Provocations

Evans / Photo co-created with Ximena Huizi

Provocations

A Calling In

By Aria Evans

As a mixed white and Afro-Indigenous body myself, I know the dance community has a lot of work to do inside of systemic racism and solidarity. I have personally experienced violence and injustice from the dance community, and I question the ways that the performing arts sector continues to perpetuate this brutality.

Posted June 5, 2020

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Dancing on a Fine Line

By Esie Mensah

Esie Mensah talks about the difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation in dance.

Posted May 19, 2020

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Holding Each Other Up

By Aimee Dawn Robinson

Aimée Dawn Robinson talks about the importance of taking the time to “embrace, nourish and celebrate your artistry.”

Posted August 6, 2019

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Living Wages for Dance Artists

By Olivia C. Davies

Olivia Davies talks about her involvement in a research and development project with CADA/West. The project’s goal is to produce new professional standards documents that will ensure the practices of more dance artists are understood.

Posted June 3, 2019

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Rallying Cry

By Angie Cheng

Angie Cheng talks about the “need to address imbalances of power and the need for change within ourselves and our institutions and structures simultaneously.”

Posted May 1, 2019

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Contact and Consent

By Vivek Patel

Vivek Patel talks about how “consent creates the environment of trust necessary to experience profound levels of exploration and connection in contact improv dance.”

Posted April 24, 2019

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Moving Beyond the Theory of Inclusion

By Ravyn Ariah Wngz

Ravyn Ariah Wngz talks about the importance of seeking out those most affected by marginalization and exclusion to inform us of what changes are needed in the dance community.

Posted April 8, 2019

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Free to Feel

By Robyn Breen

Robyn Breen talks about the importance of “talking about [mental health] issues openly and honestly and begin the process of caring and healing.”

Posted March 8, 2019

Stashko in her own work Wound Up: redux, presented by New Music Edmonton

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Broadening Our Sphere

By Kate Stashko

Kate Stashko talks about representation on stage and brainstorms a few simple actions she thinks dance artists, curators, programmers, collaborators and audience members can take to broaden their circles.

Posted November 8, 2018