Solemn passage. Can then change the world knows i mean. I would like to believe it can. Dance is moving their bodies in order to meet. With at an open if it is him because you know fast so in colorful costumes in colombia or in mosques on the caribbean coast dunce is universal. And the contemporary Dance Company damaged goods choreography makes do it is known for creating productions that challenge the states. And not afraid to work with pay in our darkness are things that are. Uncomfortable but i more to give for a kind of transformation a transportation or things are moving things to kill 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 anyway its just great physical exertion whats moving the dance world these days we set off to find out starting interest. American choreographer meg stewart invited experts from around the globe to dressed and 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. Mound. Was. Its really important it was great to play backtrace this congress is really that and special its not that people have different interests but that intimacy can really break barriers that people can really. Meet in intimate settings and feel like theyre being heard and seen. The congress was about the body as well as the mind the Global Exchange of ideas was to give the dance team new impetus to help 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 future Institute Workshops and meetings were held in the lead up to the congress of around the globe. We called the turn bet a long lasting affair so i. Actually it started 2 years before with this just bringing artists together so we went to different cities. And met artists in certain cities and brought them together. But they ask questions for the share they dance together then kind of an exchange. My county with the world of contemporary dance i did journey to 2 countries where artistic selfdetermination still often meets with resistance. To. Our 1st stop licking the fast. In the capital to do good we need. International me as a dancer choreographer and Dance Teacher yes hes had to fight for recognition in his homeland. So. It was difficult because my parents didnt accept my choice. They didnt want me to give up building houses and become a dancer because for them dancing had no future. It was really tough going to have to leave my family. There were no role models there wasnt 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 small car seat it was what you. Can also its really tough to live from dancing and burkina faso i have to go elsewhere to do projects and elsewhere to earn a living working. Villone developed this production together with an artist from ivory coast a collaboration that wouldnt have been possible without Financial Support from france. The stage is littered with trash which symbolizes the chaotic 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. People here are afraid to say when things arent 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 positive change in the world from one of my own positive move to. You but changing things through contemporary dance is far from easy and booking a fossil. Dulces like selling magical grace still face prejudices and discrimination. They dont know what contemporary dance is theyve never seen it yet they criticize it they say the female dogs are prostitutes before not housewives no one wants to marry us and no families are willing to accept us in our society accepted by. The way still southernmost a cobra a risk at all she left her fiance because he couldnt accept to work as a dancer. The single mother owns a living by performing internationally. No no she slowly also. Recognition and how. To find it was ready to show. That helped me to convince my family now they support me i mean thats why i say to all women its possible with the will. Leak. The Choreographic Developments and. The termite mound is a hive of activity in book enough. The unger small firm enough 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 formative. Is a relic of 980. 00. When the country saw many prodemocracy movements and cultural projects. Today the grounds belong to the Choreographic Development center several Dance Companies are based here its also home to artists in residence workshops and festivals. Unique in west africa it was founded by a new one of the biggest names in contemporary african dogs and his latest project he works with refugees from mali. There are lots of refugees here and the 1st place an african refugees head is elsewhere in africa not europe. People think africans are going to cross the mediterranean and invade europe but thats false stuff lots of african refugees stay within africa. Is said to support 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 selfconfidence and to overcome boredom and loneliness event to. Evolve. Theyre going to return to the campus with new knowledge with a breath of fresh air and hope said new very. This is why. It works deal with the issues which affect everyone but from an african perspective. Just tries not to ask for such as dance because its a universal language you can communicate transmit emotion and Church Audiences using words. As a representative of africas politically active dance scene beyond the neighbors yet also to pass in the towns call case interest and along with dances from ghana and senegal. Sit there with everything revolved around the arts dance above all but for me it was a bit more than that we were like a family we had meals together dance together and combine different forms of art there. Was a real Human Element to all the activities we did thats what struck me most thank you. I got to know make stuart in dresden. I knew her name from before he was weve never met that was the 1st time. I danced congress 2019 makes do it is the 1st choreographer to be my. To stick direct. She hopes to create Lasting Connections collective experience through dance improvisation and perhaps even that utopia of the global community. Their connections are real the conversations are grounded and theyre all sharing different experiences together. And its great to be in a social dance class with the term attorney and then be in dialogue. With students its just really i find it really mix and i feel like it has a real prominence or no other way of for us to strengthening the whole dance community. So i look at the movements between people im interested in social courtesy. They can be so simple when we go to meet someone new 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 or to get passion about something where they stop being neutral and stop being an observer and kind of when theyre becoming empathetic. When theyre like yes im involved im with i come with i support so im really interested in this fragile systems of support. Sharing and learning from one another. The workshop was caribbean beats but nobody else teaches tempeh and african im been down suddenly you 6 talk. About mohammed only i grew to like to play its a more over time. Its the rhythm that surrounded me growing up after