Hey-nonny-bo! The woman reclaiming maypole dancing with dancehall and drum’n’bass
In a community centre in London, a ping pong table, a treadmill and a row of computers hug the edges of the room. It all feels familiar, apart from the towering green structure with dangling multicoloured ribbons: a maypole, and we’re here to dance around it. Our group of six circle it and get ready,…