Moves & Attitudes: 80s Dance Practices

Where: Park Dräi Eechelen

Related exhibition: Video Killed the Radio Star: The 1980s and their Cultural Echoes

With: Diogo Dos Santos Canais 

Framework: Mudam’s Summer Project – The 80s as a Stage 

Language: LU/FR/DE/EN 

Access: Free

No experience nor material required 

Max. attendance: 25 

Booking required: [email protected]   

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Mudam’s Summer Project continues with a movement workshop that shifts the focus from listening to embodied experience. Building on the musical themes explored earlier in the day, this session invites participants to discover how the sounds, rhythms and cultural movements of the 1980s found expression through dance. 

Led by professional dancer Diogo Dos Santos, the workshop will explore dance practices that emerged or gained international visibility during the decade, including breakdance and hip-hop. Combining practical movement with cultural context, participants will be introduced to the histories, communities and creative energy that shaped these influential dance forms, from their roots in local street cultures to their lasting impact on contemporary dance and popular culture. 

Open to participants of all levels, this activity encourages curiosity rather than technical mastery. Through guided exercises and shared movement, we invite you to experience how dance became a form of expression, identity, and collective exchange. 

Biography

Diogo Dos Santos Canais is a professional dancer, choreographer, and educator from Luxembourg whose journey in hip-hop culture spans nearly two decades. Beginning in Breaking, he later expanded his training across hip-hop, House, Popping, Locking, and other street dance styles, forging a distinctive artistic voice rooted in strong foundations, musicality, and performance. Driven by a constant desire to grow, Diogo has regularly travelled to Los Angeles since 2015 to train with internationally renowned choreographers and educators, including Andye J, Rob Rich, Sienna Lyons, Brian & Scott Nicholson, and Lee Daniel, among others. These experiences have played a defining role in shaping both his artistic identity and teaching philosophy. In 2018, he chose to pursue dance as an independent full-time professional while beginning to teach advanced classes and workshops internationally. His work has taken him across Luxembourg and Europe, teaching workshops in France, Iceland, and Spain, choreographing productions performed at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, creating live performances for artists, and coaching singers and musicians to elevate their stage presence. Alongside teaching and choreography, he continues to train, create, and coach competitive dancers, bringing both artistic vision and technical precision to every class. Passionate about preserving the essence of Hip Hop culture while encouraging personal expression, Diogo strives to give dancers not only the tools to improve technically, but also the confidence to develop their own artistic voice.