MADE - Anti-Racist Dance Education
Event is FULL - Currently not accepting registrations
Location: Kickit Dance Studio, 3-986 Lorimer Blvd, Winnipeg, MB
Date: October 21, 2022 from 8:30 am to 3:15 pm
Event Kick-off: October 20, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Winnipeg Screening of Uprooted - The Journey of Jazz Dance, Winnipeg Cinematheque
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https://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/event/uprooted-the-journey-of-jazz-dance/
Program
08:30 am - 09:00 am - Registration
09:00 am - 11:45 am - Keynote
11:45 pm - 12:30 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm - Session 1
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm - Session 2
Session Descriptions
Keynote: Miss Coco Murray
Collette “Coco” Murray is a dance educator, cultural arts programmer, mentor and arts consultant. This awardwinning artist was one of 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women honourees in 2020 and the 2019 Toronto Arts Foundation’s Community Arts Award winner and Canadian Danse Assembly's 2013 I love Community Award winner. Murray pursues a PhD in Dance Studies and holds a Master of Education, and Honours BA in Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity from York University and a BA in Sociology from University of Toronto. Currently her doctoral work focuses on dance education in the Canadian Afro-diasporic dance sector archive and anti-racist dance pedagogies. Along with Miss Coco Murray, her mobile, dance education business, Murray is published in dance media and academic journals. Additionally, Murray is Artistic Director of Coco Collective offering culturally responsive projects connecting participants, organizations and schools to African and Caribbean arts. Murray is Vice Chair of Dance Umbrella of Ontario's board, and serves as Board member of Arts Etobicoke and the National Board of Canadian Dance Assembly offering an equity, diversity and inclusion lens. Murray's performance experiences include Caribbean folklore and West African dance styles, along with curating and advocating for spaces that amplify Black arts and dance styles.
Session 1: African with Casimiro Nhusi/Pow Wow with Shanley Spence
Session 2: African with Casimiro Nhusi/Pow Wow with Shanley Spence
MADE Membership and Conference Fees
MADE Conference Fee ..................................................$90
MADE Conference Fee (keynote only) ........................$50
MADE Conference and Membership Fee ...................$75
MADE Student Conference and Membership Fee ....$25
MADE 2022-2023 Membership Fee ............................$25
All fees are non-refundable.
If you have questions about the conference and/or registration, please contact MADE at sagemade2017@gmail.com.
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