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‘That’s where I found my family’: dancefloor devotees on hedonistic moves and healing grooves
A new season at London’s Southbank Centre is inspired by Emma Warren’s book Dance Your Way Home, about the potency of communal movement. She and other artists involved explain why the dancefloor is their happy place
We showed them some dance moves and by the end of the evening the whole airbase was rocking with American servicemen discovering reggae from being stationed in the UK. It is also just about the purely logistical barriers that prevent chronically ill, disabled or neurodiverse folks from getting to mainstream dance events, whether that’s access to the building, or the lack of a quiet space, or no seating. To me, a Grief Rave is not unusual because we have “ nine nights ” in Jamaican culture, where we celebrate someone’s life, play the music that they loved, and there’s a party atmosphere.
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