Dance to Ward off the Plague
Juliana Moraes
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JULIANA MORAES is an Assistant Professor in the Corporeal Arts Department at State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Ph.D. in Arts from UNICAMP, and M.A. in Dance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Movement and Dance (London). Currently, she tours with her solo Eu Elas [I/Her] (premiered in 2016), works on the new piece Afetos (@a.f.e.t.o.s) and creates dance-video pieces in the project Dance to Ward Off the Plague (@danca.para.afastar.a.peste). Between 2019 and 2021, Juliana is responsible for creating and directing the Laboratory for Experimental Practices in Choreography, funded by the Foundation for Research Development in Sao Paulo State (FAPESP). She received prizes such as São Paulo State Art Critics Award, Vitae Foundation Scholarship, and UNESCO
Aschberg Bursary for Artists. www.julianamoraes.art.br |
Abstract
Dance to ward off the plague is a series of video projections that Juliana Moraes has been doing on the neighboring building's side facade, which is in front of her living room window. The project started spontaneously at the beginning of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and has been developing ever since. The projected videos are filmed and shared on the Instagram account @danca.para.afastar.a.peste. The images are edited from the artist's archive of choreographic works and new creations made especially for the series. Collaborations with old and new partners complete the project. In this paper, Moraes describes this process from a personal perspective.
Instagram: @danca.para.afastar.a.peste
Dance to ward off the plague is a series of video projections that Juliana Moraes has been doing on the neighboring building's side facade, which is in front of her living room window. The project started spontaneously at the beginning of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and has been developing ever since. The projected videos are filmed and shared on the Instagram account @danca.para.afastar.a.peste. The images are edited from the artist's archive of choreographic works and new creations made especially for the series. Collaborations with old and new partners complete the project. In this paper, Moraes describes this process from a personal perspective.
Instagram: @danca.para.afastar.a.peste
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