Lebanese dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch reflects at the UJI on the body as an element of colonialism



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## Lebanese dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch reflects at the UJI on the body as an element of colonialism

01/04/2021 |
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Alexandre Paulikevitch, dancer, choreographer and teacher from Lebanon, gave at the Universitat Jaume I the seminar "The body as an element of colonialism", with the collaboration of Yara El Harake, student of the Master in International Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, in the framework of the series of intercultural seminars of the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace.

The conference dealt with his personal experience as a baladi dancer, since Paulikevitch is one of the few Arab male artists who invites reflection on social problems through his art.

Alexandre Paulikevitch explained that not only territories are colonised, but that both body and mind are elements of colonisation, through structural changes at the social and cultural levels.

The dancer emphasised the importance of redefining gender roles through baladi dance and explained the connotations behind the term "belly dance", criticising that it was created through the colonial gaze to eroticise this dance, condemning it as feminine and provocative and eclipsing the cultural aspects of the countries, communities and individuals to which it belongs.

Paulikevitch is also an activist who uses artistic techniques to demand that fundamental rights reach the streets of Beirut, given the complicated situation they have been living for years.

The session ended with a baladi dance workshop given by Yara El Harake.

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