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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Redefining Practice | Re-Entering With Care: A Community Town Hall

 

A photo collage of the featured speakers


When: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. ET
Where: Zoom Meeting (Link Forthcoming)
Registration: This event has already occurred. Continue on for event details, post-event survey, and session resources.

Accessibility:

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Closed Captioning logo    Closed captioning provided the Viscardi Center.

If you require additional reasonable accommodation, please contact Izzy Dow at least two weeks prior to the event via email at idow@dance.nyc or call 212.966.4452 (voice only).
 

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About the Event
Redefining Practice | Re-Entering With Care: A Community Town Hall

Curated and organized by the Dance/NYC Junior Committee. Part town hall, part community conversation, this event unpacks what it might mean to “re-enter” the dance field as the NYC dance community begins to resume in-person performances. While the onset of the pandemic marked an abrupt and jarring halt to movement practices, returning to the studio does not have to happen similarly. Using tools drawn both from within the Junior Committee and from Junebug Productions’ “Story Circle” methodology, this event offers ‘redefined practices’ to return to the studio while taking care of physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.

Note: This event features a combination of presentations and interactive activities. Please expect to actively participate. 

About the Series
As the landscape for dance as professional practice, living ritual and technical production continues to evolve, Redefining Practice explores how artists and institutions are adapting, unlearning and innovating new ways of being in creation––and the many phases that creation takes––to prioritise new learnings in racial justice, physical/emotional safety, and community care.
 

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Featured Speakers and Organizers - Click speaker names to access their bios:

Featured Speakers

Black and white photo of Mario wearing a septum ring, hair in a braid, a white button-up shirt and a black blazer.

Mario I. Espinoza, Social Worker

The Actor's Fund

 Rebecca, a mixed-race woman, has brown chin length hair, messy bangs, and is smiling slightly. She is wearing a blue shirt.

Rebecca Fitton, Independent Artist Manager

Dance/NYC Junior Committee

Ami Scherson Headshot

Ami Scherson, Co-Chair

Linda Ryan Headshot

Linda Ryan, Co-Chair

A white person with short, blonde, hair with bangs looks at the camera from the side with a closed-mouth smile.

Anna Bjella, Communications Chair

Anna McDunn Headshot

Anna McDunn

Black woman looks straight into the camera over her left shoulder. She has black locs pulled back into a ponytail.

Brooke Rucker

Danielle Iwata Headshot

Danielle Iwata

Jesse Obremski Headshot

Jesse Obremski

Joan Bradford

Joan Bradford, Co-Chair

John Maria Gutierrez

John Maria Gutierrez

Katherine is black with brown skin and large dark eyes. Her hair is voluminous, kinky and dark brown.

Katherine De La Cruz

Kimberleigh Costanzo Headshot

Kimberleigh Costanzo

Leila Mire

Leila Mire

A Black person with closely shaven black hair, brown eyes and wearing red lipstick looks towards the camera. They are wearing a

Maya Simone Z., Interdisciplinary Artist & Advocate

Dance/NYC Junior Committee

Stephanie, a bi-racial Latina woman, has short brown hair and brown eyes and wears a black vneck tee against a blurry background

Stephanie Rivas, Co-Chair

Veronica Jiao Headshot

Veronica Jiao

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Dance/NYC's justice, equity, and inclusion initiatives are made possible with leadership support from the Mellon Foundation. Dance/NYC convening is made possible, in part, by support from the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts and from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Dance/NYC seeks partners and speakers with a variety of viewpoints for its events with the goal of generating discussion. The inclusion of any partner or speaker does not constitute an endorsement by Dance/NYC of that partner's or speaker's views.


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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

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