Professor Christopher Bannerman
\nUpdate: March 2021<\/small><\/p>\n
When I wrote the words below, it was October 2019, we were gathering in Beijing and about to begin the ArtsCross 2019 project. It was the 10th anniversary of the first project in 2009 which involved Beijing Dance Academy and ResCen Research Centre and, after the performances in November 2019, I told my colleagues that I would be returning to Beijing in March to plan future projects and to collect reflections on the past 10 years. This proves the aphorism that it\u2019s difficult to predict things, especially the future. <\/p>\n
The pandemic which swept across the world put many plans on hold and we entered into a strange time zone where the days passed slowly but the months passed quickly. Soon we were marking the 10th anniversary of the first project in 2011 in Taipei when the partnership was extended to include Taipei National University of the Arts. And I still have not returned to Beijing, except virtually for the 2020 BDA Forum. Memories have been collected however, from choreographers, dancers, directors and academics and they are available here<\/a>. There are more to come and I offer my sincere thanks to those who have contributed \u2013 once again the links that have developed between us have been sustained across some strange times and, as this is a project predicated upon being present as a group, I look forward to the time when we can meet again.<\/p>\nArtsCross Beijing 2019: Beyond the Clouds<\/em> \u2013 10 years of ArtsCross<\/H6>
\nProfessor Christopher Bannerman
\nPosted: October 2019<\/small>
\n<\/br>It is difficult to believe that 10 years have passed since the 2009 Danscross project which initiated the collaboration between ResCen and the Beijing Dance Academy (BDA). The project, called Dancing in a Shaking World<\/em> received significant attention as indicated by this report on Chinese television:
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