Moving Conversation #8 with Alex Wilson & Lucy Durán
Moving Conversation #8 with Alex Wilson & Lucy Durán Report by Elina Djebbari On the 2nd March 2017, Modern Moves presented a very special Moving Conversation centered on musical and…
Moving Conversations
Moving Conversation #7: Vjuan Allure, Stephane Mizrahi + Melissa Blanco Borelli
Moving Conversation #7, held on November 18th, 2016, was red hot. For this edition Modern Moves put two iconic pioneers from the global voguing and ballroom scene — Stephane Mizrahi…
Moving Conversation #6: Amazigh Kateb & Anjali Prabhu
Moving Conversation #6: Amazigh Kateb & Anjali Prabhu Report by Elina Djebbari For the sixth in our Moving Conversations series on the 4th of July 2016 and the final event…
Moving Conversation #5: Roberta Estrela D’Alva & Vinicius Mariano De Carvalho
Modern Moves organised a stupendous MOVING CONVERSATION on the 8th of February. Our guests were Brazilian Slammer, hip hop artist, and all round Black Atlantic performance diva ROBERTA ESTRELA D’ALVA,…
Moving Conversation #4: Benjamin Lebrave and Jesse Weaver Shipley
Modern Moves flagged off the second year of Moving Conversations with a West Africa feast! On Friday, 27th of November, we hosted a spectacular public talk with BENJAMIN LEBRAVE, DJ, Prolific…
Moving Conversation #3 with Paulo Flores and Marissa Moorman
Our Moving Conversation #3 brought together Paulo Flores, renowned Angolan musician and songwriter based in Lisbon, and Marissa Moorman, Professor at Indiana University. It definitely was an evening for thinking dancers and dancing thinkers,…
Moving Conversations #2: Jocelyn Beroard and Carolyn Cooper
Zouk met Dancehall, Jamaica met Martinique, the Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean sang, spoke, drummed and danced together in this one of a kind encounter!!! The second in Modern Moves’ Moving…
Moving Conversations #1: Magna Gopal and Ato Quayson
What an amazing evening on the 14th of November, 2014! Once again, the Modern Moves team transformed the Anatomy Museum of King’s College, London, into a space for thinking bodies…
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Creole Power: Modern Moves Closing Party
Friday 4th May 2018 Anatomy Lecture Theatre (day) and Great Hall (evening) King’s College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS Five years of Modern Moves draw to a close. Celebrate with…
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Moving Group 5: Tango: Black Atlantic and Beyond. Report by Ananya Kabir
Our fifth Moving Group was dedicated to an exploration of tango music and dance, and it involved a double bill. First, we heard Dr Kendra Stepputat, ethnomusicologist from the University…