Episode 18: Choreographing Collective Action with Donna Miranda
In this episode, we speak to choreographer and activist Donna Miranda. Donna talks about her upbringing as a dancer and choreographer in the Philippines before transforming her practice into activism during President Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs in 2016. She now works as a land activist, promoting the rights of farmers - leading to her unjust arrest in June 2022.
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Donna Miranda is a choreographer living and working in the Philippines. Miranda relocates choreography from the site of the individual body to that of collective political actions. She works as a freelance consultant for international development organizations concerning gender justice, public health and disaster risk reduction. She also does volunteer work for SAKA, an alliance of artists supporting genuine agrarian reform in the Philippines, and the Federation of Agricultural Workers in the Philippines (UMA).
Sign the petition in support of Donna and Tinang 83: https://www.change.org/p/resist-intensifying-fascism-in-the-philippines-drop-all-charges-against-the-tinang-83
Find out more about human rights in the Philippines:
Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (National Federation of Agricultural Workers)