Welcome back to the Break a SWEAT series! Here, I will be running by you all the highlights, main participants and noteworthy programmes to check out from the SWEAT Hong Kong International Dance Festival 2022. For our sixth episode, we take a look at the the Pecha Kucha presentations.
The Summit is a 4-day virtual conference featuring a series of riveting and inspiring paper presentations, pecha kucha presentations, dance film screenings and keynote presentations from world renowned figures. With the theme Dance Offer/On New Energy, it aims to promote dance and wellness in response to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the wellbeing of dance practitioners worldwide; by shining a light on different facets of Dance including Wellness, Education, Community, Sustainability, Creativity.
Today, let's look at the wonder of Pecha Kuchas and Sarah Kirkham's 'Dance for Your Energy', a research that looks into creating a more sustainable global climate through the use of kinetic energy with dance. She hails from England and is currently a PhD candidate at the Queensland University if Technology (QUT) π
Ready for a summer of dance? Are you ready to break a SWEAT? Come and join us as we take a dive into the virtual world of SWEAT 2022! ππ
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Soundtracks:
1. Rocket - QTM
