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Meet 21-30 out of the 50 researchers! 1) Francesca Seravalle (@thefistphotos) b. 1979, Italy; Researched Italy. 2) Gina Maree DeNaia (@ginamareedenaia @soledadbleach) b. 1983, USA; Researched North and South Korea. 3) Guergana Tzatchkova (@ichimila) b. 1983, Cuba; Researched together with Anouk Kruithof: Cuba. 4) Harald Smart (@h_ _smart) b. 1994, United Kingdom; Researched Scotland, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales. 5) Jihad Yagoubi b. 1991, Morocco; Researched Morocco. 6) Kalinca Susin (@kalinca.susin) b. 1979, Brazil; Researched Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Myanmar and Bangladesh. 7) Keazia King (@keaziaxking) b. 1981, South Africa; Researched Eritrea, Somalia, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Gambia, Nigeria, Togo, Congo and Niger. 8) Keren Shavit b. 1977, Israel; Researched Israel. 9) Kolbrlin Lilja Torfad6ttir (@kolbrilja) b. 1989, Iceland; Researched Iceland. 10) Ksenia Kirsta (@kseniakirsta) b. 1986, Russia/Mexico; Researched Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Caho Verde, Guinea­Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea and Senegal.
Universal Tongue is a collectively researched project initiated by Anouk Kruithof, who worked with over 50 moving image researchers from all over the world to gather more than 8000 dance videos taken from Youtube and Instagram and small text descriptions about the various dance styles. The dance-videos are randomly ordered and developed into 10 new video compilations, which emphasize the MIX of all dances. Dance has developed an important part of our media culture globally throughout history and manifested itself online and repurposed found footage to find an interwoven common ground as a shared visual language. The multi-channel video installation offers an opportunity to reflect on the various ways dance is in fact a universal language of sorts, defined and deployed by various subcultures, virally distributed across nations, cultural boundaries and continents. Popping, Twerking, Flossing, Traditional Dancing, The Moonwalk or The Macarena; all are dance styles that can be found within millions of videos on YouTube. Approximately 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. Dance creates connection between people and is a form of self-expression stimulating empowerment. These are universal reasons to have ‘UNIVERSAL TONGUE’ developed in exhibition, YouTube channel, a website and book.
Meet 11-20 out of the 50 researchers! 1)Chikara Umihara b. 1974, Tokyo, Japan ; Researched Japan. 2) Christiaan Kritzinger (@chriskritzinger) b. 1985, South-Africa; Researched: South-Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Madagascar, Namibia, and Botswana. 3) Clarisse Mekongo aka Kirii'ah (@kiriiah_mekongo), b. 1979, Cameroon; Researched Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana Uganda, Kenya and Togo. 4) Daleen Bloemers (@daleenbloemers) & Selma Hengeveld (@selmahengeveld), b. 1990 & 1992, The Netherlands; Researched together The Netherlands, Surinam, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. 5) Darcy Moore (@Darcywmoorephoto) b. 1988, Australia; Researched Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and The Philippines. 6) David Kinyanjui b. 1976, Kenya; Researched Kenya, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. 7) Duygu Atceken (@datceken) b. 1989, Turkey; Researched Turkey and Germany. 8) Dzejlana Prusevic & Miona Bogovic (@dzaar_) b. 1990 & 1981, Serbia & West Germany; Researched together Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia (Republic of North Macedonia), Montenegro and Slovenia. 9) Ginta Vasermane b. 1979, Latvia; Researched Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania; Dance Styles: Moshing, Cybergoth, Industrial and Wall of Death. 10) Faouzia Haidara (@aiko_zia @bizartevent @ziazai) b. 1991, Cote d'Ivoire; Researched: Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Guinea and Mali.
Meet 1-10 of the 50 researchers! 1) Abhinaya Penneswaran (@abhinayapenneswaran) b. 1990, India; Researched India and Pakistan. 2) Alba Zari (@albazari) b. 1987, Thailand; Researched Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. 3) Albert Allgaier (@aaaaaaaaaaaaalbert) b. 1983, Austria; Researched Austria, Switzerland. 4) Alejandra Huerta Ramos (@studio_alerta) b. 1979, Chile; Researched Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Islas Maldivas. 5) Alexandra Koumantaki (@v3st_a) b. 1993, Greece; Researched Greece and Cyprus. 6) Aniko Antalfi b. 1982, Transylvania, Hungary; Researched Hungary and Romania. 7) Anouk Kruithof (@anoukkruithof) b. 1981, The Netherlands; Researched Musical Chairs, Free the Nipple Dance, Zangbeto Voodoo, Clown dancing, Subway Dancing, Fire Dancing, Virtual Dances, Religious Dance, Spiritual and Possessed Dancing, Human Robot-ing, Robots dancing, GIF dance, #crazydance, Fortnite Dancing, Air Dancers, Zombie Dance, Flashmobs, Gabber, Hardcore, Hardstyle, Jumpsty]e VS. Poppin, Shuffle, Stick-Broom-Stelt Dancing, Zombie dance, Umbrella dance, Synchronized Dancing, Senile & Infantile Dancing, Dance Phenomina, Barbiedance, Dancing under the influence of drugs&alcohol and many more. 8) Ashiq Jahan Khondker (@altemateash @cloudkinski) b. 1981, U.S.A/ Singapore; Researched Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. 9) Assem A. Hendawi (@assemhendawi) b. 1989, Egypt; Researched Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Jordanian, Kuwait, Lebanon and Beirut. 10) Bob Civil (@whoisbobcivil) b. 1993, USA; Researched LGBTQ Global.
Dancing is the universal tongue which brings us all together 🌟 Submit your dance moves using the #universaltongue hashtag 💃🏼✨👯‍♂️✨🕺🏻
Dancing is the universal tongue which brings us all together 🌟 Submit your dance moves using the #universaltongue hashtag 💃🏼✨👯‍♂️✨🕺🏻
Dancing is the universal tongue which brings us all together 🌟 Submit your dance moves using the #universaltongue hashtag 💃🏼✨👯‍♂️✨🕺🏻
Dancing is the universal tongue which brings us all together 🌟 Submit your dance moves using the #universaltongue hashtag 💃🏼✨👯‍♂️✨🕺🏻
Dancing is the universal tongue which brings us all together 🌟 Submit your dance moves using the #universaltongue hashtag 💃🏼✨👯‍♂️✨🕺🏻
Dancing is the universal tongue which brings us all together 🌟 Submit your dance moves using the #universaltongue hashtag 💃🏼✨👯‍♂️✨🕺🏻