all. And today i can use this very rich dance language to develop my own steps. To realize now that i draw inspiration from those roots. And from everyday relations and life. Gestures are part of a sign language thats hard to put into words. You could always find your freedom through it or save yourself from something. There are codes that help of you navigate difficult situations. In this sense it seems done stern create new spaces. Got a port city on colombias northern caribbean coast this is the center has been in 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 styles mixed here leading to a vibrant colombian don see. All that about him this was born in captivity and studied at the renowned. Vote today he teaches that himself. Eat at this Institution Students are taught a range of different dance techniques theres everything from ballet to modern contemporary dance. Was more. An improvisation exercise. This but thats about it as a place experimental music while the dances let the inspiration guide them in creating a new production born out of the moment. Our betters rehearsing a performance because leo a student of his from venezuela. They plan to perform the piece in public spaces. On that list coming in. To him like a 70 percent of the population of now has african roots in the language being white in a corporate i mentally black neighborhood was a challenge for me but i mean to survive here i had to adapt to the environment forward so whatever you read already pointed me. To him this work here and cut the hand out was a form of Dance Research that. I wanted to really delve into and explore the people of this city. Their grandmother the name is a doll. But it somehow captures the essence of colombians today or you know in color. And to send home and out of it puts him among dolls stands for your average person in constant need to come up with a way to survive. To say less but upward so what are we the mundo dances in order to earn a living doll. But a poor fellow you. Know better body has made a name for himself experimenting 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 thirdly i think this is a kind of empowerment. For the l. G. B. T. Q. Community for instance. Let me at the clear the formants house of 2 cameras is drawing audiences it was found about a 100 in august together with other like minded individuals. Were a collective combining voting with the south american. But we also do other things we got together in order to go out in the evenings and to perform to explore to experiment before. I let me think of your left last year experiment or feel. Bad with a little bit of the money it was a professional dancers who would train the done school as much but as luck tomorrow as were top of laboratory for movements we could spend at the basic idea of dance. More expert and be you know some of us are still studying at the Dance Academy but was one of the movement is actually more of a priority than classic training. Females and im often in more. Ill come in to know that 1st we didnt want to become an artist collective or activist group. Or. That wasnt their intention at all but we just wanted to have fun together some of the stuff that weve been artists for a long time before tomorrows 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 its full of contradictions open and liberal good home to aggressive machismo full of progressive creative projects but also discrimination although the clear arts center house of to maurice requires security it provides a safe space for those who come here. We create spaces where were safe from hostility the threats with thomas were very proud of what we have achieved in such a short time period and proud of who we are but are most square safe spaces that weve established are not exclusive for others to us but on me. Me and the idea is that everything is in constant flow not just dance involving armor 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 can step to the maras and important have for the scene to connect and run free. Look. I believe the Beauty Community of the moves and strongly separated and isolated spaces i thought was when were together we feel that things are changing then we go out onto the street and the surroundings stay hostile. Because i believe that our approach is pretty radical. In. The case on personally im into theatre campaigns and activism in music or part of. The. I dont see dance as entertainment i think it can speak about complex issues in the world. Postcolonial of. You know the rise of the right fascism while the history you had to call innovation. 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 this especially interested in concepts of vulnerability and strength. When you. Hear her dance. With them again im 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 were not going to hes not going to sell them theyre going to this guy like the things that. Look at them again our bodies are exposed to all of these things at the end of it especially here in colombia and theres also a connection to magical or a hidden secret of powers and possibilities of exploring the world. Its a simple song homeless situation is that theres a lot of aggression i guess you want to know thats not easy moving your body through such a metropolis simply go positive in that sharpens your senses. It gives you Something Like a 360. 00 degree view. A war no 2nd want kids by. The on the list and doesnt get out and i think there are other perspectives you can take to. For instance your list of maos me to rediscover my body through the city going back to the us new york and then there was a place called as if it was here on this and im going to bed and i think its like regis covering the animal within but. Its there were one couple seem to be lending money. Or something or. Like my sense of smell. The amount of sense i got is just incredible. Stories and my sense of smell gives me so much information and then theres this allows me to perceive the city in a much more encompassing way. One of the 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. Which were in precarious times and its evident to keep going when the earth or limited resources or you feel the rather that youre youre not in the center or that people are not appreciating your work or that seeing the worth so how to strengthen the collective voice so i think theres a kind of real like that if you would take whats the source of a kind of unguarded or a shift or breakthrough thats in this really structuring element of this other kinds of ways of. Bringing. People together in discussing. Issues and making things more transparent to. The adults congress has a long lasting effect but a celebration of the body mind and soul under connection that is sure to leave a mark. This was our last 21 take care and take a moment to dallas. The 1st. Thing. I focused on the call to. Keep learning merged reality wait a 2nd we want the whole picture. Our facts instead of vague ideas shifts to lives. 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