A 2020 TEDx Minneapolis Film: "A Dream of Touch When Touch Is Gone"

nat rosasco • January 5, 2021

Not so long ago, touch was easy and safe—then everything changed. We come from the most intimate possible space, the womb, into a caregiver’s arms. A human embrace is possibly the most symbolic image of love, care, and hope for the future. The COVID-19 winter has brought death and another casualty—the loss of touch. When we lose this form of connection, do we lose compassion and even our own humanity? Touch is essential. We need it to be human. Let's dream of touching again. 

This video includes a new film by Minneapolis, MN based dance company Black Label Movement and a "making of" short about the COVID bubble Black Label Movement designed with Dr. Jon Hallberg to responsibly allow masks to be removed and physical contact to take place during the filming process. 


Black Label Movement is a Minneapolis, MN based dance company that makes wildly physical, naturally virtuosic, intellectually and emotionally engaging movement driven art and embodied activities that examine and engage the human condition to inspire vivid lives. We are committed to unexpected collaborations with unusual partners, in particular our ongoing collaborations with biomedical engineer David Odde through our Moving Cell Project. 

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