2024.08.30

• IHJ Cultural Lobby

[IHJ Cultural Lobby] Interdisciplinary Talk #1 “Dance as the Origins of Communication”

I-House Art and Design Division, under the leadership of Director Yuko Hasegawa, is organizing discussions among experts from different fields to explore the roles culture and art can play in promoting empathy and communication and connecting today’s divided cultural, political, economic, scientific, and other domains.
In a newly uploaded IHJ Cultural Lobby video, primatologist and Director-General of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Juichi Yamagiwa—a leading authority on gorillas—and internationally acclaimed dancer and actor Mirai Moriyama discuss the origins, roles, and impact of art and dance as means of communication before words evolved.