【Dance】Archives of the Dance (28): Chisenhale Dance Space
This contribution to the 'Archives of the Dance' series explores Chisenhale Dance Space's collection and my work with it as a PhD researcher. My re... [more]
【Dance】Dance matters: dancing in Tunisia
A Tunisian youth movement, Dancers Citizens South (DCS), founded on 31 May 2015, encourages young people to find agency in their communities by creati... [more]
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SIGNDANCE: SPACE FOR DIVERSITY
Signdance is a way of expression that integrates communication and artistic creation in equal proportion, through the fusion of different dance styles with sign languages and international sign system. It is an end in itself and at the same time, a means
Chat to Mi Back: Meditation on body archive
This article addresses the concept Body as Archive in the context of contemporary Jamaica, a nation simultaneously grounded in Christian Religiosity and rooted in African Cosmology. Body as Archive is identified here as an understanding of the body that r
Dancing with the Impropriety of Media: How Indonesian Consumers Think and Behave towards the Unethic
The rise of online media makes us now everyday are bombarded by a number of online news content which are sometimes unethical and illogical. Without considering the adverse effects it causes, the media continue to treat news consumers with inappropriate c
XXIII National Fair of Rural Culture, Chapingo (Mexico) 2018
The National Fair of Rural Culture is an 11-day event that showcases the rural culture heritage of the 32 Mexican States with samples of their handicraft, gastronomy, folk dances and other typical artistic representations that is organized annually by the
ANALYSIS OF THE MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO THE STRUCTURE MUSICAL OF THE FONDU AND THE DOUBLE FONDU AT 4
In this essay, the movement of the academic dance steps fondu and double fondu at 45 degrees will be explained in binary and ternary meters. Different dinamics will be exposed, concluding with the most suitable musical accompaniment for its execution, as
Shaping the biology of emotion: Emovere, an interactive performance
This paper presents the artistic creation and research work developed for the piece Emovere (2015), an interactive dance and sound performance. Emovere's creation process focused on configuring artistic material by exploring the biology of emotion in ass
History, Roots and Future Horizons
Presented as a workshop at the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ADTA conference in San Diego, this article describes a workshop that was designed to help participants navigate through multiple identities in dance/movement therapy and psychotherapy.
MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES: IDENTIFYING COCREATION OPPORTUNITIES AT THE DIRTY DAN
Film-induced festivals are becoming more popular, generated through accessibility of streaming platforms and acceptance for popular culture fandom. This is different than any general film festival, because there is a sense of community and desire for recr
THE SURVIVAL OF A GENRE: THE DRAMATIC DANCE OF EL AMOR CASAMENTERO BY JOSE JOAQUIN BENEGASI Y LUJAN.
After acknowledging the author's appropriateness to be part of the roster of writers whose works have been traditionally classified as jocular and/or satirical, we have studied one of his short plays in which both of those stylistic as well as generic ch
PERFORMING GENDER, CLASS AND NATION: RUKMINI DEVI ARUNDALE AND THE IMPACT OF KALAKSHETRA
Rukmini Devi Arundale, herself a choreographer and dancer, is considered one of the key figures in re-creating Bharatanatyam. Through her utopian arts colony, Kalakshetra, started during the movement towards Indian independence, she taught what she deemed
Permanent confrontations in artistic activism
The present article proposes to discuss the importance and urgency of the artivist actions in the present times, especially with regard to dance. To this end, we use the term hegemony in the terms proposed by the Italian Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci, a
Saartjie Baartman, Nelisiwe Xaba, and me: the politics of looking at South African bodies
Dance Artist/Choreographer Nelisiwe Xaba's They Look at Me and That Is All They Think (2006) 'refers to the story of Sara[tjie] Baartman [horizontal ellipsis ] the Hottentot Venus' (2006. 9th Jomba! Contemporary dance experience 2006 programme, p. 7) w
Analysis of the physical development and somatotype of girls and females involved into dancing and g
Purpose: The comparative analysis of the physical development and somatotype of girls and females involved in dancing and gymnastic sports (acrobatic rock and roll, sports aerobics). Material: The study involved 45 girls and females. Group 1 - acrobatic r
Flamenco and emotions: New techniques of Socio-Educational intervention with minors at risk of socia
This paper attempts to explain the use of dance, especially the flamenco dance, as a useful tool for to promote the identification of emotions in children at risk of social exclusion with the aim of contributing to the personal and social development of t
Genre transformation in the musical folklore (Shamil's Prayer case)
This article uses the Caucasian dance Shamil's Prayer to examine the complex processes of genre transformation of folklore verbal and musical texts in the North Caucasus region. The dance was improvised by a Kumyk harmonist in the early twentieth century