We must dance and listen together

Quotation
by Chelsea Oden

«First, we must all listen more deeply. We must be willing to hear bodies in sounds. We must be willing to hear stories in bodies. We must be willing to hear hate in violence and empathy in love.

Second, we must dance. We must dance to understand new ways of being and knowing. We must dance more loudly than our Western academic chairs and desks would have us dance. We must dance outside the lines of limited conceptions of beauty. We must dance our truths and cast them against the structures we know must change.

Above all, we must dance and listen together.»

Biography

Chelsea Oden is a Ph.D. candidate in music theory at the University of Oregon. Her research on dance as a musical and political agent in film and popular media is part of a larger research interest that explores embodiment in the overlap of film, music, and dance. She has presented her work regionally, nationally, and internationally, including at conferences in music theory, musicology, film studies, popular music, and interdisciplinary studies. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Published on March 11, 2021

Last updated on June 27, 2022

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