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5. NORIENT MUSIKFILM FESTIVAL BERN (01/2014)
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Dance through the norient
BLOGThe next four wednesdays norient presents you a selection of our thematic dossiers. This week we have a look on old and new dance styles from all over the world: from fast Juke-steps from Chicago or copulative daggering to ghanian Azonto-moves.
Girl Walk // All Day
VIDEOGirl Walk // All Day is a feature-lenght dance music video and tale of urban exploration that follows three dancers across New York City. The project wants to expand the boundaries of the single-track video to an epic musical film.
Spectacular Copulative Dance Today
STORIESRather than dance, critics have alleged, “daggering”, “perreo” and the like are little more than heavy petting in public—a corruption of courtship and a shameful activity for young innocents.
Mixtape from Harlem
AUDIODJ Rupture and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts explore the sounds born out of the neighbourhood of Harlem. A great mixtape, published by Domus Magazine.
The Rise of Reggaeton
STORIESThat beat you’ve been hearing — the steady boom-ch-boom-chick rattling the trunks of passing cars and moving masses in the club — isn’t just another fleeting hip-hop trend. It’s the new sound of the Americas.
