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mean. i would like to believe they care and. john says moving their bodies in order to move. without an open atheist hymn book enough aso in colorful costumes in colombia or in mosques on the caribbean coast dunce is universal. and with a contemporary dance company damaged goods choreographer makes do it is known for creating productions that challenge the status quo. and not afraid to work with pain in the darkness or things that are. unconscious. but i'm more thinking for

a kind of transformation or transportation or things are moving things still you know bringing things up so they can kind of. open up. contemporary dance pushes emotional physical and social limits it makes a political statement without using anywhere it's just great physical exertion what's moving the dance world these days we set off to find out starting interest in. american choreographer make steel with invited experts from around the globe to dressed in to attend dance congress or tons congress 2019 some 500 people from the world of dance came to share experiences and discuss new ideas one. pound. bag it's really important it was great to play about this this congress is really

the end specialist that people have different interests but that intimacy can really break barriers that people can really. meet in intimate settings and feel like they're being heard and seen. the congress was about the body as well as the mind the global exchange of ideas was to give the dancing new impetus how people make contacts and break down barriers is. something which required full commitment from everyone present and 2 full years of preparation and planning. with the support of the cruiser institute where shops and meetings were held in the lead up to the congress of around the globe. we called the tense progress along lasting affair so actually it started 2 years before with this desire of bringing artists together so we went to different cities and. listen certain cities and

brought them together. where they ask questions for the shared they dance together that. kind of an exchange. my county with the world of contemporary dance and the journey to 2 countries where artistic self-determination still also meets with resistance. our 1st stop picking up. in the capital to do good we need to feel lonely. he works internationally as a dancer choreographer and dance teacher yes he's had to fight for recognition in his homeland. so. it was difficult because my parents didn't accept my choice. they didn't want me to give up building houses and become a dancer because for them dancing had no future. it was really tough going to

actually leave my family. there were no role models and there wasn't a dancer you could point to and say oh with dance you can be somebody with dance you could build homes and buy big cars there were no reference to a song because she did it because once you get in fiance. you know. it's really tough to live from dancing and burkina faso i have to go elsewhere to do projects elsewhere to earn a living you need to. develop this production together with an artist from ivory coast a collaboration that wouldn't have been possible without financial support from france. the stage is littered with trash which symbolizes the chaos of

conditions in many african countries. how can they rise above the chaos and free themselves from dependence on the former colonial powers and what role can. these are questions younger african artists ask. for people here are afraid to say when things aren't working but i see it as my role to contribute something to change that i want to every human being is useful to society i think as an artist i can create a positive change in the world from shores none of them on positive move to a to do but changing things through contemporary dance

is far from easy and book enough. doses like some article gray still face prejudices and discrimination in the. south pacific and i don't know what contemporary dance is they've never seen it yet they criticize it they say the female dancers are prostitutes before non housewives no one wants to marry us and no families are willing to accept us from our society accepted or. to still southernmost a cobra a risk at all she left her fiance because he couldn't accept to work as a dancer. the single mother earns a living by performing internationally. no no she's slowly also receiving recognition at how the end. to.

it was really the show. that helped me to convince my family girls who are now they support me for me that's why i say to all women it's possible with the will be. the choreographic developments and. all the termite mound is a hive of activity in looking at. the unger small fermanagh project which puts women center stage is also based here. created by the directors of the company. it profiles the work of female dances and choreography. to the audience to ask questions. to question what is right in our society. improvise in front of a symbolic backdrop the rundown for mattel. is

a relic of $900.00. 1 the country so many pro-democracy movements and cultural projects. today the grounds belong to the choreographic development center several companies are based here it's also home to artists in residence workshops and festivals. that to me is unique in west africa it was founded by study as a new one of the biggest names in contemporary african dogs and his latest project he works with refugees from. there are lots of refugees here the 1st place an african refugees head is elsewhere in africa europe. people think africans are going to cross the mediterranean and invade europe but that's false lots of african refugees stay within africa. the purpose

of the beyond borders project is to go into the camps and get refugees to dance. this allows them to regain control and self-confidence and to overcome boredom and loneliness. they're going to return to the campus with new knowledge with a breath of fresh air. networks deal with issues which affect everyone but from an african perspective. as a lap dance for such as dance because it's a universal language you can communicate transmit emotion and church audiences using words. as a representative of africa's politically active dance scene beyond the neighbors here also to pass in the town's caucus interest and along with dancers from ghana

and senegal. said there were 2 everything revolved around the arts dance above all but for me it was about more than that we were like a family meals together dance together and combine different forms of art there. was a real human element to all the activities we did that's what struck me most. record america got to know make stuart in dresden. i knew her name from before but we've never met that was the 1st time. i danced congress $29000.00 next to it is the 1st choreographer to be made artistic director. she hopes to create lasting connections collective experience through dance improvisation and perhaps even that utopia of

a global community. their connections are real the conversations are grounded and they're all sharing different experiences together. and it's great to be in thurso then square with the terminator and then be in dialogue. with students it's just really i find it really mixed and i feel like it has a real promise or no way of earth to string. ending this whole dance for me. so i look at the movements between people i'm interested in social currency. it can be so simple when we go to meet someone do you how do you greet them what or how do we navigate social space social interactions and movements. and what causes change what causes people to really mobilize around a certain idea. to get passionate about something where they stop being neutral and

stop being an observer and kind of when they become empathetic. when they're away yes i'm involved i am with i come with i support so i'm really interested in this fragile systems of support. sharing and learning from one another. caribbean beats that's about a ghost teaches an african i'm going down sign music style. but i always. call him you know maybe i grew to like him a bit more over time. it's the rhythm that surrounded me growing up after all. and today i can use this very rich dance language to develop my own steps but i boy . i only realized now that i draw inspiration from those roots

