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Contributor
Emily May

Emily May is a writer and editor specializing in dance and performance. She lives in Berlin, Germany. 

Exhibition Reviews
Marianna Simnett’s Football Film Misses Its Goal

At Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, the artist’s UEFA-inspired film mixes balletic beauty with uncomfortable stereotypes

BY Emily May |
Exhibition Reviews
Noa Eshkol’s Orchestra of the Body

At neugerriemschneider, Berlin, an exhibition dedicated to the late dance composer’s notation system reveal the complexities of her ideas

BY Emily May |
Interviews
Simone Forti Just Wants to Move People

The Golden Lion-winning choreographer on continuing to learn from her body

BY Emily May |
Opinion
Oona Doherty’s Squid Game Swan Lake

At Kampnagel, Hamburg, the choreographer takes on the ‘oppressive’ world of ballet

BY Emily May |
EU Reviews , Exhibition Reviews
Zeynep Kayan’s Postmodern Dance

Based on choreography by Trisha Brown, the artist's solo exhibition at Zilberman, Berlin, references and revives performance practices

BY Emily May |
Frieze London , Frieze Week Magazine , Interviews
Ballet Black: Then and Now

Cassa Pancho takes stock of how the landscape has changed for dancers of colour since she started Ballet Black in 2001

BY Emily May AND Cassa Pancho |