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Questioning meaning & feminine images in Pagrav Dance Company's 'ROOH: Within Her'
Image: Urja Desai Thakore & Pagrav Dance Company in ROOH: Within Her | Photographer: Pari Naderi If an examination of two sides of...
Janejira Matthews
5 days ago3 min read
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Transforming Unfulfillment to Liberation: Plucking Strings, Engaging Bodies, and Pouring Thoughts in The Pipa Walkers
Engaged in an exploration of the synergies between pipa playing and movement, The Pipa Walkers  offered a compelling insight into the...
Elspeth Chan
Apr 215 min read
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Akram Khan’s Dance Creation Journey – a sharing session in Hong Kong
Text: William Chan Translator: Elspeth Chan Editor’s Note  ( dance journal/hk ) In early December 2024, The Hong Kong Academy for...
Elspeth Chan
Apr 146 min read
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Young identities and unrestrained verve in Mapdance's 2025 Tour
Photo: Mapdance in Rhiannon Faith's What is the pain and how do we hold it? | Photographer: Mike Bignell Mapdance, currently an...
Janejira Matthews
Apr 33 min read
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Undisciplined Festival: Feminine Ink and Cultural Tapestries in 'Mark of a Woman'
The Mark of a Woman  is a compelling performance created by artist Chisato Minamimura, offering a unique deaf perspective on the...
Elspeth Chan
Mar 183 min read
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Undisciplined Festival: Queer Fury and Resistance in ‘In Realness’
Image: In Realness by Dam Van Huynh, performed by Tommaso Petrolo | Photographer: Holly Revel In Realness , as the title suggests,...
Janejira Matthews
Mar 173 min read
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Undisciplined Festival: Horror and Tension in Marikiscrycrycry's 'Goner'
Image: Malik Nashad Sharp (aka Marikiscrycrycry) in Goner . | Photographer: Maria Baranova Repetition. Stability. A good beat. These are...
Janejira Matthews
Mar 143 min read
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Undisciplined Festival: Sensuous Psyches in 'We are all memory bodies' & 'The Heat'
Image: Caroline Reece, Bonni Bogya & Becky Namgauds in The Heat | Photographer: Pari Naderi The first night of Undisciplined is a...
Janejira Matthews
Mar 95 min read
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Announcement: Scratch Renaissance with Chisenhale Dance Space
Image: Scratch Renaissance , courtesy of Chisenhale Dance Space During a time marked by scarce funding and few opportunities for artists...
Janejira Matthews
Mar 82 min read
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Youth and Whimsy in Eun-Me Ahn Dance Company’s Dragons
Image: Eun-Me Ahn Dance Company’s Dragons | Photographer: Foteini Christofilopoulou Whimsy, light and play define Eun-Me Ahn Dance...
Janejira Matthews
Mar 72 min read
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Vollmond: Reflections upon a tidal moon
The following is a joint reflection and review written by Elspeth Chan and Janejira Matthews Image: Tanztheater Wuppertal in Vollmond ....
Janejira Matthews
Feb 263 min read
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What kind of embodied vessel or cage image was in Hijikata Tatsumi’s mind?
This article is predominantly based on Elspeth Chan's presentation ‘ Butoh Metaphorical Images – from Tensegrity to Cubism’ delivered at...
Elspeth Chan
Feb 28 min read
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Reconstructing Existence through Spectral Presence — A Brief Review of Theatre Aether's CHARLIEÂ
This is the English version of the review originally written in Chinese by the author and published by the dance journal/ HK Â in January...
Elspeth Chan
Jan 296 min read
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Akash Odedra and Aditi Mangaldas' Mehek
Article originally written 19th April 2024 Returning to Sadler’ Wells after success with Samsara  last year, Aakash Odedra is joined on...
Janejira Matthews
Dec 2, 20243 min read
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Nina Rajarani Dance Creations: Srishti Pathways
Article originally written 03 March 2024 Image: Srishti Pathways. Photographer: Idriss Assoumanou A circle of four dancers, centre...
Janejira Matthews
Nov 18, 20243 min read
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Cubism - A Tool for the Extension of Body Image & Spatial Continuum
I never had a chance to associate Cubism with butoh until I encountered Pablo Picasso’s painting, Femme en pleursfrom , in person in Tate...
Elspeth Chan
Nov 18, 20246 min read
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