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ELLE.COM/UK September 2O19

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MUSIC

LEAN INTO

YOUR EMOT IONS

The pop charts are gettingmore

melancholy, according to research*

(hello, Billie Eilish). Download one

of these new artists creating music

to help you articulate your feelings.

SONGS TO CRY TO

Arlo Parks

The 18 -year-old’s song Super

Sad Generation says it all. If you

like Sade-smooth vocals,

you’ll love this new voice of

a disgruntled generation.

SONGS TO LIFT YOUR SOUL

JGrrey

This musician strives to find beauty

• and humour – in life’s sadness.
  In her latest EP, GrreyDaze, she
  elevates her insecurities into
  uplifting, soul-infused pop gems.

THEATRE

BREAK THE RULES

Director Ola Ince (right), 3O, pushes conversations on

identity, making waves last year when Tony-nominated

writer and Black Panther star Danai Gurira chose her to

helm her play The Convert. Don’t miss her next shows...

SEE NOW: Appropriate, Donmar Warehouse, London.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ darkly funny story of a family

who uncover disturbing things when clearing their

father’s house following his death. Opens 16 August

BOOK NEXT: Tina, New York.

Alongside Phyllida Lloyd (director of Mamma Mia! and

The Iron Lady), Ince makes her Broadway debut,

taking on the life of Tina Turner (left). Opens 7 November

PLAN AHEAD: Is God Is, The Royal Court, London.

Spaghetti Western influences meet Afro-punk in writer

and actor Aleshea Harris’s innovative play centring on

twin sisters who vow to kill their father at the request of

their mother. Tickets on sale in October

DANCE

STEP UP

Meet the graceful new supers

of the fashion world...

From line dancing to Haçienda nights, Preen by

Thornton Bregazzi’s runway presented a history

of dance in the UK, while newcomer menswear

designer Saul Nash cast dancers to model for his

streetwear-inspired AW19 show. On the Lacoste

runway, 2O-year-old Jamaican-Ghanaian Alton

Mason (pictured on page 131) was the star

walker. Having danced for the likes of P Diddy

and Lil’ Kim, he made history as the first black

male model to walk for Chanel at last year’s

Métiers d’Art show. Want in on the trend without

a front-row ticket? Book to see the Alvin Ailey

American Dance Theater group’s (left) line-up at

ondon’s Sadlers Wells Theatre this September.

With eclectic scores that encompass everything

from Bach to Nina Simone, the series of

erformances explore African-American cultural

heritage through the power of movement.

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DANCE MAKES

A COMEBACK

• from the
  runway to Alvin
  Ailey American
  Dance Theater