Periagoge
Scenario

How historical trauma affects artistic cultural expression

My contemporary dance pieces draw from Rwandan traditional movements but survivors of the genocide say I should not use these sacred forms for entertainment

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The choreographer encounters the weight of collective memory in determining appropriate use of cultural forms.

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