Swords, Dancing
2025
A Riso-printed publication that celebrates the puckish performance of the Sword Dance as it redefines itself through the last half-century.
The 20 movements, in 20 drawings, draws from outlandish Wu-Xia (Martial Warrior) Films of the 80s, cool-headed VHS Master-classes of the sword from the 90s, to the melodramatic stagings of the dance in modern reality television. The other half, are composed of sketches made watching the class being taught at the Goldsmiths Confucius Institute.