performance – François Matarasso

Dancing about migration

It’s been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. I’ve never been convinced. Human beings are not

It’s been a while since I last added anything here, partly because I’ve been meeting artists whose work is supported

I was thinking about you guys yesterday. I’ve been here three times before and I think I understand a little

Migranland It is in the nature of artistic work to reach beyond the boundaries of language, culture and context. You

I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now Badlands (1978) Bruce Springsteen ‘Shackled and Drawn’ During

One of the Internet’s delights is the chance of finding, and sharing, art. I’ve always loved the elegiac tone of Paul

Last night’s piano recital in a Sheffield church highlighted once again the permeable boundaries between art and religion. The performance—which

It’s a widely held idea that art is dangerous—or at least challenging. It threatens established thinking, especially the complacency of

It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it It had been a wonderful performance, the culmination

It’s been hard to escape the Glastonbury Festival in the past couple of weeks and clearly many people had no