The Power in Dance: Building Relationships with the Body | Victoria Bradford | TEDxQuincy

Building relationships with your body through dance, movement and exploration is the topic for Victoria Bradford and members of the Chicago Dance Studio "A House Unbuilt." Get out of your seat and get a preview of an ambitious social performance art piece scheduled to run the entire length of the Mississippi River in 2019! Victoria Bradford is Executive & Artistic Director of movement research company A House Unbuilt. She has produced works of social practice, public art, performance, and installation for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, and deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, among many other spaces. Victoria has built collaborative projects rooted in site-based, response-driven practices. Her current work Relay of Voices: The Great River Run involves collaboration with 104 towns and cities along the Mississippi River, tying back to her origins in Coastal Louisiana and the environmental, political, and cultural dialogue specific to that region and places like it. A House Unbuilt dancers for TEDxQuincy include Angela Gronroos, Lisa Leszczewicz, Carla Gruby, Zack Bailey, and Ben Sanders. Visit ahouseunbuilt.com and relayofvoices.com This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx