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RADICAL DANCING: Agency, Activism, and Storytelling through Dance

Sat, Oct 03

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Zoom Meetings

Oct 3rd and 10th 2-4pm, Oct 17th and 24th 7-8:30pm, no meeting Oct 31st, Nov 7th, 14th and 21st 2-4pm, no meeting Nov 28th, Dec 5th 2-4pm. A virtual showing of student work for family and community: Dec 12th time TBD.

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RADICAL DANCING: Agency, Activism, and Storytelling through Dance
RADICAL DANCING: Agency, Activism, and Storytelling through Dance

Time & Location

Oct 03, 2020, 7:00 PM

Zoom Meetings

About the event

DATES: Oct 3rd and 10th 2-4pm, Oct 17th and 24th 7-8:30pm, no meeting Oct 31st, Nov 7th, 14th and 21st 2-4pm, no meeting Nov 28th, Dec 5th 2-4pm.

A virtual showing of student work for family and community: Dec 12th time TBD.

While artists and dancers have often been at the forefront of social movements, dance as a form of activism is seldom explored within studio dance contexts. My hope with this workshop is to allow students the opportunity to explore questions and ideas around their own dance practice and how it connects to activism.

This workshop series will introduce students to the power of dance as a tool for identity and agency development, and activism through storytelling. 

We will engage in these topics through discussion, an exploration of various dancers, storytellers, and activists’ work, and by creating original short dance pieces.

We will examine how our bodies interact with the concepts. And how privilege and power impact the way we move through the world as dancers, storytellers, and advocates. 

The main themes include:

Radical Love:  How does showing ourselves radical love impact our well-being, how we care for our community, and our ability to imagine and work toward better futures?

Storytelling:  What is the relationship between privilege and power, identity and storytelling? How is dance used as a form of activism through storytelling?

Agency:  What is our relationship to our own agency, voice, and intuition? How can we best effect change in our world?

Participants:  Due to COVID-19, this workshop will be held on zoom and we are therefore limiting space to create the most comfortable and productive environment. EDC students ages 15-18 may sign up. 

Cost: The workshop will be free to all students. If able, students’ families may contribute money to be donated to the Lummi CEDAR Project (more info at sign-up). 

LOGISTICS

Dates and Times: 8 sessions on the following (all Saturdays): Oct 3rd and 10th 2-4pm, Oct 17th and 24th 7-8:30pm, no meeting Oct 31st, Nov 7th, 14th and 21st 2-4pm, no meeting Nov 28th, Dec 5th 2-4pm.

A virtual showing of student work for family and community: Dec 12th time TBD.

Workshop will be held on zoom and we are therefore limiting space to create the most comfortable and productive environment. EDC students ages 15-18 may sign up. 

Cost: The workshop will be free to all students. If able, students’ families may contribute money to be donated to the Lummi CEDAR Project (more info at sign-up). 

LOGISTICS

Dates and Times: 8 sessions on the following (all Saturdays): Oct 3rd and 10th 2-4pm, Oct 17th and 24th 7-8:30pm, no meeting Oct 31st, Nov 7th, 14th and 21st 2-4pm, no meeting Nov 28th, Dec 5th 2-4pm.

A virtual showing of student work for family and community: Dec 12th time TBD.

A NOTE ON BURNOUT

Visit evolutiondanceco.com to sign up! Please email me at hollygibson208@gmail.com with any questions. Students and families will receive more info on the workshop after signing up. 

While it is not ideal to have this workshop on zoom, we will absolutely make the best of it! It is an overwhelming time right now, and I am sure you are all spending much more time online than you would like. I do not want this course to overwhelm you or add to your stress. 

There will be as little “work” to do outside our allotted meeting times as possible and I am prepared to be flexible with the students’ needs and desires! My hope is that we can create a space for authentic and empowering exploration, and create community and share joy as we do so. 

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