A discourse on the power and vulnerability of the dancing body as both visceral matter and socio-political agent, based on a selection of performances seen at BIT Teatergarasjen’s Oktoberdans 2024.

written by Francesco Chiaro

“The bodies we are (not): A choreographic research on practicing self-distancing” a Dissertation by Antje Velsinger delves into the intricate relationship between the body and society in the context of Western neo-liberalism.

Happy Island (2018) by Dançando com a Diferença, directed by La Ribot

a review by Cristina Morales

“For the arts and by the arts”: to share the stage, share the resources, knowledge, art, culture, and the audience.
An introduction to cultural production and community care at the intersection of activism, facilitation and critical practice.

written by Dayna Ash

Through the various theater programmes of the performance Happy Island by Dançando com a Diferença, directed by La Ribot, Cristina Morales tackles the ableist and exotifying strategies institutions reproduce when presenting these inclusive dance performances.

written by Cristina Morales

A snippet of a conversation between long-time collaborators Joni Barnard and Zee Hartmann, during the in-process residency presented by HAUT and Humus Collective, this past april in Copenhagen.

reconstructed by Zee Hartmann

A critical analysis of sustainability within international performing arts practices, of cultural translation and the complexities of working towards a more inclusive international performance field.

written by Epona Hamdan

A reflection on collective creation and performance-making as an exercise in reshaping social ethics.  Departing from Brazilian choreographer Marcelo Evelin’s Batucada, performed in Almada (Lisbon) Transborda Festival 2023 last 6th and 7th of May, this is an exercise in Inclusive Performing Arts Criticism.

contributions by the performers involved in the process.

Review of Stamsund Teaterfestival 2023

Active ever since 1998, Stamsund Theatre Festival can be considered a reference in the Norwegian performing arts scene. By welcoming to the periphery of Europe a whole array of strong and emancipated female voices, the festival’s artistic direction shines a light on the systemic misogyny that has been shaping the land we walk on for so many centuries, giving space for the margins to reclaim both bodies and territories.

written by Francesco Chiaro

Review of Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2023

Kunstenfestivaldesarts has always encouraged diversity and debate within and without the national borders. With more than 30 performances, «this edition can be seen as an adventurous journey into the abyss of language, exploring its ability to define or transform the present».

written by Francesco Chiaro and Danja Burchard

With society’s margins more and more centred on stage, contemporary performing arts seem to be all about inclusion - but is raising awareness enough, or is this just another wave some artists are riding until exhaustion?

written by Francesco Chiaro

Review of BIT Teatergarasjen’s Oktoberdans 2022, one of the most riveting assembly of genre- transcending international performing arts in Europe.

written by Francesco Chiaro

i.c.a.p. has an on-going investigation into the three pillars of Structure- Access - Translation and their impact on international production.