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On the Re-appearance of Ancestral forms of movement

Amanda Pina

Hinweise für Studierende

Die Eröffnungsveranstaltung findet am 17.4. von 14-18 Uhr im Dance Lab statt. Die Angabe zu den weiteren Terminen erfolgt baldmöglichst.

Kommentar

In this course I propose to open, mediate and share my current research proposed as a theoretical and embodied study of forms of movement that emerged and thrived in oceanic contexts. In the frame of the long- term research project Endangered Human Movements* which deals with the current loss of biological and cultural diversity, this re- appearance of ancestral forms of movement is understood as a way of knowing through metamorphosis, as a form of re-existence and as another episteme of dance and performance beyond the western frame of representation. *Endangered Human Movements is the title of a long-term project, initiated in the year 2014, focusing on human (and non-human), movement practices which have been cultivated for centuries all over the world. Within this frame, a series of performances, workshops, films, installations, talks, publications and a comprehensive online archive are developed, in which ancestral embodied practices -movements, dances and forms of world-making – re-appear in the context of the theatre, the museum and beyond. The artistic research practice entails a movement towards understanding the implications of the narratives of modernity still present in arts and culture by introducing critical perspectives from the fields of anthropology, decolonial theory and contemporary Amerindian and Afro-diasporic knowledge traditions as present in Abya Yala, (the American continent), the latter encompassing not only contemporary shamanic practices but also orally transmitted knowledge, social knowledge about the body, about dance, movement and touch, about healing, about plants, about perception, about the interconnectedness of life forms and about ritual diplomatic knowledge applied to the relationships with other beings. Schließen

Zusätzliche Termine

Do, 18.04.2024 14:00 - 18:00

Dozenten:
Amanda Pina