History & Memory
The histories we inherit, the histories we lose, and the histories we create. We investigate dance histories, cultural memory, lineage, heritage, forgotten practitioners, traditions, and the ways movement carries the past.
Explore theme→Performance & Choreography
How movement becomes composition, performance, and meaning. From traditional forms to contemporary choreography, we examine processes, aesthetics, dramaturgy, space, time, authorship, and the ideas behind performance.
Explore theme→Diaspora & Migration
What happens to movement when people move? We explore African dance across borders, the circulation of bodies and practices, migration, cultural exchange, hybridity, belonging, and the evolving relationship between Africa and its diasporas.
Explore theme→Dance, Society & Politics
Movement does not exist outside society. We examine dance in relation to politics, religion, protest, community, class, citizenship, social change, cultural identity, and power.
Explore theme→Dance Economy & Ecosystem
What makes a dance scene possible? We investigate funding, labour, careers, entrepreneurship, cultural markets, festivals, institutions, infrastructure, audiences, and the economic conditions surrounding dance.
Explore theme→Policy & Institutions
The systems around dance matter. We examine cultural policy, institutions, public funding, education systems, intellectual property, labour structures, cultural diplomacy, and the decisions that shape the future of dance.
Explore theme→Documentation & Archives
What do we leave behind? We explore photography, film, oral history, writing, digital preservation, personal collections, institutional archives, and the politics of deciding what gets recorded, preserved, accessed, and remembered.
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