Queer Argentine Ecocenric Folkloric Dance
with
Nick Wallach
Oct 29, 2019
10am-12pm
suggested donation $8 or pay what you can
Brooklyn Arts Exchange

What does it mean to queer folkloric dance? And what can folklore contribute to contemporary dance and society? Taking as our base the basic structures and elements of the chacarera, one of Argentina's most well known folkloric dances, we'll explore the queer and ecoentric possibilities of South American folkloric dance. Always emphasizing expressive movement and how to discover the dance in motion, rather than simply "learn" it, we'll also see how folklore can expand our understanding of queerness and (re)connect our dance to our environment. Channeling our dance through chacarera we'll bridge the contemporary with the traditional, consider the relationship of gender and our environment, and use dance to call our environment into urban space.

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About Nicolas
Nicholas is a dancer and instructor of Argentine folkloric dance in NYC, as well as a researcher of environmental studies, in particular the socio-environmental impacts of resource extraction in South America.

​In dance and in academics he combines folkloric, environmental, and queer studies and he's currently teaching classes in Argentine folkloric dance from a queer and ecocentric perspective. On a broader level, he´s also working to find ways we can use dance to bring nature into urban space, to promote cultural diversity, and to create harmony with ourselves, our communities, and our environments.

about this series
This series is geared towards the professional development of dance teachers and as a means to offer affordable dance classes to a wide community of dance lovers and movers.

​By offering a collective alternative in the exchange of knowledge in the dance/arts community, Dance to the People mirrors BAX’s commitment to challenge the manifestations of whiteness, able-bodiedness and privilege through anti-oppression, and pro-inclusion work.