Movement for Re-Imagination / Aaron Samuel Davis - a podcast by Mary Grace Allerdice
from 2020-07-02T07:00
In this episode, my guest is dancer, performer + choreographer Aaron Samuel Davis. While he currently lives in Bremen, Germany where he dances and performs with a state theater there, he’s originally from the US. Aaron brings an an artistic, eloquent perspective to the importance of movement for imagination and paying attention to the seeds of this moment. We also talk about how movement helped him re-imagine what it means to live in a black body and why creativity is essential as we face the history of this moment.
We discuss:
* Tarot: Judgement, 6 of Pentacles + Strength
* Astrology: Lunar eclipse in Capricorn, Mars square Mercury retrograde
- Aaron’s background and how he came to dance.
- His exploration combining cinematic approaches to concert dance processes
- How live performance is one of the last few things that demand our attention
- The essential practices of art and dance for survival + re-imagination
- How change can help us see what is enduring about us
- The power of language to open us up to possibilities or not.
- The social responsibility to comment on certain histories that have been told but not challenged
- The invitations, teachers and prompts from his work and studies that help him hold this moment
- Using our voice in small moments for justice
- The difference between support for artists in Europe vs. the US
- Some seeds + discoveries the current conditions, regulations and social climates could be planting
- The opportunity he sees in this moment to live in the joy of our own truth and access connection where we are
If you enjoyed this episode, check out:
Episode 4 w/ Blake Beckham
Episode 32 w/ Michael J Morris
Episode 36 w/ Alkistis Dimech
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