Bonus: Michael Kliën and the Body Politic

January 22, 2025

Michael Kliën wants to help bring about profound change in the world, but not through the usual means. An Austrian-born Dance professor at Duke University, Kliën is a leading social choreographer. He sets up experiments involving people moving amongst each other – wordlessly – in pursuit of new ways of being and the “soul democratic.” 

By Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen. Music by goodnight, Lucas and Blue Dot Sessions. 

Episode art: Video still from The Utopians, Athens Festival, June 2024. Camera operator, Christos Efthymiou. 

Links:

Michael Klien’s website

Video of Kliën works: 
Parliament
Constitution
The Utopians

Scene on Radio is a production of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. 

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