AUTHOR Beverly Andrews
Ballet Black
This fall Ballet Black returned to London’s Linbury Theatre with a delightful programme of two new pieces. “If at First” and “The Waiting Game”, taken together they highlight the company’s strengths as one of the most innovative dance companies working in Europe.
Women who Blow on Knots
In Women who Blow on Knots you are immediately drawn into women’s lives. The characters include Amira, a Tunisian dancer and blogger who turns the tables on a person she feels belittled by, Maryam, a melancholy Egyptian academic obsessed with Dido, Queen of Carthage, who was present at the protests in Tahir Square, and standing in for Temelkuran herself, a young female Turkish journalist living in exile.
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
This fall 1-54 2024 hosted over sixty international exhibitors, representing twenty-three countries. It was simply one of the most dazzling shows in London.
Holly Shorts
In the glittering world of film festivals, feature films are of course celebrated while shorts, often made by new directors, can go largely ignored. The Holly Shorts film festival therefore provides an important function by shining a needed light on these often, overlooked cinematic gems.
National Ballet of Canada: Frontiers
Founded by British ballerina Celia Franca the National Ballet of Canada’s tour to the UK is a welcome reminder of just how good the company is.
Toronto International Film Festival 2024
The hauntingly beautiful Ukrainian drama, “U are the Universe” and the Mexican documentary “The Freedom of Fierro”, a timely and unflinching look at America’s flawed criminal justice system.
YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND
YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND is an enormous retrospective of a towering artist who finally appears to be escaping the long shadow cast by her famous husband John Lennon. This show highlights the fact that Yoko Ono should be seen, now as one the greatest contemporary artist. Someone who has influenced a generation.
VISIONS OF QUEERNESS
London’s British Film Institute this summer has screened two queer classics, two of the most significant gay films from the 70’s/80’s: Sebastiane & A Life in Four Chapters.