The potential to miss our biggest and best opportunities is part and parcel of life. It's finite nature, our mortality, is what makes life worth living to the absolute full. Knowing I have missed past opportunities, and could let future chances pass me by, fuels my ambition and makes me work harder to achieve the [...]
Author: ZhendeGender
A queer feminist anthropologist working in China, East Asia and Southeast Asia, exploring culture, gender, and sexuality.
Beating back the Christmas Blues
A few weeks ago, I had a Bridget Jones moment. I know you know what I mean; we all have them. Those times when all you want to do is sit in front of the telly wrapped up in your duvet, while you eat ice cream and drink far too much wine. Not exactly a [...]
Première of Renaud Wiser’s Metropolis
On the 9th December, after a glass or two of wine with colleagues, I hurried my way from work to RichMix, a venue I had never been to before. Although it's not a major venue for dance, it's got some interesting dance and theatre pieces there every so often, and seems to me a pretty [...]
A year in a sunset
Personification is one of those literary devices we learn about early on, like similes and alliteration. It’s just a word we use to describe other words, and most people won’t use it after they escape the hellhole that was GCSE English Literature. But as I looked out from the train this evening, over the last [...]
New Year: Older, wiser, newly improved you
I’ve reached the end of the year feeling a little lost. I’ve let myself get comfortable in what I am doing right now, which is unfamiliar territory for me and therefore a little unnerving. It’s times like these we need a reminder of what we’ve achieved, what we’ve weathered and what we’ve enjoyed. Looking over [...]
World première of Shobana Jeyasingh’s unique new Strange Blooms
World première of Shobana Jeyasingh’s unique new Strange Blooms Shobana Jeyasingh presents an evening of detailed precision in two highly unique works spanning a career of over 25 years. This double bill in Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall pairs a revival of Jeyasingh’s most prominent early work, Configurations, with the world première of her latest [...]
Dance photographer Joe Lambie
I am lucky enough to be working in a job I truly enjoy doing, and one of the coolest things I have got to do so far is phone other dance lovers around the world. I have now spoken to people in Hungary, Italy, New York, Ottawa, Seoul, Sao Paulo... the list goes on. A [...]
Dating Etiquette, period.
Dating Etiquette, period. How many times have you heard a friend mention how grossed out they are by the idea of sex on menses? Actually, how often does anyone even speak openly about ‘riding the crimson wave’? ‘Hardly ever’, do I hear you say? What on earth is the etiquette with periods when dating? Are [...]
BalletBoyz – The Talent demonstrate their unique group identity at Sadler’s Wells
BalletBoyz – The Talent demonstrate their unique group identity at Sadler's Wells In a double bill at Sadler’s Wells, BalletBoyz demonstrate a group amity and common identity unlike any other company of their size. Founded by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt in 2000, the group has seen significant success across the UK and internationally, particularly [...]
Michael Clark Company leaves audience speechless
Michael Clark Company leaves audience speechless Unique, wacky and more than a little bit mad, Michael Clark’s triple bill at the Barbican will leave you speechless, if a little frazzled. Co-commissioned by the Barbican, the works Michael Clark Company present do not have individual names, but form three parts of a whole. This is an [...]
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