Asimina Chremos (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist and dance improviser, with over thirty years of experience in dance-making. Asimina’s practice flows within and between creative ecosystems, including movement improvisation, textile design, and digital art. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Asimina created Quarantine Dance Practice Diaries, expanding on her self-videographic improvisation practice in the 2000s. Alongside her creative practice, Asimina also teaches, guides, and collaborates. Asimina is currently leading the Screenbodies Practicum at Leah Stein Dance Company, which offers an in-depth somatic and artistic exploration of how our bodies can relate and adapt to internet-enabled screens.
https://asiminachremos.space/
https://vimeo.com/asiminachremos
https://www.leahsteindanceco.org/screenbodies
Zihan Xu (she) is a medical and multimodal anthropologist, with an interdisciplinary background in anthropology, psychology, and creative media. Her research broadly focuses on art and improvisation, body movement and mobility, affect and emotion, and health and wellbeing. Zihan is currently pursuing her PhD in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge.
Sound clips included in the episode:
‘Quarantine dance practice diaries,’ 2020, practice diaries by Asimina Chremos
‘Keyboardbody,’ 2023, sound work by Asimina Chremos
‘Speculating through the body,’ 2022, an experimental video essay by Zihan Xu