The End of Dance
The End of Dance is a series of texts (launched in 2025) that examines endings in dance. It offers a reflective space and platform for people to evaluate, digest and see how things have settled.
We often see writing and content that focuses on the before, the new and the next - this isn't a space for that. This is somewhere that looks at the aftermaths, the impacts and what happened in those end moments. The End of Dance will feature long form interviews with people alongside other features that have a specific relationship to the end / endings.
2026
Ian Abbott on Asian Performing Arts Markets - Travelogue
Marking the end of an intense period of travel throughout Asia from 2023-2025, Ian shares some long form thoughts and candid opinions on the infrastructure, organisation and connections made across Asian performing arts markets, meetings, camps and symposia as well as seeing where dance sits within them (or not). It features reflections on: Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM), Busan International Performing Arts Market (BPAM), Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS), Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting (BIPAM), Who's Next?, No Limits International Symposium and Asian Producers' Platform - APP Camp.
Elaine Lam - Interview
Elaine is a dance researcher and general manager from Hong Kong - in her interview she talks about building an infrastructure for Street Dance over 10 years, the reasons why she left the Hong Kong Dance Federation, how her role as Executive Editor on the Hong Kong Dance Yearbook was her most important role to date, toxic ballet schools and her honest reflections on Flo - the choreographic Street Dance theatre programme she created.
2025
Aishwarya Raut - Interview
Aishwarya is a dancer and choreographer born in Mumbai, India and living in London, England - in her interview she talks about why she left Rambert, her relationship between endings, detachment and self-preservation, reflections on her new work Nadi, patriarchy and casteism in India, familial code switching and an archive of courage.
Laura Trocan - Interview
Laura is an independent producer based in Bucharest, Romania - in her interview she talks about her relationship to closure, how she falls in love with, divorces and ends relationships with artists, the loneliness of being an independent producer, how projects disappear from the internet, legacies of kindness and nominating a digital heir to her Facebook account in the event of her death.
Alexandre 'Spicey' Landé - Interview
Spicey is a choreographer, performer and teacher based in Montreal, Canada - in her interview she talks about working in 10 year cycles with Bust A Move Festival and her company Ebnflōh, her influence and impact on the Montreal Hip Hop and Street Dance scene, how some work relationships end and the vulnerability of performing a new solo.
Tamsin Fitzgerald - Interview
Tamsin is a choreographer, artistic director, mentor and teacher based in Hereford, England - in her interview she talks about what she thinks about when ending a choreography, the difficulty of losing Arts Council England NPO funding, a 25 year company retrospective and working with 9 dancers on her latest work.
Morag Deyes OBE - Interview
Morag is a choreographer, mentor, teacher and former Artistic Director of Dance Base (1994-2022) in Edinburgh, Scotland - in her interview she talks about her current research with indigenous elders across Austronesia, the joy, sadness and three most memorable productions from her time at Dance Base during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a very intimate tango with Laurie Booth.
Paul Paschal - Interview
Paul is an artist, writer and performer living in Nottingham, UK. His work addresses and embraces relational complexities, unflattering feeling, and perversity. In his interview Paul talks about his collaboration with Rohanne Udall, the end of his PhD, why Sadler's Wells should end and Letters of Resignation.