New Choreographies with Dana Gingras
Can the way we move through a city bring us closer to the people we share it with?
Mouna and Melissa chat with Dana Gingras, a choreographer, filmmaker, performer, and founder of the multimedia dance company Animals of Distinction. A creator of boundary-pushing performances that bring together dance, music and technology, she brings her reflections on embodied experiences of the city to this episode. She was also a key collaborator on Daily tous les jours’ Choreographies for Humans and Stars.
This conversation gets into working with technology in a way that highlights the body rather than upstaging it, the unpredictability of performing in public space, and the provocation that every city should have a dance strategy. From the small negotiations of passing a stranger on the sidewalk, to the rhythms of a crowd, this episode is about the everyday choreographies of our lives, and how they shape our relationship to ourselves and to others.
Topics covered:
Dance and choreography, technology and performance, embodiment and attention, play and rhythm, public space, participatory public art.
Find out more about Animals of Distinction and the work of Dana Gingras:
Mouna and Melissa chat with Dana Gingras, a choreographer, filmmaker, performer, and founder of the multimedia dance company Animals of Distinction. A creator of boundary-pushing performances that bring together dance, music and technology, she brings her reflections on embodied experiences of the city to this episode. She was also a key collaborator on Daily tous les jours’ Choreographies for Humans and Stars.
This conversation gets into working with technology in a way that highlights the body rather than upstaging it, the unpredictability of performing in public space, and the provocation that every city should have a dance strategy. From the small negotiations of passing a stranger on the sidewalk, to the rhythms of a crowd, this episode is about the everyday choreographies of our lives, and how they shape our relationship to ourselves and to others.
Topics covered:
Dance and choreography, technology and performance, embodiment and attention, play and rhythm, public space, participatory public art.
Find out more about Animals of Distinction and the work of Dana Gingras:
https://animalsofdistinction.org/
More about Choreographies for Humans and Stars:
https://www.dailytouslesjours.com/en/work/choreographies-for-humans-and-stars
More about Choreographies for Humans and Stars:
https://www.dailytouslesjours.com/en/work/choreographies-for-humans-and-stars
Buy Strangers Need Strange Moments Together, the book:
https://www.setmargins.press/books/strangers-need-strange-moments-together/
https://www.setmargins.press/books/strangers-need-strange-moments-together/
Find Daily tous les jours online:
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dailytouslesjours
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dailytouslesjours
Website: https://www.dailytouslesjours.com/en
