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X-WR-CALNAME:Contact Improvisation Workshop with Aimar Pérez Galí 
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DESCRIPTION:ADMISSION & CAMPUS ACCESS: \nAdmission is free. Reservations ar
 e required. Campus access is limited to registered guests and USC students
 \, staff\, and faculty with current USC ID.\n\nJOIN WAITLIST  \n\nDESCRIPT
 ION: \nIn the first part of Bearing Witness to AIDS through Dance and in a
 nticipation of “A System in Collapse Is a System Moving Forward\,” a d
 ance performance-lecture with Daniel Méndez Piña\, Aimar Pérez Galí wi
 ll lead a workshop on contact improvisation. The Spanish scholar and dance
 r will connect this form of dancing\, in which movement is improvised base
 d on physical contact between two or more bodies\, with the impact of the 
 AIDS epidemic on Spanish and Latin American dance. \n \n\n\nAimar Pérez G
 alí develops his artistic practice in the dance and performing arts field
  as a dancer\, choreographer\, researcher\, pedagogue\, and writer\, alway
 s departing from the body as a reference place\, understanding dance as a 
 tool for critical transformation. The Spanish scholar and artist studied m
 odern dance at the Amsterdam High School of the Arts and earned a master
 ’s degree in museology and critical studies in the Independent Studies P
 rogram at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA). He has been
  the co-founder and artistic director of Espacio Práctico since 2010\; si
 nce 2014\, he has taught in the Choreography Department at the Conservator
 i Superior de Dansa of the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona\; and since 20
 17\, he has co-coordinated the reading group ¡Encarna! at MACBA. His work
  unfolds between research on dance\, pedagogy\, history\, and the developm
 ent of new methodologies and performance practice. Some of his most import
 ant recent performance works are èpica\, The Touching Community\, and Swe
 ating the Discourse: An Embodied Critique. \n\nRelated event: \n\n“A Sys
 tem in Collapse Is a System Moving Forward” \nA Dance Performance-Lectur
 e by Aimar Pérez Galí and Daniel Méndez Piña \nWednesday\, April 16\, 
 2025\, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. \nJoyce J. Cammilleri Hall\, USC Brain and Crea
 tivity Institute \nFor more info\, click HERE. \n\nPresented by USC Vision
 s and Voices. Organized by Jennifer Miller (Visual Studies Research Instit
 ute) and Julian Gutierrez Albilla (Latin American and Iberian Cultures\, C
 omparative Literature). Co-sponsored by Instituto Cervantes of Los Angeles
  and the USC Kaufman School of Dance.\n\nPhoto: Florian Wagner
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LOCATION:USC Fisher Museum of Art (HAR)
SUMMARY:Contact Improvisation Workshop with Aimar Pérez Galí 
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 -with-aimar-perez-gali
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Dance/Theater
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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