Editorial - from Jeannette Brooks

Welcome

To the second Hotfoot Online magazine. The summer break may be finished and your dancing just warming up so let Hotfoot get you thinking about your 'next steps'!

This edition focuses on The Artist. We have articles from the manager's point of view, the choreographer interpretation and the venues managers' perspective on the complexities of working with the dancer creator.

Reviewers, Maria Ryan and Natasha Bunbury, feedback their thoughts on Compagnie Kafig from France and the Breakin' Convention event at Sadler's Wells Theatre respectively.

Pamela Zigomo of ADAD gives us an overview on all the new developments within the organisation. Our regular item ADAD Asks features some thought provoking opinions from Beverly Glean and then in our ongoing push to move on the debate around the interpretation and definition of African Peoples' Dance, ADAD launches the Diaspora Dictionary with Thea Barnes. But that's not all.

You'll have to read on.

Never the less we are missing Wasssup! - the talk shop item written by our readership. Wasssup! is aimed at making sure Hotfoot is and remains pertinent, direct and representative by asking you to contribute your own work and unfortunately no-one was forthcoming. I hope that the reason for that is seasonal and the summer heat slowed us down. If not then it might be interpreted that there is nothing much to say about how you are feeling in your effort, support, appreciation or interpretation of Dance from the African Diaspora!

Finally as this is the second mailout please let me know your thoughts on the Hotfoot's delivery to your inbox so far. Do you have any suggestions for content or features, design or direction? Don't hesitate to get in touch.

Jeannette Brooks
Hotfoot Online Editor