Free of charge online conference: Thursday 11 & Friday 12 Feb 2021
Building on the success of Our Dance Democracy in 2018, this free of charge two-day online conference will further the debate, extending the dialogue of how artists and academics interrogate the function of dance in the 21st Century.
In Our Dance Democracy 2 we propose dance and dancing, pedagogy and performance making, writing and critical discourses, as dynamic sites for critical thinking, progressive social intervention, civic engagement, ethics and activism – both established and emergent.
We announce a space for ethical action, beyond borders imposed on our creative worlds: a platform for artists to make visible, and test the viability of, ideas of equity and embodied principles of collective endeavour.
Our Dance Democracy 2 will be a two-day conference, dedicated to deliberating on the role of dance artists and scholars in ways including: Dance as cultural identity; Dance as protest and resistance; Dance as peace-building; Dancing uncertainty; Dancing Communities.
Keynote speakers include:
- Victor Merriman - Professor of Critical Performance Studies, Edge Hill University;
- Elena Marchevska - Associate Professor in Drama and Performance, London South Bank Univeristy;
- Alexandrina Hemsley - Choreographer, dancer, writer and facilitator;
- Dylan Quinn - Artistic Director, Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre.
Papers/presentations/Panelists include:
- Paula Hampson - Artist and performer
- Thomas F. DeFrantz - Professor: Performance|Culture|Technology, Duke North Carolina
- Nora Chipaumire - Artist and performer
- Nia Love - Assistant Professor Hunters College, NYC
- Michael Douglans Kollektiv - Dance company, Cologne.
With raconteur: Wendy Houstoun.
Further information and bookings
Our Dance Democracy 2 is made possible through a collaboration between Karen Gallagher & Associates, Liverpool Hope University and People Dancing, with funding from Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants. Supported by People Dancing and Culture Liverpool.