Name: NCDEO 2025 Conference: Imagination and Innovation
Start: 2025-02-15T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-15T17:30:00-05:00
Location: John D. Messick Theatre Arts Center

NCDEO brings educators together for a day of moving and learning as we explore ways that dance demonstrates imagination and innovation.
About this Event

Welcome to the NCDEO 2025 Conference: Imagination and Innovation! Join us for a day filled with creativity, learning, and inspiration at ECU's School of Theatre and Dance. Get ready to explore new ideas, connect with fellow dance enthusiasts, and discover innovative ways to enhance your dance practice. The event will take place on Sat, Feb 15, 2025 starting at 08:30 AM. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to expand your horizons and ignite your passion for dance!

This day-long conference serves as a premier professional development opportunity for North Carolina dance educators from a range of dance teaching and cultural contexts. We look forward to welcoming you for a day of in-person dance and dialogue as we connect, move, and collectively strategize for ways that dance continues to demonstrate imagination and innovation.

We are excited to announce that Eric Mullis (pictured below) will be our keynote speaker!

Eric Mullis is a dance artist and scholar whose work centers on the possibilities of interdisciplinary performance. His choreography has been featured in the North Carolina Dance Festival, The Fact/SF Summer Dance Festival, Breaking Ground Festival, UrBANGUILD Kyoto, and at Performance Philosophy, Amsterdam. He is a Fulbright Scholar who, in 2021, conducted research on dance and the philosophy of technology at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan. Eric has authored two books, "Pragmatist Philosophy and Dance: Interdisciplinary Research in the American South" (Palgrave MacMillan: 2019) and "Instruments of Embodiment: Costuming in Contemporary Dance" (Routledge: 2022). He is the Director of Goodyear Arts (an artist-run gallery and performance space in Charlotte, North Carolina) and is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Queens University of Charlotte.

We have an exciting lineup of presenters ready to share their expertise with you. Through dynamic movement classes, engaging pedagogy workshops, and thought-provoking panels, conference participants can build a schedule for a full day of professional learning.