Three performance artists and creators, based in south east England, have come together to start a new performance company — Medium Bare. The company aims to devise new performance dance experiences that challenge the pretentious nature of often too abstract to understand work, stripping out the nonsense to bring back the raw tendons of real contemporary … Continue reading
London is saturated with ‘new work’ that has either been transported to the capital from international grounds or grown on British soil. This year I have seen contemporary dance that has either been downright strange, or has been recycled material and ideas used by every Tom, Dick and Harry-contemporary-dance-artist. It brings me to question the … Continue reading
In a recent article, What is Contemporary Dance?, written by Shaaron Boughen for The Conversation, contemporary dance was the topic of debate. Boughen attempted to define this genre of dance, commenting that it has become a catchall phrase for anything that cannot be defined by other dance genres. Of course contemporary dance is not anything that … Continue reading
Stefanie Batten Bland and the Company Squall Ikky Maas, Peter Babbage and the Company A Place Between Dog Kennel Hill Project Hold on, Let me go A versatile, triple bill of works from three international choreographers and assisted by a company of twelve emerging dancers, who are completing their MAs in Performance at Trinity Laban … Continue reading
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