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Jillian Groening

Editorial Advisory Committee, Contributor, