Solemn past if i look more. Can then change the world no i mean. I would like to believe it can. Dance is moving their bodies in order to move us. Without an open atheist in between a fast so in colorful costumes in colombia or in masks on the caribbean coast done is universal. And with a contemporary Dance Company damaged goods choreography makes do it is known for creating productions that challenge. The status quo. And not afraid to work with pay in the darkness or things that are. Uncomfortable about him or to give her 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 anyway its just great physical exertion whats moving the dance world these days we set off to find out starting interest in. American choreographer meg stuart invited experts from around the globe to dress in to attend Dance Congress or tons contest 29 teams some 500 people from the world of dance came to share experiences and discuss new ideas one you found. Was. Its really important and was right to play about kids 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 theyre being heard and seen. The congress was about the body as well as the mind the Global Exchange of ideas was to get that done seen the new impetus 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 institutes workshops and meetings were held in the lead up to the congress of around the globe. We called the transferring britta long lasting affair. So i actually 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 asked questions for the share they dance together that. Kind of an exchange. My county with the world of contemporary dance and the journey to 2 countries where artistic selfdetermination still also meets with resistance. To. Our 1st stop licking the fast. In the capital lager do we need. Ebooks internationally as a dancer choreographer and Dance Teacher yes hes had to fight for recognition in his homeland. 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 and 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 or song could actually do girls what you really feel most the. Book and 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. You know. 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 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 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 a positive change in the world from eric and controls on the one positive move to. You but changing things through contemporary dance is far from easy and booking a fast. Dance is 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 dancers are prostitutes before not housewives and no one wants to marry us and no families are willing to accept us in our society accepted or. In the end still southernmost akubra a risk at all she left her fiance because he couldnt accept to work as a dancer. The single mother earns a living by performing internationally. No no she slowly. Also receiving recognition and how. To find it was ready to show. That helped me to convince my family girls who speak out now they support me and thats why i say to all women its possible with the will. Of the Choreographic Developments and to let all the termite mound is a hive of activity in looking at. The under 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 talk to the audience to ask questions. To question what isnt right in our society. Improvise in front of a symbolic backdrop of the rundown formative. Years here is a relic of 900. When the country so many prodemocracy movements and cultural projects. Today the grounds belong to the Choreographic Development center several companies are based here its also home to artists in residence workshops and festivals. That to me is unique in west africa it was founded by. One of the biggest names in contemporary africa. 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 for thats false lots of african refugees stay within africa. Is. 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. Theyre going to return to the camps with new knowledge with a breath of fresh air. It works deal with the issues which affect everyone but from an african perspective. As regards for such as dance because its a universal language you can communicate transmit emotion and Church Audiences using words. Sound. As a representative of africas politically active dance scene beyond the neighbors here also to pass in the towns called case interest in 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 thats what struck me most. Still i got to know meg stuart in dresden. I knew her name from before but weve never met that was the 1st time. I danced congress 2019 makes do 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 theyre all sharing different experiences together. And its its great to be in a social dance class with the term attorney and then be and dialogue. With students its just really i find it really mix and i feel like it has a real promise for no other way of to string. Ending this whole dance community. So i look at the movements between people i am interested in social courtesy. It can be so simple when we go to meet someone do we 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 they stop being neutral stop being an observer and kind of apathetic to when they become empathetic. In their legs 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 about somebody else teaches an african im going down side music style. But obviously. I made only of my group to like to play to 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 you navigate difficult situations. In this sense it seems dont spurn create new spaces. A poor lumbee is 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 scene. Ill bet nobody else was born in captivity and im studied at 3 now and. Today he teaches that himself. Eat at this Institution Students are taught a range of different dance techniques theres everything from ballet to modern to contemporary dance. There was more. An improvisation exercise. This but thats about it yes place experimental music while the dances let the mystery ration them in creating a new production born out of the moment. Here are better as we have seen the performance because leo a student of his from venezuela. They plan to perform the piece in public spaces. That list coming in. For him to 70 percent of the population have got there he now has african roots being white in a corporate amelie black neighborhood was a challenge for me but i mean to survive here i had to adapt to the environment. So whatever you need already pointed me. Is to throw a whole casing got to him this work here and cut ok now it was a form of Dance Research the answer is i wanted to really delve into this and explore the people of this city. The output of the room and the name is el mundo. But it somehow captures the essence of colombians today or you go along. And to send more and out of it puts him among dollars stands for your average person in constant need of says to come up with a way to survive any other sailors but upwards or whatever be the mundo dances in order to earn a living and i would like that 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 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 to its drawing audience. It was founded back in the founder of you know because together with other like minded individuals. Were a collective combining voting with the south American Dance marang. But we also do other things we got together in order to go out in the evenings and perform to explore to experiment before. I let me think of your electorate as your experiment to feel. Bad with a little bit about every penny it was a professional dancers who were trained done school or something but as luck tomorrow as were top of laboratory for movements which expanded the basic great deal of dance. More expert and be you know some of us are still studying at the Dance Academy but it was one of the movement is actually more of a priority than classic training. Fitness and im often in more you. Ill come in for no comment 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 artist for a long time before tomorrows to. Go. Together to vogue and have fun and 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 Queer Arts Center house of tamaras requires security it provides a safe space for those who come here. We create spaces where were safe from hostility the threats with thomas are very proud of what we have achieved in such a short time period im proud of who we are but i must get a safe spaces that weve established are not exclusive for others to us but on mitt. Romney and the idea is that everything is in constant flow not just stunts involving armor but also gender fluid gender but if they were fluid in our bodies 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. I believe the Beauty Community of the moves and strongly separated and isolated spaces thermals when were together we feel that things are changing that often but then we go out onto the street and the surroundings stay hostile. You know because i believe that our approach is a pretty radical. If. You take a sample for them into theater and their campaigns and activism music or part of. The. To eat. I dont see death as entertainment by think it can speak about complex issues in the world. Put postcolonial of. You know the rise of the right the fascism politics 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. With you you. Can connect 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 going to see what theyre going to see on the market if this guy like his record or who can look at them again our bodies are exposed to all of these things get the end of it especially here in colombia theres also a connection to magical or a hidden secret of power and possibilities of exploring the world. As a simple song i want to situation is that theres a lot of aggression. Not easy moving your body through such a metropolis simply go causative in that sharpens your senses. It gives you Something Like a 360. 00 degree view. Warnell 2nd want to buy. On the stand doesnt get out and i think there are other perspectives you can take 2. Principles to listen laus me to rediscover my body through the city. In the us new york with more and then there was of course as if wasnt clear on this and im going to need to i think its like regis covering the animal within but. If there were one couple things belonging. And something or. Take 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 because that was on. One of the brought this high season sensory awareness to dresden and was drawn to old video tapes. She used the Dance Congress 2019 as an experimental space and made new connections. Which were in precarious times and its evident to keep going when there is a limited resource 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 ive been guard or a sheriff or breakthrough thats in this really structuring element of this other kinds of ways of. Bringing. People together and discussing. Issues and making things more transparent. To dons congress a long lasting effect a celebration of the body mind and soul under connection that is sure to leave a mark. This was also 21 take care and take a moment to dogs. More. Eco africa. For uganda is not in. The primates have taken advantage of the peace and quiet of the coronavirus lock down the. 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