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Tanzwerkstatt Europa 2022: gestures from the zeitgeist
Munich’s long-running, many-stranded Tanzwerkstatt Europa serves as a quality sample of what’s in the air of current contemporary dance
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Ice Hot Nordic Dance: time to credit dance and controversy?
The big, well-organised Nordic dance platform returns with performances that are variously emotive, well-crafted, surreal and smartypants
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Maija Hirvanen: Mesh
Humans within a more-than-human world – but does the idea outweigh the material?
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Elle Sofe Sara: Vástádus eana – The answer is land
An audience gently transported from Berlin to Sápmi, to witness a performance of roots, reclamation and resilience
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Ivo Dimchev: In Hell with Jesus
Dimchev’s entertainingly provocative song, dance and quiz-show sees six characters in search of a musical. Meta, much?
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The Non-Fungible Body
A new performance festival moving between the ‘non-fungible’ or unique body and its digital reproductions and simulations
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Kalamata International Dance Festival 2022
Beauties and realities mix and separate at the long-standing Greek dance festival
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Baltic Dance Platform 2022: from intimate to social
Dance platforms may be designed for professional development, but the art itself is their lifeblood. Anna Kozonina takes its temperature at Baltic Dance Platform 2022
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Presente Futuro 2022
A performing arts festival in Sicily that nurtures and rewards young artists – but is it enough?
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Dominio Pubblico: Senza Titolo Festival 2022
Rome’s ‘untitled’ youth arts festival strikes chords with young people’s complex experiences of unentitlement
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Czech Dance Platform 2022: two views
All of Czech Dance Platform 2022 in 40 minutes, divided into two viewpoints
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Danse Élargie: almost ridding dance of its borders
Who were the hits, also-rans and could-haves/should-haves at the international Danse Élargie competition for new choreography?
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What makes a performance contemporary?
Three works at Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels take forms that articulate complexities of the world today
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Alice Ripoll: Lavagem
Buckets, cleaning cloths, soap and water become implements of joyous resistance
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Cecilia Bengolea: La Danse des Éléments
Awakening connections between dance, art, industrialism and personal history
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Noé Soulier, Thea Djordjadze, Karl Naegelen: First Memory
An artistic alliance configures everyday movement and moveable panels – to what end?
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Schweigman& and DOX: Eros
Will chocolate and floral flavours in an industrial building form the gateway to a sisterly rite of passage?
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Zsófia Tamara Vadas, Csaba Molnár, Imre Vass: Game Changer
Changing the rules of performance – while staying on the same pitch?
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La Grande Bellezza
The bump of lust and the grind of vacuity form ‘the great beauty’ that prefigures our times
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A necessary transformation: the performing arts and VR in Taiwan
Covid and climate change have accelerated the creation of VR and performance hybrids, especially in Taiwan
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Tanzwerkstatt Europa 2022: gestures from the zeitgeist
Munich’s long-running, many-stranded Tanzwerkstatt Europa serves as a quality sample of what’s in the air of current contemporary dance
-
Ice Hot Nordic Dance: time to credit dance and controversy?
The big, well-organised Nordic dance platform returns with performances that are variously emotive, well-crafted, surreal and smartypants
-
Maija Hirvanen: Mesh
Humans within a more-than-human world – but does the idea outweigh the material?
-
Elle Sofe Sara: Vástádus eana – The answer is land
An audience gently transported from Berlin to Sápmi, to witness a performance of roots, reclamation and resilience
-
Ivo Dimchev: In Hell with Jesus
Dimchev’s entertainingly provocative song, dance and quiz-show sees six characters in search of a musical. Meta, much?
-
The Non-Fungible Body
A new performance festival moving between the ‘non-fungible’ or unique body and its digital reproductions and simulations
-
Kalamata International Dance Festival 2022
Beauties and realities mix and separate at the long-standing Greek dance festival
-
Baltic Dance Platform 2022: from intimate to social
Dance platforms may be designed for professional development, but the art itself is their lifeblood. Anna Kozonina takes its temperature at Baltic Dance Platform 2022
-
Presente Futuro 2022
A performing arts festival in Sicily that nurtures and rewards young artists – but is it enough?
-
Dominio Pubblico: Senza Titolo Festival 2022
Rome’s ‘untitled’ youth arts festival strikes chords with young people’s complex experiences of unentitlement
-
Czech Dance Platform 2022: two views
All of Czech Dance Platform 2022 in 40 minutes, divided into two viewpoints
-
Danse Élargie: almost ridding dance of its borders
Who were the hits, also-rans and could-haves/should-haves at the international Danse Élargie competition for new choreography?
-
What makes a performance contemporary?
Three works at Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels take forms that articulate complexities of the world today
-
Alice Ripoll: Lavagem
Buckets, cleaning cloths, soap and water become implements of joyous resistance
-
Cecilia Bengolea: La Danse des Éléments
Awakening connections between dance, art, industrialism and personal history
-
Noé Soulier, Thea Djordjadze, Karl Naegelen: First Memory
An artistic alliance configures everyday movement and moveable panels – to what end?
-
Schweigman& and DOX: Eros
Will chocolate and floral flavours in an industrial building form the gateway to a sisterly rite of passage?
-
Zsófia Tamara Vadas, Csaba Molnár, Imre Vass: Game Changer
Changing the rules of performance – while staying on the same pitch?
-
La Grande Bellezza
The bump of lust and the grind of vacuity form ‘the great beauty’ that prefigures our times
-
A necessary transformation: the performing arts and VR in Taiwan
Covid and climate change have accelerated the creation of VR and performance hybrids, especially in Taiwan
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