Section: Theatre and dance
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How Muslim dance culture stretches across civilisations
In her debut book, historian Nadia Khan uncovers the vibrant, centuries-old traditions of Muslim dance, revealing a hidden history of movement and faith
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‘Fresh, punk, DIY’: the Muslim theatre-makers thriving on the fringes
Theatre productions outside of mainstream institutions are giving more space to boundary-pushing storytelling from diverse creatives
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The Muslim Panto returns with its latest fairytale remake: Snow Brown and her Seven Chachay
The seasonal theatre company brings its longest run of shows yet to venues across the UK
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We Are the Lions, Mr Manager is bringing the Grunwick strikes to the stage
Almost 50 years on, this theatre production remembers the women who stood up for their rights and changed the labour movement
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Grace and Poise: inside the dance school changing the face of ballet
At what’s believed to be the world’s first Muslim ballet school, children perform to poetry, not music, making the artform accessible to all
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The theatre group putting refugees at centre stage
Phosphoros Theatre uses performance to tell stories of forced displacement, from the people who have lived through it
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Asif Khan brings his new skateboarding drama home to Bradford
The playwright’s latest work, Sisters 360, paints a nuanced picture of British Muslim life through the eyes of two young girls
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‘It is our right to make our art’ — the creators of acclaimed show Milk ahead of its UK premiere
Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel on their visual performance at Shubbak festival, the largest Palestinian theatre production to be staged in Britain in decades
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‘Every performance is treated as my last’: Aakash Odedra on his lifelong relationship with dance
The dancer speaks about his latest production, Songs of the Bulbul, based on the Sufi poem of the captured bird
