Scotland’s festival of dance on screen est 2016. In partnership with Citymoves Dance Agency, Aberdeen since 2021. Curated by Simon Fildes and Iliyana Nedkova. Further support from Marlene Millar and Festival Quartiers Danses, Montreal

Let’s Write About Screen Dance

Screen dance writing programme led by Róisín O’Brien

WORKSHOP 11-13 March 2021

NEW CRITICAL WRITING

Bárbara Janicas

Mhairi Allan

Videostill from **Drawing Blank** 2013 5:32 min **Stefan Verna,** Director **Emily Honnegger,** Choreographer. Livestreamng as part of Screen.dance 2021 exclusive **With Love from Quebec and Festival Quartiers Danses**

For the first time in our festival history, as part of Screen.dance 2021, we offered two opportunities related to screen dance writing.

Let’s Chat About Screen Dance Writing – our screen dance masterclass led by dance writer Cara Hagan was for anyone interested in employing creative tactics to write artfully and with depth about screen dance and other art forms.

Let’s Write About Screen Dance was our screen dance writing programme for aspiring writers selected from our open call. Dance writer Róisín O’Brien led this introductory programme following on the success of a workshop organised by our festival partner Citymoves Dance Agency during DanceLive Festival 2020 resulting in a series of new reviews.

Participants in Let’s Write About Screen Dance, including Mhairi Allan, Bárbara Janicas and Iliyana Nedkova, attended a short workshop prior at the beginning of the festival, which introduced them to dance writing technique and discussions about the critic’s role in today’s arts landscape. Under the guidance and mentorship of Róisín, participants then wrote two short reviews onf works or themes within this year’s festival.

Read Bárbara Janicas‘ new critical writing of Black Stains and Hands On edited by Róisín O’Brien by clicking here.

Read Mhairi Allan‘s new critical writing of The Last Children and Squared edited by Róisín O’Brien by clicking here.

Róisín O’Brien

Róisín O’Brien is a dance writer and choreographer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She regularly writes for Fjord Review and Springback Magazine, amongst other dance and national publications, as well as writes programme notes for dance artists. Her choreographic work has been shown at the Edinburgh Fringe, Resolution Festival, DanceLive and Hidden Door. She is currently part of the The Lyceum’s L20 Artist Attachment scheme for 2021.