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Artist VS Athlete
‘It takes an athlete to dance but an artist to be a dancer’ The Paris 2024 Olympics have been a talking point for dancers over the past...
Love to move, move to love.
‘Nobody don’t dance no more – Kano’ Working with older adults has shown me many voids in contemporary society. However, one that is...
UNAPOLOGETIC
‘Some days I am more wolf than woman and I’m still learning how to stop apologising for my wild’ I don’t indulge in the whole ‘new year,...
At Home With Hip Hop This Christmas
‘Who are we as human beings if we ignore the suffering of others?’ Christmas 2012. I lived in the YMCA hostel in Walthamstow. It was...
Moving Through Grief
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, sometimes it’s overwhelming. All we can do...
Ageing as an adventure
“For ageing is a privilege not a predicament” Ageing is a process which scares me- as it does many of us. This fear is not centred on...
Problematic Progression
“Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.” Hip Hop battles are centred on a live exchange whereby dancers face each other for...
The Birth of The Blair Academy, and why Dance matters to me
‘Write for yourself first’ The most cliché way to start this would be to say, “I’ve been dancing since I can remember”, but honestly,...
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