IHRAF Co-Curators of Dance Layla Zami and Oxana Chi present the new publication "Contemporary PerforMemory", in conversation with dancer-choreographer Wan-Chao Chang and scholar Dr. Nadine George-Graves. The Zoom event includes a reading and a short film screening.
Contemporary PerforMemory looks at dance works created in the 21st century by choreographers identifying as Afro-European, Jewish, Black, Palestinian, and Taiwanese-Chinese-American. It explores how contemporary dance-makers engage with historical traumas to reimagine how the past is remembered and how the future is anticipated. The new idea of perforMemory arises within a lively blend of interdisciplinary theory, personal storytelling, performance analysis, and insightful interviews with seven international artists. Scholar and artist Layla Zami traces unexpected pathways, inviting the reader to move gracefully across disciplines, geographies, and histories.