Tanzfabrik
Berlin
Stage
Stage

15.07.2021

Dance of the Persecuted

Online Book Presentation
by Nora Amin
In the frame of Sommer Tanz 2021
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Online
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Tickets on donation basis
In English
Time zone: CET

Description

An online event will be held to explore the feminist dance essay of Nora Amin, Dance of the Persecuted (MSB Matthes & Seitz, March 2021) which can be considered as one of the foundations of her concept for the workshop Re-Rooting. The event will include a reading by Nora, a streamed conversation with the dance critic Arnd Wesemann, and an open discussion. The event is held in cooperation with the publishing house MSB Matthes & Seitz.
Biographies

Nora Amin

Nora Amin (she/her) is a choreographer, dancer, theatre director, author and scholar. She is an expert/consultant at LAFT/PAP, advisor to Kuyum Dance Platform and board member of the German Center of the International Theater Institute. Nora Amin holds a PhD in performing arts and cultural policy. Her publications include: “Migrating the Feminine / Weiblichkeit im Aufbruch” (2018), and “Dance of the Persecuted / Tanz der Verfolgten” (2021). She is a co-curator/creator of the MA program “Participation, communities, Activism” at London Contemporary Dance School, The Place. Nora Amin wants to follow a path that blurs the boundaries between community dance and staged dance by allowing non-dancers to contribute to reinventing established forms.