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Hosted by Lutz Koepnick
In this final episode of season 2, we talk with dancer and dance scholar Mariama Diagne about the art of “heavy hovering”—the ability of modern ballet and dance to teach us a different way of moving and being on Earth. We discuss efforts to relocate human life to other planets to escape the effects of climate change, the beauty of meeting the challenges of terrestrial gravity, the legacy of Pina Bausch’s dance theater, and the transformative qualities of West-African dance practices. And since this is our last episode for this year, all five AoI team members also take a pause to reflect on their favorite moment of this season . . . and their preferred dance moves.
For more on Mariama Diagne, please follow this link (in German) and/or read about her research on West-African Dance here (in English).
Use this link to learn more about Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater and its current season.
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