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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A Week of Global Conferencing
The Modern Moves team has been very busy during the first week of November, presenting at, convening panels for, and attending three different conferences. From the 6th-9th November, Madison Moore…
Our first Moving Conversation with Magna Gopal and Ato Quayson is imminent!
Our Moving Conversation #1 brings together Ms. Magna Gopal, renowned salsa dancer whose life spans India, Canada and New York, and Professor Ato Quayson, FGA, FRSC, of Ghana and the…
IN THE DARK with Ø [PHASE| + THE BLACK MADONNA + EDVARDAS RUT
This year the King’s College London Arts and Humanities Festival is themed on the “underground,” a term Ananya Kabir explored in her fascinating Inaugural Lecture “A Secret History of the…
A bridge or gap on the dancefloor? The Politics of Kizomba
Is Kizomba a bridge or a wall between cultures? Our visiting colleague Livia Jiménez Sedano from the University of Lisbon joins Modern Moves to discuss the spread of Kizomba worldwide…
Modern Moves team at PoPMOVES conference
In the middle of our Autumn events at King’s Arts & Humanities Festival, team members Madison Moore and Elina Djebbari and associated researcher Stefanie Alisch presented the first Modern Moves…
Modern Moves’ autumn season full of lectures, DJs and dancing
As part of the Arts and Humanities Festival at King’s College, London, Modern Moves is bringing plenty of mind and hip-busting from October 16 to 21 and wants you to…
The Modern Moves team has a new member
Leyneuf Tines has officially joined the Modern Moves research team as our PhD student. She will work on histories of Afro-diasporic rhythm and movement and their relationship to textual accounts…
Madison Moore Is A Featured Speaker At The TBA Art Festival In Portland, Oregon
From September 12 to 15 Modern Moves team member Madison Moore will be a featured guest at the TBA (Time Based Art) Festival in Portland, Oregon. He will serve as…
Modern Moves Team Member Dr. Elina Djebbari Will Attend Two Conferences In September
Dr. Djebbari will participate in a panel entitled, “Dance, Socio Cultural Change, and Identity politics in African History” curated by Cécile Feza Bushidi at the Biennal Conference of the African Studies Association…
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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…