Dance UK To Publish A Series Of My Articles About Dance and Art

Dance UK, the national voice for the dance sector, will be publishing a series of my articles about art and dance at www.danceuk.org/news. Titled 'Alexis Investigates: Dance and Visual Arts' the series offers 'ways in' to the complex conversation that is happening between the two art forms. The influence of dance on other forms of art has recently been highlighted by a series of major exhibition and events programs: 'Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909 - 1929' has just opened at the V & A, 'Move: Choreographing You' is on at the Hayward Gallery and over recent years choreographer Siobhan Davies has orchestrated an ongoing program of events and conversations, including ROTOR -new work and commissions from artists working in other art forms which opens on the 3 November 2010 at Siobhan davies Studios and The South London Gallery.

I have worked and trained in both dance and visual arts, as a maker and also as a manager in both mediums. Dance is spending more and more time in the territory of the visual arts and what is more this started as far back as the 1970’s (some might argue long before that). I am writing this series of articles as a ‘way in’ to this particular area of artistic activity because I believe that dance is a highly influential media and that the knowledge base of its practitioners can bring insight to many other realms. Dance is evolving in many different ways and it is key to the growth of dance that we, the dance community, realise the potential in cross-disciplinary relationships.

The first in the series will be about my revent visit to Siobhan Davies Studios to see rehearsals for ROTOR. Got to run- I have a meeting with Staphanie Rosenthal, Cuator at The Hayward Gallery, to talk about 'MOVE:Choreographing You'.