Isabel Cristina Jiménez: “Dance is Freedom”

Isabel Cristina Jiménez, a plastic artist and butoh dancer with Manusdea Antropología Escénica in Bogotá, Colombia, shares some of her favorite performances and how dance allows her to feel space and freedom.

May 23, 2022  |  Read Article

Of Butoh, Bogotá and the Brain

Brenda Polo, a butoh dancer and the director of Manusdea Antropología Escénica in Bogotá, Colombia, shares how butoh can address the violence in Colombia, as well as her research linking butoh, neuroscience and somatics.

February 17, 2020  |  Read Article

Social Justice Through Dance

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Sandra Paola Lopez Ramirez, a Columbian-American dance artist who reaches a host of populations through her improvisational dance practice. Her work is characterized by the exploration of relationship, gender, race, identity, awareness, kinesthetic listening and touch. Driven by her […]

June 15, 2017  |  Read Article