Modern Moves Research Showcase Pushing Boundaries: Resistance, History, Pleasure, Part I&II featuring: Françoise Verges; Marissa Moorman; Ronald Cummings & Brady Smith in conversation with Modern Moves Performances by special guest Choreographer…
AfriCarrefour: Madagascar/ Cabo Verde: Africa at the crossroads of oceans and cultures FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC– like all our events. With this very special event on the 28th of September…
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the European Research Council, which funds MODERN MOVES through an Advanced Research Grant awarded to Professor Ananya Kabir, The Modern Moves research team is…
In May 2016, Modern Moves celebrated our 3rd birthday in our usual decadent fashion with a party and research showcase in honor of dancer, choreographer and anthropologist Katherine Dunham.
On the 29th September 2015, Modern Moves celebrated the successful completion of our second year of research, and the start of the new academic year with a spectacular group of very special…
To celebrate Modern Moves’ second birthday, we organised a RESEARCH SHOWCASE ON AFRO-HERITAGE COUPLE DANCE on the 18th-19th of May, 2015 at King’s College, London. To toast this special date, we began…
In collaboration with the Arts and Humanities festival at King’s College, London, fittingly unravelling the theme of the ‘Underground’, Modern Moves is presenting a range of research that engages with…
In collaboration with the Tagore Centre for Global Thought, King’s India Institute. As part of the activities marking the launch of the Modern Moves website, we are proud to host,…
A Cultural Institute at King’s project in collaboration with Modern Moves at the Department of English and Serendipity Dance. In April 2013, The Cultural Institute at King’s College London introduced…
During the past decade, transnational dance floors for Afro-Latin social dances in couple hold (mainly salsa, but also bachata and merengue) have steadily been infiltrated and even, some would claim,…
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…
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…