Transform festival: Rinse and Blackmilk review – a double shot of engrossing dance

Stage@leeds/Stanley & Audrey Burton theatre, LeedsAmrita Hepi measures words and movement as she talks through her artistic journey and Tiran Willemse takes Moon River in a new directionTransform festival’s director Amy Letman tells her opening night crowd that this is the most challenging financial environment she’s worked in. Yet there’s a bounty of edgy, independent festivals this autumn: Glasgow’s Take Me Somewhere, Nottingham’s Nottdance, the Southbank Centre’s Kunsty series and Transform itself, a week of international dance and performance that on its first night had small venues packed with a buzzing crowd.These two solo shows set a tone for artists with something to say and intriguing ways of saying it; starkly different in style, both pieces are interested in questions of identity and cultural expectation.Transform festival runs until 25 October at various venues in Leeds Continue reading...

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