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Stephen Petronio |A New York contemporary movement

Stephen Petronio |A New York contemporary movement

Over the last 30 years Stephen Petronio has established himself as one of the most influential names in American dance. His iconoclastic works fuse eclectic elements of pop culture to often explosive effect. He talked to Civilian about some of his landmark productions
“A knock at the door. It’s the Kangaroo”

“A knock at the door. It’s the Kangaroo”

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"One rears up like a wolf’s muzzle aimed to the vast sky; another clump, hollowed out from beneath by sea and air, resembles the underside of an enormous petrified fungus"
Mondo Baltimore

Mondo Baltimore

by Simon Gage

"He points us to the shops along this stretch, places like Parisian Flea, crammed with essentials from antique jewellery and caps saying 'What the fuck are you looking at?'"
Effervesce Sense | High tea high and a bottomless widow

Effervesce Sense | High tea high and a bottomless widow

by Karen Krizanovich

"Bottomless champagne is rarely seen this side of one’s first wedding when daddy is paying"
Hey see Fantaisie | Martin Brudnizki’s jardin-in-Paris hotel

Hey see Fantaisie | Martin Brudnizki’s jardin-in-Paris hotel

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"This is peak Brudnizki: Pale pink velour barstools, and red roses on green and pink stripes on the walls and ceilings"

To the moon and back | Pina Bausch’s Vollmond returns to London

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"I was horrified that the audience for last year’s Sadlers Wells revival of Nelken seemed to find its portrayal of fascist brutality rollickingly hilarious"
The grandest dame | Why I love the time warp of The Peninsula Hong Kong and probably always will

The grandest dame | Why I love the time warp of The Peninsula Hong Kong and probably always will

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The most special thing about the hotel in Hong Kong is, for me anyway, the time warp of Felix, the restaurant that Philippe Starck designed in 1994"
So nearly the best business class seat of all time. But…

So nearly the best business class seat of all time. But…

by Civilian London

"Such a shame. This is so nearly the perfect business class seat"
Don appetit | Rowley Leigh’s return to London dining

Don appetit | Rowley Leigh’s return to London dining

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"I poured the sauce into my dessert spoon and ate by itself, mouthful by sumptuous sticky mouthful"
The best fancy dim sum in Hong Kong

The best fancy dim sum in Hong Kong

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

'I have no idea what made Michelin knock a star off, because this is as good as Cantonese gets"
Writing despite and to spite it all | The best books of 2024

Writing despite and to spite it all | The best books of 2024

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"More so than ever in 2024, it seems to me to take courage – the against-all-odds kind – to publish anything"