
memory in motion
re-membering dance history
MNEMEDANCE aims to inquire into the relationship between dance and memory and to rethink dance history as a discipline that can make an impact on the adjacent areas of arts and humanities. Dance history may contribute to reconceptualizing the past as an ongoing process rather than a sum of acquired knowledge when adopting memory as a research tool. In dance, memory is always active because it implies the movement of the bodies performing and transmitting it. MNEMEDANCE investigates the dancing body as a tool for remembering and archiving experiences and cultures, and movement as a strategy for preserving and transforming meaning. It also aims to question the canonical genealogies of artists and traditions that historians have often employed without taking into account forms of removals, oblivion or resistance. It also seeks to challenge the common assumption that dance is a form of ephemeral and non-reproducible knowledge, analyzing the role of dancers and choreographers in the construction of collective knowledge and memories, their preservation, transmission and accessibility.

Principal Investigator
Ca' Foscari University
of Venice
Board Member
Université Côte d’Azur
France
Board Member
University of Bern
Switzerland
Board Member
University of Cambridge
Research Assistant
Ca' Foscari University
of Venice
contacts
Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage
Malcanton Marcorà, Dorsoduro 3484/D, 30123 Venice
This project has received funding from Ca' Foscari University under the
SPIN 2nd call for proposals 2018 - Measure 2 (Rectoral Decree 379/2019 dated 02/09/2019).
Start date: 02/09/2019
End date: 31/07/2023
