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Essay | Notes on Context by Callum Tilley

Essays

‘Entwining deeply personal stories into a tense political context allows for the exploration of the effects of this context at an individual level that, while fictionalised, is also infused with reality.’

Callum Tilley on politics in art.

Essay | Giving Up by Christiana Spens

Essays

‘All at once, it felt nihilistic and misguided. I had been on this extended fast, but it was devoted to absent men and not any real god. As such, there had been no revelation or resolution, no peace.’

Christiana Spens on Lent.

Essay | One Hundred Years of Nijinska

Essays

‘Both contemporary pieces seek to build on this revolutionary choreography rather than imitate it perfectly, yet both acknowledge that Nijinska’s work marked key developments in the world of choreography, bridging the gap between one century and the next in the world of classical dance. So how did it come to pass that now she is known primarily as a keeper of her brother’s career?’

Esmee Wright on Bronislava Nijinska.

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