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  • Residency at Penpynfarch

    Residency at Penpynfarch

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I just completed a 3-day residency at Penpynfarch in Wales. It was a self-created residency that included moving in the studio (see image), reading and writing. I am doing research into the experience of the dancer in gallery and museum performances. Starting with my own practice, I re-visited my creative practice for three works that I have…

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  • Open Letter to Artists (a reminder)

    Open Letter to Artists (a reminder)

    I attended the Skillshare on Freelancer Pensions and Career Longevity put on by Equity Freelance Dance Network  yesterday in London. There was a begging-for-more-time conversation on confidence in negotiating and steps to support each other in that.  For example, there is an audition at TATE Modern tomorrow calling for dancers that is being commissioned by Hyundai and the…

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  • The Politics of Collaboration European Currents

    The Politics of Collaboration European Currents

    I recently attended the The Politics of Collaboration European Currents research event at Middlesex University. The event was hosted by Dr. Noyale Colin and Dr. Stefanie Sachsenmaier whose interest in collaboration with relation to current European dynamics. Key speakers included Rudi Laermans, Gigi Argyropoulou, and Bojana Cvejic with performances by Dog Kennel Hill Project, Alice Chauchat and Angela Woodhouse.…

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  • Transmitting Trio A at ImpulsTanz Vienna

    Transmitting Trio A at ImpulsTanz Vienna

    I just finished a one-week intensive workshop here at ImpulsTanz in Vienna and enjoyed every minute of it! It is a live and vibrant festival with young dancers from all over the world coming together for a week to four weeks of training, performances and socializing. I especially liked the work of Alice Chauchat and…

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  • Rosas @ TATE

    Rosas @ TATE

    The new work, WORK/ TRAVAIL/ ARBEID, by Anna Theresa deKeersmaeker is a joy to experience. Walking into the upper level of the Turbine Hall at TATE Modern and hearing a crowd clapping has become part of the fabric of my experience at TATE Modern in London, my newfound home. I came here because of the…

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  • Transmitting Trio A workshop in London

    Transmitting Trio A workshop in London

    As the invited summer intensive guest artists at Greenwich Dance Agency, I am pleased to be working with a great group of professionals as I transmit Trio A (1966) by Yvonne Rainer. This is the final and public event as part of my reDANCE project supported by Arts Council England. I often forget the rigour this dance…

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  • “Historical Dances in an Antique Setting” by Pablo Bronstein at TATE Britain

    “Historical Dances in an Antique Setting” by Pablo Bronstein at TATE Britain

    Walking into the performance in progress of Paul Bronstein’s “Historical Dances in an Antique Setting” the first thing I notice is the lack of density of any stationary audience that these dances would have. The next thing I notice is the somewhat unaffected look on the dancer’s faces. Then I look in more detail at the gesturing…

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  • “The Place of Performance in the Museum” Conference at TATE Modern

    “The Place of Performance in the Museum” Conference at TATE Modern

    Last night I attended “The Place of Performance in the Museum” conference in the lovely East Room of  Tate Britain. Gathering curators, dance and performance enthusiasts and artists from the UK and across Europe (and riding on the tails of the opening of the new Tate), this event addressed ever circulating questions about the position of…

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  • My Essay on Dance & Performance in the new TATE Modern just published in Art Review

    My Essay on Dance & Performance in the new TATE Modern just published in Art Review

    My essay on Dance & Performance in the new TATE Modern can be found in the late issue of Art Review. I am thrilled to be a part of this special edition for the opening of the new building. I was recently in the new spaces and I am very grateful to have contributed to…

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  • Welcome to my new blog!

    Welcome to my new blog!

    Hi and welcome! I look forward to posting here on current projects and musings on dance. Stay tuned and thanks for checking in! Sara (Image above: Dancers in discussion as part of reDANCE UK a project funded by Arts Council England with additional support from Greenwich Dance Agency and Trinity Laban Music & Dance Conservatoire. Photo by…

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