It looks like Bruges has never really recovered from the murder of Count Charles the Good in 1127.
“Decolonizing” dance projects are initiatives that dismantle Eurocentric, white supremacist, and colonial frameworks embedded in traditional dance forms (like classical ballet and mainstream modern dance). They center Indigenous ways of knowing, elevate historically marginalized dance styles, and restructure the power dynamics of arts institutions using interconnected approaches like “Choreographic Deconstruction.”
Whew....watta relief to axtually know.