Bodygraphs

dance and urban intervention research platform

 

 

ABOUT OR PROJECT

Dominated by tourism and by the mercantilist system, contemporary cities end up facing the processes of spectacularization and gentrification of their historic centers. This phenomenon, apart from generating the scheme of two neighborhoods that are not part of two circuits considered traditional, feeds the decrease in city participation and its subjective experience in the city.

 

Bodygraphies is a platform for research in dance and urban intervention, proposed for the city of Granada (Spain), which results from the fusion between the fields of contemporary dance and urbanism. One of the motivations for this initiative, is the perception that the exchange - between these two disciplines - presents possibilities of greater understanding of the role of the city e de_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5_cc90_cc918d inhabitants. 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_

 

Through research and experience corpografic, the project aims to recover the urban experience of some public spaces, which we have seen diminishing in recent years.

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WORK TEAM​

Idealization: Mari Paula

Research in urban planning: Adrián Torices Saez

Research in anthropology: Ángela Donat

Collaborating Dancer: Camille Lejeune e Ángela Donat

Collaboration: Torréon Architecture and Urbanism - www.torreonarquitectura.es

Academic Project: Master's Degree in Culture and Management - University of Granada (Spain)

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This platform is open à new collaborators interested in culture and urban intervention.