Mette Ingvartsen on The Dancing Public
Choreomanias, contagious movement and collectivity – Mette Ingvartsen delves into the background to her new solo
-
Keeping on track: a European culture trip by train
Can we opt for rail tracks instead of flight trails? Springback editor Sanjoy Roy gave it a go – and shares some practical and life lessons from the experience
-
Lia Rodrigues, body and soul
Based in a Rio favela and fêted in Paris, Lia Rodrigues brings different yet connected works to this year’s Festival d’Automne
-
Blow-Up
Blowing up the final scene of Antonioni’s notorious film to reveal the games of reality and representation
-
Silvia Gribaudi: Monjour
A troupe of men with hands for fig-leaves are ‘just for you’ in a performance that is both bittersweet and perplexing
-
Czech Dance Platform 2021
Lena Megyeri at the bumper edition of the Tanec Praha’s Czech Dance Platform
-
Material Bodies
Accessories, prosthetics, props, extensions, constructions… Dorothy Allen-Pickard’s short film on the blur between materials and bodies
-
The Dan Daw Show
A Crip kink dance shows the linkage of liberation and constraint, the leashed and the unleashed – physically, erotically, socially, emotionally
-
A week at ImPulsTanz Vienna
To complement our snappy 1-line reviews of 26 ImPulsTanz shows, let Lena Megyeri be your in-depth guide to one week at the month-long festival
-
Edinburgh Festivals Diary, August 2021
Big arts festivals have been cautiously opening up to the public – but what is it like to be there? Róisín O’Brien sampled summer dance in Edinburgh…
-
Another Round
In the marvellous finale of Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, a dance, not a drink, comes to fill a lack in our lives. Here are two takes on the scene, one on the merging of actor, character and movement, the other a close-up of the dance itself.
-
ImPulsTanz Vienna: one-sentence reviews
Twenty-six performances from ImPulsTanz Vienna 2021 – condensed into one sentence each
-
Protein Dance: En Route
An antidote to digital dislocation, guided experiences such as Protein’s En Route reconnect us with place and presence
-
Isabelle Schad: Pieces and Elements / FUR
Slow, steady, serene – an open-air double bill by German choreographer Isabelle Schad
-
Going forward to normal
Italian choreographer Michele Di Stefano on curation, choreography and the possibility of a ‘new normal’ for dance
-
Strange Russian dances
What is happening in experimental choreography in Moscow and Saint Petersburg?
-
SPRING Festival Utrecht: ‘Seen live, with love, Jordi’
A letter to and two postcards from ‘test events’ for the reawakening of live performance
-
Skype, crutches and pleasurable glitches
Collaborators Tanja Erhart and Katharina Senk talk about multi-sensorial connection, technological pleasures and the aesthetics of access
-
The memeing of dance
Dance memes may be common, but few emerge from within the contemporary dance world. Enter Mr Felden Krisis…
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