a Dance Mag

a Dance Mag is a global magazine about dance in all it forms and flows. It highlights the diversity and interconnectedness of our human experience. It captures ephemeral moments and turns them into timeless thematically curated and beautifully designed narratives.
a Dance Mag is an open invitation to give our moving bodies a voice! If you you have a dance story you'd like to tell, you're welcome to contact [email protected]
Founder & Editor-in-chief: Jana Al Obeidyine
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MoAM – MOVING AROUND MUSIC
THE INTERGENERATIONAL PERCUSSIVE DANCE PROJECT

MoAM is a cultural initiative of music and dance all coming through the human body. The dual concept of practically moving to music, but also displacing music around urban space, makes this initiative a very unique cultural experience. The main focus is to involve percussive dancers (mainly from the areas of Body Percussion, Tap Dance, Flamenco, African Dance, Hip Hop, and  Bharatanatyam) to disseminate their dances to minorities who do not have access to expensive instruments or formal music classes; but do have their bodies they can play music with! Through rhythm games, history of culturally specific heritages, and workshop-based learning, MoAM aims at engaging two vulnerable communities of our times: unaccompanied minors and the elderly. Four percussive dance artists work through workshops with people from each group, while at the same time introduce each generation to the other through a series of interactive workshops. The involvement of the local communities is multidimensional, since it weaves together intergenerational, multicultural, and cross-discipline populations through the means of the musically moving body and the urban.
Main Contact: Natasa Chanta-Martin

Museene danser

Museen Danser is an interactive museum project that aims to make interactive exhibitions with the engagement of the dance communities, dance research network and the main museums in Trondheim. The goal is to produce three rich exhibitions that can serve as a start of permanent dance exhibitions and installations in Trondheim, Norway.  In the course of three years, the project will produce three major exhibitions at the three largest museums in Trondheim, Ringve, Sverresborg and Rockheim. The project was initiated by project manager Tone Erlien as a practical result of her master's thesis "A dance museum" and is now owned by the Norwegian Center for Folk Music and Folk Dance. The project collaborates with the MiST museums in Sør-Trøndelag.
Main Contact: Tone Erlien

EMBODYING RECONCILIATION

Embodying Reconciliation is a team of artists and humanists dedicated to bodily research as a path to develop an integrated and comprehensive ethic of personal care, forgiveness, and respect for others and the world around us. Our mission is to design, implement, and promote educational, cultural, and therapeutic strategies. These are used to create and support processes of personal healing, collective resilience, and memory building, as well as strengthen cultural and natural heritage. Embodying Reconciliation proposes sustainable alternatives for living peacefully together, respecting differences, and reimagining the bonds that unite society.
Main contact:  Diana T. Gutierrez

Hunna Collective: Historians who Dance

Hunna Collective is an initiative coordinated by Choreomundus alumni Naiara Assunção, comprised of three other Brazilian dancers and historians: Ana Terra de Leon, Jéssica Prestes and Nina Paschoal. As historians engaged in dance styles that are globally mainstream, yet are considered “ethnic” because of their non-European origins (specifically Belly Dance, Tribal Fusion and Roma Dances), we propose a meaningful and critical understanding of history and culture related to these practices. Due to globalization and commodification of these dances, an increasing number of practitioners and professionals have sought to understand their historical roots. However, the lack of understanding of what the history is and how to do research in the area generates much confusion that reinforces stereotypes and myths. We propose content, courses, and workshops on the relation between dance and human sciences in order to sensitize dancers and the public about historical issues, offering guidance on how to conduct research in a critical, conscious, and scientific manner. We invite all to participate, share perspectives, comments, criticisms, suggestions, and doubts! To contact us, send us an e-mail or follow us on Instagram (@hunna.coletivo) and Facebook.
Main Contact: Naiara Müssnich Rotta Gomes de Assunção 

Athens tap jam

If you are in Athens and you would like to tap join Athens TAP JAM (ATJ), a tap dance community that performs on a regular basis with live music! Inspired by other Tap Jams around Europe (London, Berlin, Basel, Amsterdam, Turku, Paris...) the group of rhythm tap dancers based in Athens, Greece decided to join this wonderful movement by starting the Athens TAP JAM!
Main Contact: Natasa Chanta-Martin