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Critical Choreography: Embodying a safe, democratic space

We all know and recognise the pattern: strong alpha male in powerful position vis-a-vis a young female just stepping into the scene, hoping to carve a path of her own. My investigation into this delicate issue addresses a specific context – Indonesian contemporary dance practice – and asks to what extent is this disturbing misconduct conducted in the name of – and embedded within – current forms of choreographic practice? Read more...

“Hands Up! Don’t Shoot!”: Gesture, Choreography, and Protest in Ferguson

“Hands up! Don’t shoot!” By now, you know this phrase well. In 2014, it became the rallying cry of those protesting the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri. Like other memorable activist slogans—such as “Hell no! We won’t go!” “What do we want? Freedom! When do we want it? Now!” “No justice? No peace!”—it captures the essence of collective anger in response to social injustice. Read more...

Percolating an Idea of a Project on Dance, Labour and Economics

It was the exchange of their physical prowess as dancers with different training that interested me, from the pedagogical approaches of both dancers to the notion of economic exchange. How are these dancers repositories of body disciplines that contribute to their economic sustainability, and how might this lead to the exchange of different body disciplines as an exchange of information or knowledge that could be traded or circulated, perhaps as a form of capital? Read more...