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Category: Music

Julian Henriques’ Babymother: A Black feminist triumph of a film

15th September 202115th September 2021  Emma Korantema Hanson

Emma Hanson reviews Julian Henriques’ 1998 musical film, Babymother, and considers the reality of single Black motherhood against its often prejudiced on- and off-screen representation.

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Posted in Arts, Film and Media, MusicTagged: Anjela Lauren Smith, Babymother, bashment, BFI, Black Motherhood, black women, Caroline Chikezie, dancehall, Don Warrington, drum n' bass, Emma Hanson, Film, Julian Henriques, Motherhood, musical, Parminder Vir, ragga, reggae, Superflex, Tameka Empson, Wil Johnson

Three Exorbitant Acts: Eurovision 2008-2013 by Selin Genc

12th August 2021  Selin Genc

Selin Genc takes us on a return trip, economy class, to the Eurovision of the early 00s, where austerity was answered with excessive performances – and a singing turkey!

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Posted in Arts, Film and Media, MusicTagged: Baroque, BAROQUE Guest Editorial, Camp, Dario Agento, Dustin the Turkey, Eurovision, Eurovision Song Contest, Florin Cezar, Rodolfo Chikilicuatre, Selin Genc, suspiria

‘The Immortal Charlie Parker’ by Michèle Saint-Michel

25th January 202125th January 2021  Michèle Saint-Michel

Artist Michèle Saint-Michel fuses poetry and music with news reportage in her powerful audio piece, The Immortal Charlie Parker. In it, she recounts her experience of reconnecting with a childhood friend during the early stages of the pandemic.

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Posted in Arts, Creative Writing, Film and Media, Music, PoetryTagged: audio, audio poem, Charlie Parker, Consent, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Jazz, Lockdown, Michèle Saint Michel, Pandemic, Poetry, PTSD, Savoy Records, trauma

Eurydice Among the Shades

29th December 201929th January 2020  Miriam Al Jamil

Throughout history Eurydice has been portrayed as a voiceless cypher next to the vocal brilliance of her husband Orpheus. But does the ENO’s 2019 programme of Gluck, Offenbach and Glass alter this? asks our writer Miriam Al Jamil.

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Posted in Arts, Dance, MusicTagged: Albrecht Dürer, Carol Ann Duffy, Decadence, English National Opera, Eurydice, Gluck, H. D., Hilda Doolittle, Jean Cocteau, Night / Shift, Offenbach, Orpheus, Ovid, Paris, Philip Glass, Studio Wayne McGregor, Virgil, Wayne McGregor

Company Concentric’s Play On at The Place, London

20th February 201922nd February 2019  Eirini Diamantouli

Company Concentric’s Play On is not just fun and games, but a performance that explores serious contemporary concerns through the lens of play, writes our contributor Eirini Diamantouli.

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Posted in Arts, Dance, MusicTagged: Akshy Marayen, Company Concentric, Contemporary dance, Dance, Mikaela Livadiotis, music, Resolution 2019, Sally Somerville-Woodiwis, The Place, Yanaëlle Thiran

Julie Rose Bower’s Foley Explosion at the Hackney Showrooms

15th December 201815th December 2018  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Impressively inventive and executed with spy-like precision, Julie Rose Bower’s latest show explodes Foley artistry and ventures into the heartlands of Russian history.

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Posted in Arts, Dance, Film and Media, Music, TheatreTagged: Beryl Mortimer, Edward Snowden, Espionage, Foley, Foley Artists, Julie Rose Bower, Putin, Rasputin, Trump
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