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Mikhail Baryshnikov: A Dancer Whose Flight to Freedom Brought Him Cult Status

Posted by Valeria Paikova | 8th Feb 2021 | News, Russia, Theatre and Dance

Mikhail Baryshnikov is not one to go unnoticed. A true living legend of ballet, he is one of the...

“I Imagine “Future” as a Hologram Rather Than as a Frozen Marble Sculpture”: An interview with choreographer Galina Borissova

Posted by Ina Doublekova | 4th Feb 2021 | Bulgaria, Interview, Theatre and Dance, Transmedia

Galina Borissova is a dancer and choreographer, working mainly in the field of modern and...

In China’s Voguing Houses, Queer Millennials Strike a New Pose

Posted by Wang Xuandi and Fan Yiying | 1st Feb 2021 | China, LGBTQ Theatre, News, Theatre and Dance

Ballroom culture is quietly flourishing in China’s cities, creating a safe space for young LGBT...

Dramaturgy as “A Poem About The Unknown”: Producing Dance Theatre About the Future During Uncertain Times

Posted by Shiya Lu | 30th Jan 2021 | China, Dramaturgy, Interview, Theatre and Dance, Transcultural Collaborations

A Poem About the Unknown is a dance theatre performance directed by Chinese dance artists Lian...

The Amazing Energy of the Bulgarian Dance Platform 2020

Posted by Ina Doublekova | 24th Jan 2021 | Bulgaria, Review, Theatre and Dance

As the second wave of the pandemic was just gaining speed in the country, in between the worrying...

On sound ecology: “Rainforest V (variation 3)” at Arter

Posted by Matt Hanson | 19th Jan 2021 | Review, Theatre and Dance, Transmedia, Turkey

Within the acoustics of Arter’s Karbon, a hall for sound installations and concerts is a...

The Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts Reimagines Dance for the Online Medium

Posted by Gowri S | 18th Jan 2021 | India, News, Theatre and Dance

Through a series of virtual performances and conversations, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts...

Intriguing and Peculiar Immersive Theater with Grounded Aerial’s “The Insectinside”

Posted by Megan McCormick | 16th Jan 2021 | Review, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

An intriguing, quirky, movement and aerial experience, The Insectinside performed by the company...

“Mnquma & Ithemba”: African Contemporary Dance-Based Storytelling

Posted by Tonderai Chiyindiko | 12th Jan 2021 | Review, South Africa, Theatre and Dance

The TX Theatre’s double bill Mnquma & Ithemba is rich modern African contemporary dance-based...

On Contemporary Art as Part of Culture’s DNA: Interview with Mira Todorova

Posted by Ina Doublekova | 23rd Dec 2020 | Bulgaria, Interview, Theatre and Dance

Five years ago in November, a new space for contemporary dance and performance opened its doors in...

“Knife” Critiques Human Nature Through Mime And Dance

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 11th Dec 2020 | Japan, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Politics

Sometimes a gesture of gratitude comes in the form of a carte blanche. Akira Shirai, the departing...

Under the Influence of Dada: Readymade Cabaret 2.0 Breaks Out of Linear Time, Celebrates Chance

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 4th Dec 2020 | Featured, New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

The brilliant performance reaffirms its disregard for conventional attitudes and unjustified inequalities—a nod to the social and political context from which the work sprang.

The Interplay of Text and Movement in Dance Dramaturgy

Posted by Rute Costa | 3rd Dec 2020 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom

Rute Costa in conversation with Uzma Hameed, dance dramaturg of Woolf Works It was December 2019...

The Intercultural Journey of An Iranian Performing Artist

Posted by Niloofar Mohtadi | 17th Oct 2020 | Interview, Iran, Italy, Theatre and Dance, Transcultural Collaborations

Niayesh Nahavandian is a young, Iranian female performing artist that has lived and worked in...

Notes from the Generation After 4 Showcase

Posted by Franciszek Bryk | 16th Oct 2020 | Festivals, Poland, Theatre and Dance

Mid-September brought us a week of new, Polish theatre productions, and a sneak peek behind the...

ConFormazioni Dance Festival 2020. Reporting from Sicily

Posted by Ariadne Mikou | 4th Oct 2020 | Festivals, Italy, Theatre and Dance

Despite national and regional COVID-19 guidelines for the logistical elements of performance,...

True Inner-Emotion: Butoh Festival Amsterdam 2020

Posted by Christopher Harris | 2nd Oct 2020 | Festivals, Netherlands, Theatre and Dance

The Butoh dance – born in Japan in the late ’50s, and welcomed and metabolized by the West in the ’80s – is not annulled in the stereotype of a technique handed down and transmittable, but lives an ever new epiphany in the individual experience of each dancer whose results, formally indefinable, go from improvised performative intervention to the extreme of the choreographic mechanism.