Dance Umbrella: Body Politic

Body Politic is Dance Umbrella’s strand of debates focusing on key cultural issues affecting dance and performance.

In this live and online discussion we will examine the role of art in international relations, and unravel the relationship between policy makers and artists in fabricating identity. In Olympic ceremonies from London to Beijing we project an image of ourselves to the world. We invite artists, policy makers, political thinkers and the public to ask questions about how culture is used by politicians and policy makers to define our national identity.

Chair: Dr. Daniel Glaser, Director Science Gallery at King’s College London.

Panel: Gregory Maqoma, Choreographer (South Africa); Graham Sheffield, Director Arts, British Council; Dr. Melissa Nisbett, Lecturer in Arts & Cultural Management, King’s College London; Sandie Dawe, Strategic Tourism Advisor.

Special acknowledgements to Culture at King’s College London, The Arts and Humanities Festival at King’s College London and Dance UK.

Image credit: Foteini Christofilopoulou