Current
In 2020, Michael Kliën launched the pioneering Laboratory for Social Choreography at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, which serves as his current home for expanded choreographic research. Since 2017 Michael Kliën is Professor at Duke University and served as Inaugural Director (2019–2021) of Duke’s new MFA in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis. In Europe, he continues his affiliation with the Greek Non-Profit R.I.C.E.. In 2024, he concluded a social choreographic series a decade in the making (Parliament, Amendment, Constitution and Inauguration), premiered his seminal work The Utopians (with En Dynamei) at Athens Festival (Greece), and created the social choreographic symposium 11th Organ(produced by Duke Arts).
Recent
The Utopians (with En Dynamei), Athens Festival, Greece, 2023
a profile published by Kenan Institute of Ethics, Duke University
Talk at FHI, Duke University
Talk at CUNY, Segal Center
Comprehensive video documentation of recent and past works