and from everyday relations and life. gestures are part of a sign language that's hard to put into words. you could always find your freedom through it or save yourself from something. there are codes that help you navigate difficult situations. in this sense it seems don't spurn create new spaces. a port city on colombia's northern caribbean coast this is the center has been a unesco world heritage site since 984. in the 16th century it was the center of slave trade as a result of cultures and they music and dance styles mixed here leading to

a vibrant colombian don seen. a better body of us was born in kenya and studied at 3 now and. today he teaches the himself. eat at this institutions students are taught a range of different dance techniques there's everything from ballet to modern contemporary dance. there was more. an improvisation exercise. but that's about it was a place experimental music while the dancers let the inspiration guide them in creating a new production born out of the moment. here are betters rehearsing a performance because leo

a student of his from venezuela. they plan to perform the piece in public spaces. that list coming in. to 70 percent of the population have got there he now has african roots in the language being white you know who are predominantly black neighborhood was a challenge for me but i mean to survive here i had to adapt to the environment here so whatever you read or hear born into me. is to ok single to him this work here in cartagena was a form of dance research that. i wanted to really delve into and explore the people of this city but it's him on the output of the room and the name is el mundo. but

it somehow captures the essence of colombians today or you can call on. him to send home down to put him back among dolls stands for your average person in constant need offices to come up with a way to survive in the kitchen you know to say less but upwards or whatever the money dance is in order to earn a living. by. going to solo you. know that a body has made a name for himself experimented with new forms of expression and combining improvisation and classical technique. i think that strength an artist or. they come together and they find. spaces outside of institutions that they find their own initiative that they work on their own and their value and their. connection and how they work

with the city i think this is a kind of empowerment for the l.g.b. t.q. community for instance. in columbia the queer performance group house of 2 palmer is drawing the audience. it was down about a 100 knock us together with other like minded individuals. with a collective combining voting with the south american dance. but we also do other things we got together in order to go out in the evenings and perform to explore to experiment but for. me think if you're relaxed last year experimental film. might move a little different every penny it was a professional dancers who were trained to dance with us michael but there's a lot to pull mara's we're top of laboratory for movement we've expanded the basic

idea of dance. more expert and be you know some of us are still studying at the dance academy but was the movement is actually more of a priority than classic training. fitness and almost any more. i'll come yes i know that 1st we didn't want to become an artist collective or activist group. or. a lady and that wasn't their intention at all but we just wanted to have fun together some of the stuff that we've been artists for a long time before tomorrow's to. go. together to vogue and have fun can we would be a. book or tell columbia sprawling capital has a population of over 1000000 it's full of contradictions open and liberal good home to aggressive machismo full of progressive creative projects but also discrimination although the queer arts center house of tomorrow as required

security it provides a safe space for those who come here. we create spaces where we're safe from hostility to threats with thomas we're very proud of what we have achieved in such a short time period i'm proud of who we are but it was a safe spaces that we've established are not exclusive for others to us but me. me and the idea is that everything is in constant flow not just dance evolving. but also gender fluid gender but at the fluid in our bodies through a fluid in a latin american city fluid and nightlife like in america. you have to come are as an important have for the scene to connect and run free.

and i believe the beauty community often moves in strongly separated and isolated spaces thermals when we're together we feel that things are changing but then we go out onto the street and the surroundings stay hostile like a bug a tough. but never going to get over it i believe that our approach is pretty radical. concourse. the case on point for them into theater campaigns and activism in music or politics or luckiest. the. i don't see death as entertainment but i think it can speak about complex issues in the world and their post-colonial. you know the rise of the. fascism prolific history decolonization.

the cultural center flora in bogota is an independent privately managed institution which supports artists through grants. manages the dance and performance section the renowned artist commutes between new york and her hometown bogota and is especially interested in concepts of vulnerability and strike. where you. can play with them again i'm interested in understanding our bodies which are confronted with a harsh reality in colombia in the midst of a political crisis a social crisis an economic crisis as well as an ecological crisis but it is what

this is because this guy like me says that. look at them again our bodies are exposed to all of these things that the i mean especially here in colombia there's also a connection to magic they are hidden secret powers and possibilities of exploring the world. situation is that there's a lot of aggression that's not easy moving your body through such a metropolis simply go past anything that sharpens your senses or. gives you something like a 360 degree view. of war no 2nd want kids by. on the list and doesn't get out and i think there are other perspectives you can take to. friends list of laos' me to rediscover my body through the city when the control is to your calls and then there are a lot of those calls as if there's a poster on this and i'm going to need that affluence degree just covering the

animal within but. it's clear what i want. and sincerely fog are like my sense of smell. the amount of sense i think is just incredible. my sense of smell gives me so much information and then this allows me to perceive the city in a much more encompassing way. brought this heightened sensory awareness to dresden and was drawn to old video tapes. she used to dance congress 2019 as an experimental space and made new connections.

to screen for terrorist times it's evident to keep going when there's a limited resource or you feel that rather that you're you're not in the center or that people are not appreciating your work or about seeing the were so how to strengthen the collective voice so i think there's a kind of real like there if you would take what's the source what kind of unguarded are shared or breakthroughs it's in this restructuring element of this other kinds of ways of. bringing. people together and discussing. issues of making things more transparent. to adults congress a long lasting effect a celebration of the body mind and soul under connection that is sure to leave a mark. this was our last

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