Welcome dear readers to a first time feature on Article19 with the Leeds based dance company Slanjayvah Danza and a work several years in the making ‘Minor Tears’. Jenni Wren, the choreographer behind ‘Minor Tears’ has recently started a blog on this very website chronicling the very subject matter of this piece, dancers and their […]
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It has been almost 4 years to the day since we last featured a work by Warwick based Motionhouse Dance Theatre. Why so long you ask? Times are changing and dance companies are keeping their works alive for a lot longer than in previous years. ‘Scattered’, the company’s previous production, is still touring internationally. This […]
James Wilton Dance are, relatively speaking, fairly new in the wide world of dance having existed for just four short years. ‘Last Man Standing’ is a work based on the book ‘The Last Hero’ by Terry Pratchett an author not often cited as an inspiration for dance makers. Lest you be unfamiliar with the work […]
Cloud Dance Festival started life as a simple meeting place for dancers and choreographers to show their work and try to get some attention for what they were doing. For 2013 it has grown to a whole new level with funding, lots of great new works from new dance makers and offering something positive for […]
In Red One Arouni explores the concept “the obvious centre of attention”. Who is it that attracts attention – the individual or the group? What is it like to observe from the sidelines? Arouni’s long dance career in Norway began at Carte Blanche and as a choreographer he has won acclaim for his unique and […]
The production Stjerne* is designed for young audiences who are new to abstract dance. Produced by the Hedmark Touring Organisation in 1998, it has been staged for thousands of school children all over Norway. The production explores how language, roles, words and movement evolve and acquire new meanings. Dancers: Victoria Husby and Kine Kvarme. publish […]
Interview with Máté Mészáros currently a dancer with Zero Visibility Corps in Norway and formerly a dancer with Ultima Vez in Belgium for over 5 years. He talks to us about his current touring job and why it’s important for dancers to move on and find new challenges in the wide world of dance. publish […]
Jo Strómgren is the founder and director of Jo Strómgren Kompani in Norway we spoke to him about the current state of contemporary dance in Norway and the work he created for Polish Dance Theatre ‘CZTERDZIESCI’ which is as hard to pronounce as it looks. publish on Monday October 28th, 2013 This performance was recorded […]
An interview with the current Artistic Director of Tanztheater Wuppertal about his work (‘Portrait of a Dancer’ a biographical piece) and his long career in dance. publish on Wednesday October 23rd, 2013 This performance was recorded at the Coda Oslo International Dance Festival in Oslo Norway during the 2103 festival. Coda is a biannual gathering […]
At this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival the one and only Scottish Dance Theatre took to the stage once again with a work called ‘Second Coming’ by Victor Quijada and overcame a few technical calamities into the bargain. Basically, nothing technical was working but the company ploughed ahead regardless and showed the audience a facsimile of […]