Presentation
'Afterlives of Dances of Exile' in Feminism & Art: Connected by Dance
Carol Brown, Sanja Krsmanovič, Tatjana Christelbauer, Iva Nerina Sibila, Maja Šintič
Published : 2022
Abstract
Feminism & Art: Connected by Dance brought together five dance artists Sanja Krsmanović Tasić (Serbia), Tatjana Christelbauer (Austria), Iva Nerina Sibila (Croatia), Maja Šintič (Croatia) and Carol Brown (Aus/NZ) to discuss feminism in the context of contemporary dance and its historical avantgarde in Central Europe. 'Afterlives of Dances of Exile' responded to the challenge of contemporary issues of survival and migration by asking how the revitalisation of an almost disappeared dance legacy might catalyse feminist agency? Dedicated to the survival and resilience of artists in exile, this presentation drew upon research into the archives of Gertrud Bodenwieser (b.1890 Vienna, d.1957 Sydne..
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