Join us on Thursday the 11 April 2024 - online, for our third Networks Together event exploring the theme of the environment and social justice.
This event provides the opportunity for network members to experience our main presenters, connect and engage with others in discussion, and explore how the theme of environment and social justice directly relates to their working practice, as well as feeling empowered to make small but lasting change.
For this event we are delighted to be joined online by Amanda Parker from Amanda Parker Associates, and Dr Lewis Coenen-Rowe, Culture/SHIFT Manager from Creative Carbon Scotland. Both presenters will provide insight into global and local environmental and social justice aspects, and the opportunity to reflect on our work more generally.
During the event there will be two discussion sessions with a chance for participants to meet and discuss, with other network members, as well as the regular sessions directly relating to practice for Early Years, Inclusion in Dance, Parkinson’s and Global Majority.
Amanda Parker session: Reflecting upon the intersection between social equity and climate action
Why does climate justice feel like a dialogue of privilege? What can we do to make this vital work feel more like the universal urgency that it actually is? Amanda Parker invites you to reflect on the intersection between social equity and climate action.
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Creative Carbon Scotland session:
Why UK dance performers and organisations should care about climate justice
What is climate justice?
Where does the term come from and what does it mean globally?
How is climate justice relevant to people living and working in the UK?
How is climate justice relevant to dancers and dance organisations?
What can I do next?
This session aims to give you some practical steps and resources that relates directly to your practice.
The session is aimed at artists at any stage in their career and is suitable for people with no pre-existing knowledge of what climate justice is.
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Free to People Dancing Members, £5.00 to Network members and £15.00 Standard ticket.
Bookings for this event are now closed
Booking deadline: 15:00 Wednesday 10 April.
Please note: CC (Closed captioning) and BSL (British Sign Language) interpreters are available throughout the event. Please indicate on the booking form or get in touch at info@communitydance.org.uk if you have any specific access requirements. Access requirements beyond closed captions or BSL interpreters may not be fulfilled for bookings after the 28 March due to the appropriate notice given.
Biographies
Amanda Parker
Amanda Parker is an Olivier award-winning arts and cultural sector consultant, and a columnist for The Stage.
Founder and CEO of Inc Arts UK, Amanda has led national and sector-wide EDI transformational change, as well as strategy, policy development and campaigns across heritage, visual arts, film, TV, radio and performance arts.
Previous roles include Director of London Short Film Festival and Editor of ArtsProfessional.
She is Vice-Chair of the Mayor of London's Cultural Leadership Board, an Advisor to the UK Coalition for Creative Diversity and a Visiting Researcher at UWE Bristol. Amanda is a Trustee of the RSC and Intermission Youth Theatre.
Creative Carbon Scotland / Dr Lewis Coenen-Rowe
Creative Carbon Scotland believes in the essential role of the arts, screen, cultural and creative industries in contributing to the transformational change to a more environmentally sustainable Scotland. We work directly with individuals, organisations and strategic bodies engaged across cultural and sustainability sectors to harness the role of culture in achieving this change. Through all our work, events and projects, we combine strategic expertise and consultancy, bespoke carbon management training and guidance, and a range of programmes supporting the development of artistic practices that address sustainability and climate change.
Lewis joined Creative Carbon Scotland in July 2019. His background is in classical music, working as a composer of chamber music and opera as well as teaching music in universities. Prior to joining Creative Carbon Scotland, he worked as a teaching assistant at Glasgow University after completing a PhD in music composition at King’s College London. He also has a background in environmental campaigning with voluntary groups in London and Glasgow. His role at Creative Carbon Scotland involves running culture/SHIFT projects including Climate Beacons, carrying out research, advising and supporting artistic and sustainability practitioners, and developing collaborative projects between the arts and environmental sectors.
We have four individual networks:
- Inclusion in Dance Network
- Live Well & Dance with Parkinson's Network
- Early Years Dance Network
- REACH! Network.
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Images credits: TOP: 11 Million Reasons to Dance: Cymru project, 2021, Krystal S Lowe. Photo: Philip Hatcher-Moore and People Dancing Summer Intensive. Photos: Rachel Cherry. MIDDLE: Amanda Parker. BOTTOM: Creative Carbon Scotland.