Dance Umbrella, London’s celebration of cutting-edge dance, is reinventing itself under the directorship of Freddie Opoku-Addaie. The programme for the 44th edition, which runs until 23 October, extends from the avant garde to a mass outdoor community event in Lewisham. It also has a substantial digital programme – perfect for me when I couldn’t get to an opening; perfect for the dance curious everywhere. A pay what you can digital pass is available for the rest of this month.
It offers rich pickings. Choreographer Nora Chipaumire made her live DU debut last week, but she was also there digitally with the sensational #PUNK, a visceral film in sharp black and white by Ari Marcopoulos that captures the intensity and challenge of Chipaumire’s performance with dancer Shamar Watts and musicians Dave Gagliardi and Austin Williamson.
