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Outside your comfort zone

| by Rachael Nanyonjo

Rachael Nanyonjo received an AIDF grant to travel to Uganda. She shares some observations from her trip.

Shifts in Lagos

| by Eleanor Turney

Dan Daw visited Lagos with Candoco Dance. He talks about the shifts that are starting to happen, and why inclusive dance is important.

Reflecting the city

| by Eleanor Turney

Suba Das has been working with South Asian people in Leicester, and is about to go to India to continue the work. He tells Eleanor Turney why the project is close to his heart.

Can we do this from our own culture?

| by Gregory Thompson

Having directed Shakespeare in Pakistan, Gregory Thompson is now working in Nepal. He reports back. 

An exchange of energy

| by Eleanor Turney

Aakash Odedra has been touring in Mexico and the Middle East. He talks to Eleanor Turney.

HeLa at HIFA

| by Adura Onashile

Adura Onashile took her show, Hela, to the Harare International Festival of the Arts

The only conversation...

| by Tanuja Amarasuriya

Tanuja Amarasuriya shares some thoughts from Sleepdogs' residency at Bios in Athens

"We knew we liked Georgia already"

| by Morven Macbeth

Imitating the Dog returned to Georgia with its show, The Zero Hour. Read all about it here!

It takes 20 to tango

| by Billy Cowie

Billy Cowie shares some stories from his recent trip to Cuba

From Eastleigh to the East Coast...

| by Sacha Lee

Sacha Lee and Jane Mason went to the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Dance Exchange funded by the Artists' International Development Fund. Jane shares some reflections from the final day...


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