{"id":1552,"date":"2020-12-09T09:05:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T09:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=135945"},"modified":"2020-12-09T09:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T09:05:52","slug":"diversity-in-dance-today-enlightenment-and-romanticist-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/09\/diversity-in-dance-today-enlightenment-and-romanticist-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity in Dance Today: Enlightenment and Romanticist Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The drum is always there. In life and death. In between is dance. Always the drum is everywhere.<\/em>
\u2014 Peniel Guerrier, Interview with Yvonne Daniel<\/a>,  BOMB<\/em>, January 1, 2005<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think this world was made for a small minority to dance on the faces of everyone else.<\/em>
\u2014 H.G. Wells, In the Days of the Comet<\/a><\/em>, 1906<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

The dance group Diversity\u2019s \u2018I Can\u2019t Breathe\u2019 routine evoked around 24,500 complaints from members of the public when it aired on ITV on 5 September, 2020. The performance was inspired by the killing of George Floyd in the USA. Its choreography references progress from stock market bubbles, the growth of digital shopping, the effect of mobile phones on family life, the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, to the killing of George Floyd, and then ending with street protests and the riot police. The show was a spectacular mix of spoken word, song, visual and stage effects, as well as Diversity\u2019s trademark blend of complex routines, breakdancing, backflips and theatricality.<\/p>\n

Diversity\u2019s \u2018I Can\u2019t Breathe<\/a>\u2018 routine<\/p>\n

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