On the 16th of June, our Moving Conversation #3 brought together Paulo Flores, renowned Angolan musician and songwriter based in Lisbon, and Marissa Moorman, Professor at the University of Indiana. Flores is…
To celebrate Modern Moves’ second birthday, we organised a RESEARCH SHOWCASE ON AFRO-HERITAGE COUPLE DANCE on the 18th-19th of May, 2015 at King’s College, London. To toast this special date, we began…
‘Salsa, in Benin?’ This was the response of many of our London friends on hearing about the rich life of Afro-Latin music and dance in Cotonou– which was revealed to…
The connection between music and sex is undeniable. Maybe there’s a playlist of songs you put on during your time with that special someone, or maybe on the dance floor…
Modern Moves postdoctoral researcher Madison Moore delivered a standing-room only lecture titled “How To Be Beyoncé: An Interpretation of an Icon” on the pop star and her cultural relevance. The…
Modern Moves director Prof Ananya Kabir and postdoctoral researcher Dr Elina Djebbari are en route to Cotonou, Benin, for nearly two weeks of research on the circum-Atlantic life of Afro-diasporic…
Zouk met Dancehall, Jamaica met Martinique, the Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean sang, spoke, drummed and danced together in this one of a kind encounter!!! The second in Modern Moves’ Moving…
Dr Livia Jimenez Sedano, who came to visit us for a month in October 2014 from the University of Lisbon, is joining the Modern Moves team as our Postdoctoral Researcher specialising in the Lusophone world.
Cuba, Burkina Faso, Haiti in Paris, and Amsterdam– with Ljubljana round the corner in January!
‘es que la Habana tiene el swing; es por eso que me llama’ (‘it’s because Havana has the swing; and that’s the reason it calls out to me’- Manolito y…
Friday 4th May 2018 Anatomy Lecture Theatre (day) and Great Hall (evening) King’s College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS Five years of Modern Moves draw to a close. Celebrate with…
Our fifth Moving Group was dedicated to an exploration of tango music and dance, and it involved a double bill. First, we heard Dr Kendra Stepputat, ethnomusicologist from the University…