East London Dance Company’s recent production, Local/International, took the precarious role of shaping for Londoner’s the state of dance in this country. That is, in the world. It brought the story of “internationalism” - the less trendy forefarther to globalization - to a city that is the epicentre for such processes. And this story is dictated by an all female cast of choreographers (some well known, others just breaking the ice) inside the city that’s seen it all, either welcomed it, contained it, or passively ignored it.

I have been fairly lucky travel wise. I have two passports, both from countries that are generally welcomed around the world. I do of course get hassle from border guards sometimes because of my race (I’m South Asian). But my English, and the accent I speak it in, generally mean I can talk my way through basic questioning with some confidence, though not always ease.

Sorius Samura has directed a new documentary for channel four called Living With Illegals. It documents his experience living among illegal immigrants from Africa as they cross from Morocco into Europe for month, under dangerous and gruelling circumstance, for a chance at life in the West. By documenting this for a reality tv audience, he attempts to displace the vision of the voyeur by placating his own self - i.e. the viewer - into the lives of those he chooses to document - ironically those without any documents.

Movies you watched, might not admit to watching, and probably relish watching. Sorry to ruin it…in case you hadn’t already caught on, this is a list of Hollywood’s 50 most Racist Movies Ever. The ever …

One World: Glendower is a music/recording program conceptualized and designed in its entirety by youth in Scarborough’s Steeles L’Amoreaux neighbourhood :: Check out the CD Launch, and stay tuned for the full story!

Najla Said, daughter of the late Edward Said, is on the last stretch of her 13-week off-Broadway, one-woman show “Palestine”. First - the name, second - an unrecognized nation, and third - the “one-woman” performance surely add a lot of baggage to a single story.

Post Your Map :: We will regularly present a featured artist, writer or performer who is exploring questions of identity and personal narrative through their medium of expression.

The map is your representation. No rigid lines, no defined routes. You direct it on your own account.

Lumped together, Autumn/Winter 2010 is readily told by the cast of London Fashion Week: who to wear, what to wear, and how to wear it - but who’s doing the telling? Adjacent to the utra-high fashion set in West-Central London’s setting of LFW headquarters at Sommerset House is an opening for amateur and Do-It-Yourself status budding designers. The “Untold” is a collective for designers and creatives that have limited access to entering the competitive world of high-fashion.