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Posts tagged dance culture

What is to be done with cavernous ex-retail spaces, in a post-consumerist era? Make them cathedrals of dance music, says Drumsheds

What is to be done with cavernous ex-retail spaces, in a post-consumerist era? Make them cathedrals of dance music, says Drumsheds

ACTION, ARTISTS, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNITY, INGENUITY, NEW ECONOMICS, REGEN ECONOMIES, YOUTH, NEW ENERGY SOURCESpat kane3 November 2023dance culture, retail, postconsumerismComment

We need new energy sources, to profoundly change our behaviours - and modern dance unlocks them

We need new energy sources, to profoundly change our behaviours - and modern dance unlocks them

NEW ENERGY SOURCES, ARTISTS, BEHAVIOUR, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, INDIVIDUAL, INGENUITY, PRACTICEpat kane19 April 2022dance culture, dance, bodyComment

Punk rockers at the asylum, digital addiction as a FUN CARTOON!, and dancing past the anger: some vids to set you flying

Punk rockers at the asylum, digital addiction as a FUN CARTOON!, and dancing past the anger: some vids to set you flying

VIDEO/FILM, ACTION, CREATE THE FEEL, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, ARTISTS, YOUTHpat kane5 September 2021punk, dance culture, dance, addiction, digital addictionComment

"That's what freedom feels like, baby!" From Nowness, a rich archive of dance responses to our disconnected, demanding times

"That's what freedom feels like, baby!" From Nowness, a rich archive of dance responses to our disconnected, demanding times

CREATE THE FEEL, ARTISTS, ACTION, INGENUITY, MASCULINE, FEMININE, VIDEO/FILMpat kane3 June 2021dance culture, dance, disability, LGBTQIComment

The viral “Jerusalema” dance craze is just one way that we use collective ritual to sustain us during a pandemic

The viral “Jerusalema” dance craze is just one way that we use collective ritual to sustain us during a pandemic

A BETTER MEDIA, ACTION, ARTISTS, BEHAVIOUR, CREATE THE FEEL, YOUTHpat kane7 February 2021dance culture, dance, coronavirus

We need to fill a dance-shaped hole in us, opened up by the pandemic. But will we ever get back to the club?

We need to fill a dance-shaped hole in us, opened up by the pandemic. But will we ever get back to the club?

NEW ECONOMICS, ARTISTS, COMMUNITY, CREATE THE FEELpat kane15 August 2020dance culture, dance, music, coronavirusComment

If you can’t dance, how can it really be a revolution? Three films showing how “movements of freedom” can liberate and inspire change

If you can’t dance, how can it really be a revolution? Three films showing how “movements of freedom” can liberate and inspire change

ARTISTS, COMMUNITY, GLOBALISTS, INDIVIDUAL, CREATE THE FEEL, CREATIVE INDUSTRIESpat kane14 July 2020dance culture, danceComment

The "friendly revolution" that united East and West on the rave dancefloors of Berlin, 30 years ago

The "friendly revolution" that united East and West on the rave dancefloors of Berlin, 30 years ago

GLOBALISTS, INGENUITY, ARTISTSpat kane8 November 2019dance, dance culture, music, Europe, berlin, raveComment