We’re thrilled to announce that issue 04: Structure & issue 05: Flow are now out. Both issues were developed in parallel and in dialogue with each other. Together, they offer a dual meditation on form and freedom, edges and currents, support and surrender. They hold stories of dancers, thinkers, and artists navigating bodies, systems, and states of transformation.
Issue 04, Structure, traces the scaffolding of our lives, seen and unseen. We travel from the palaces of Versailles to the basements of Russian resistance, from origami folds to mechanized labor, from cosmic geometry to the twitch of a stimming hand. These are the choreographies that hold us, train us, divide us, and sometimes set us free.
This issue moves through power's choreography with Vinícius Portella tracing repression from TikTok algorithms to Candomblé persecution, Sasha Portyannikova documenting dance as survival under Russian authoritarianism, and Ellen Jeffrey revealing how stimming becomes its own radical dance practice.
Mariam Ala-Rashi finds cosmic alignment in contortion while Michael O'Connor explores the body as origami, structure folded into self. Katja Vaghi contrasts baroque precision with contemporary chaos, and Nathaniel Moore exposes the market forces shaping European dance.
Poster artist Maria Harfouche captures structure through double-exposed analog photography, and layered composition that reveal how moments build upon each other.
Published by Dance Lit Limited
92 pages + Photography poster insert
156 mm x 295 mm
Contact: info@adancemag.com
Issue 05, Flow, moves like water through rupture and release. Guided by the I-Ching, we drift into synesthetic rope rituals in Germany, spiral through Taijiquan in Canada, sway in sacred dances under Ethiopian stars, and lose ourselves in the rapture of Krishna Vandana. Here, flow is both a political current and a state of surrender.
From Gabriel Semerene's meditations on faith and protest across Gaza and Brazil to Nerda Khara's navigation of societal constraints in Pakistan, these pieces explore how movement becomes both resistance and surrender. Tejaswini Loundo ponders flow states in Indian classical philosophy while Erika Mattio finds unity in the sacred dances of Lalibela.
Shanny Rann discovers spirit in Taijiquan's slow power, Antje Brockmüller maps synesthesia through rope flow, and Anna Chwialkowska questions ghosts’ choreography. Each piece paired with its own hexagram, creating a map of emergence and dissolution.
Maria Harfouche's photography dissolves structure into motion where edges blur and time becomes fluid, capturing the moment when form gives way to flowing energy.
Published by Dance Lit Limited
92 pages + Photography poster insert
156 mm x 295 mm
Contact: info@adancemag.com
Anna Chwialkowska, a dancer and anthropologist based in Berlin. She studied Anthropology and Spanish at Freie Universität Berlin and Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Dance Studies at the Center for Contemporary Dance in Cologne.
Gabriel Semerene, a Lebanese-Brazilian researcher, writer, and activist. He currently researches transnational queer activism for Palestinian liberation.
Parvathi Ramanathan, a poet fond of excel sheets, she administers art projects in Germany and South Asia. She dances, writes, and facilitates community sessions encouraging creative movement. Her ongoing PhD explores the intersections of embodied knowledge, migration histories, and political geography.
Şebnem Sözer, an actress, performing arts theorist, and lecturer at the Department of Performing Arts at Duzce University, Türkiye, with dance training in Japan and special interest in traditional Asian performing arts.
Lilia Di Bella, a graphic designer and cultural practitioner based in Milan. She leads Visual Communication at Archive and co-develops the Choreopoethics program, exploring movement and embodied knowledge. She teaches at NABA and has exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Biennale.
Maria Harfouche, a Lebanese photographer and documentary film director, specialized in analog photography. Through the technique of double exposure, she layers elements of reality to create poetico-political images.
Sean Agass, a UK-based editor and publications manager with experience in brand strategy, writing, and editorial direction. He specializes in translating complex ideas into accessible content, supporting authors and organizations across disciplines to communicate clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
Zena Takieddine, a somatic lifestyle medicine facilitator based in Dubai. With MA in Islamic Art from SOAS and certified in Yoga and Somatic Experiencing, she blends cultural history, trauma recovery, and embodied healing.
Jana Al Obeidyine, Beirut-based culture writer editor, and publisher specializing in dance as a lens to understand the world in all its complexity. Founding editor and publisher of A Dance Mag since 2018.
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