Essays / Criticism
In July 2026 I published a 9000 word travelogue which lifts the institutional veil on the Asian performing arts markets, meetings, camps and symposia I attended from 2023-2025 which includes: Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM), Busan International Performing Arts Market (BPAM), Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS), Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting (BIPAM), No Limits – International Symposium, Who's Next Choreographic Platform and Asian Producers Platform (APP) Camp.
Arts markets and industry meetings are rarely documented from the inside and in effort towards transparency I'm aware that some of what I say may affect my future relationship with these institutions. However, arts markets need to evolve; they are designed and are almost operating on the same model as they did 30 years ago. If they're not open to some scrutiny and criticism (like the artists they present), then I question if they want to adapt and reflect what the world looks like now or just keep the status quo.
In July 2020 I published Remixing Criticism - Hip Hop Dance Under The Microscope - a robust and text based interactive critique of Hip Hop, dance, criticism, institutional power and the erasure of women in the UK. Part outsider commentary, part reflective essay and part detailed critique; it blends styles, approaches and formalities to offer a new perspective of Hip Hop dance in the UK.
In 2015 I was invited by Nicholas Minns to be contribute to his independent online publication Writing About Dance; since then I have written about dance from across UK, Europe & Asia covering festivals, creation/rehearsal processes, performances, industry conferences and I'm increasingly interested in examining issues of institutional power and decision making. Here's my thoughts on Free Your Mind - The Matrix Now, the opening show at Aviva Studios in October 2023, the May 2024 edition of Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels and the DANS.CONTEXT.SHOWCASE in Bucharest in April 2025 and my trips to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025 and 2024 pt 1 pt 2 and going back annually to 2016.
Alongside my writing, essays and criticism in dance and the performing arts I have a long history of writing about video games for Sci-Fi-London as well as writing for the Scottish Review of Books.