We must dance and listen together
«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.»
The quote is taken from the article «Dance as Political Activism – Two Popular Choreomusical Responses to the Orlando Shooting» by Chelsea Oden, published 2021 in «Pop – Power – Positions — Globale Beziehungen und Populäre Musik». Last accessed on March 18, 2021.
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Published on March 11, 2021
Last updated on June 27, 2022
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