ABOUT
What began as a talk amongst dance professionals in Vancouver (Canada)
has expanded to an international research project.
This “symposium” is an ongoing discussion!
WE ARE ASKING THE QUESTIONS:
How is the “contemporary” expressed and perceived in a dance form normally labelled as
“traditional” or “classical”?
Can we expand those perceptions and if so how?
How can we speak about or frame our work?
How can curation and programming expand to include dance forms not immediately labelled
“Western” or (big C) “Contemporary” dance?
The initial Symposium will be three roundtable discussions held in three different places in the world:
Canada, Peru and India.
We hope to add talks, presentations, lectures, more roundtables and publications to our ongoing project.
Please let us know if you have anything to add to the conversation.
Organizers
Colleen
Lanki
Colleen is the Artistic Director of TomoeArts in Vancouver, Canada. She has been a theatre and dance artist all her life.
She has practiced nihon buyoh (Japanese classical dance) for almost 20 years, maintaining both her “traditional” practice and creating “contemporary” work using the form.
PAMELA
SANTANA
Pamela is a Dance artist and researcher from Lima, Perú.
She graduated with distinction from the MA Choreomundus, that lead her to focus in the anthropological and ethnocoreological study of dances. Her experience resides in the coordination and direction of projects that articulate dance, education and cultural heritage.