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Solène Weinachter, After All. © Genevieve Reeeves

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Solène Weinachter – dancing before and after all

An interview with the French-born Scottish dance artist as she creates her first self-directed work

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Violeta Vitanova in Sorrow Island: The North End of Outer Hope. © Gergana Encheva

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Moving Body Varna: on and off screen

A festival where the body moves fluently – and intimately – between stage, site, screen and headset

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Ehs came from another planet by Amalia Bennett and Antigone Gyra. ©South Space for Photography

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Dance Days Chania 2023:
The Conscious Body

Themes from the 13th edition of the international contemporary dance festival in the coastal town of Chania, Crete

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Two women in flowing dresses and white sneakers, stepping sideways in parallel positions. Behind them, their shadows multiply and overlap their outlines

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ImPulsTanz 2023: past presence

The imprint of the past on the performance of the present, at the 40th edition of ImPulsTanz Vienna

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A crowd of bodies of various genders, near nude, all whirling around in different states of action and agitation. The lighting is dark, and a metal scaffold looms in the background

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Home and away at the Venice Dance Biennale

This year’s Italian and international commissions at the Venice Biennale contrast in almost every way

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On a white stage strewn with marshmallows, a small figure (Chiara Bersani) lies down in one corner, while from another a standing figure (Elena Sgarbossa) moves towards her.

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Chiara Bersani/corpoceleste: Sottobosco

A poetic other world is magically conjured from cloth, space, sound, bodies – and marshmallows

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Two men and two women form a crisscross of coloured bodies (red, blue, greem) on pink and green op-art floor.

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Dimitris Mytilinaios: Repair

A Greek work selected for international exposure is rich in ideas, whether as postmodern profusion, density of material or to fill a vacuum

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Jam-packed:
a day at Les Hivernales’ On (y) danse aussi l’été !

Avignon’s national choreographic development centre distils styles and ambiences in its summer programme - on a daily basis

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Three men in bright yellow unitards dappled with green, orange and blue, all looking to the left and bent into a wide demi-plié, against a dark purple background. The man in front is in sharp focus with a somewhat alarmed expression, the two behind are blurred.
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