In this seminar we will encounter six texts, each other, and many dances for three days. Taking our lead from anticolonial and antifascist movements, we will then address this question: how does the ongoing struggle find modes of partnering with dance – and vice-versa? So, for three sessions, the proposition is to read together two texts a day and then discuss and share and think with and through them on the way to dances. Those texts are by: Paul Virilio, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Frantz Fanon, Elsa Dorlin, Mimi Sheller, and Nicholas Anthony Brown. The dances are by: our collective archives. Not looking for any definitive answers, we may nevertheless find gestures, identify concepts, and coimagine together ways to keep moving/dancing in the continuous struggle and as the ongoing struggle.
What to expect:
This is a workshop predicated on reading, coimagining, sharing, and conversing. Please have with you the previously shared reading materials to class. It will be conducted in English.
For MELT-related questions, please email melt@movementresearch.org.
Accessibility Notes
- This workshop includes auditive guidance.
- This workshop includes screen shared text/images/video.
- This workshop includes digital readings.
- Automated closed captioning through Zoom is available.
To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, MELT André Lepecki” at least three (3) weeks prior to the first date of the workshop.
For accessibility-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “MELT André Lepecki”.
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Virtual
This is a Virtual workshop held on Zoom.
