Enacting the Dance Pluriverse: Strategies for organising otherwise

This online event gathers presentations and discussions on how a dance pluriverse - a more horizontally organized industry with space for many, divergent voices to coexist - can be organised. What structures bring artists together, what frameworks support marginalised practices, and what production and distribution practices could be developed to create plurivocal development?

The aim of the event is to build dialogue with different voices engaged in 'curating' this type of pluriversal space. Presenters will talk about how, in practical terms, they have employed strategies in their work aimed at acting and ‘being otherwise’ (working differently). They will offer insights into tools and techniques that they have found useful in their work, and reflect on particular modes of relating 'otherwise' which they have employed with individuals, collectives and organizations to bring about change.

We're interested in perspectives and experiences that help us understand how the dance industry in the UK can become more inclusive in a real sense (not just to tick boxes). What frameworks do we need? What structures? What understandings of power? What models of distribution of resources?

We look forward to seeing you online on the 6th November!

Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti (Academic and Author) (she/her) is the author of Hospicing Modernity: Facing humanity's wrongs and the implications for social activism. She is also one of the founders of the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures Arts/Research Collective and the co-curator of Art-Life Rituals for Radical Tenderness with performance artist Dani d’Emilia. Vanessa is a former Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change and a former David Lam Chair in Critical Multicultural Education. She is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. She is a former Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change and a former David Lam Chair in Critical Multicultural Education. Vanessa has more than 100 published articles and has worked extensively across sectors internationally in areas of education related to global justice, global citizenship, critical literacies, Indigenous knowledge systems and the climate and nature emergency.

Suzanne Alleyne (Cultural Strategist) As the founder and CEO of Alleyne&, a cultural consultancy and research incubator, her work centres on leadership, power, and societal issues. An inaugural Arts Council England Changemaker and Churchill Fellow, she is aFellow of the RSA, director of What Next? and trustee of artist Bobby Bakers organisation Daily Life Limited. With an MA in Arts & Cultural Management from King’s College, London, she is now a guest lecturer. Her innovative project, Neurology of PowerTM, explores the dynamics of power in the brain and body, guiding Alleyne&’s practices. With 30 years of experience, her client list has included Barclaycard, Wellcome Trust, BFI and Humboldt Forum. Suzanne Alleyne’s passion and talents lie in exploring society’s big questions and creating solutions to develop a more sustainable, equitable and resilient society.

Giulia Casalini (Independent Curator) Giulia Casalini's practice spans across curating, performance, writing and research. Their (eco)transfeminist and queer activism has the scope of building and bridging communities across the globe through the arts and (nature)cultures. They have recently completed her PhD research, exploring queer-trans-feminist performance art from transnational and anti-colonial perspectives. They are currently reflecting on how healing should be rooted in curating by training in different wellbeing and spiritual practices, and through an on-going noticing and unlearning of colonial patterns in knowledge-making, work praxis, social relationality and institutional logics.

Liz King (Dance Identity Festival, Austria) [speaker info]

Karl Jay Lewin (Dance North, Scotland) [speaker info]

Event Venue

Online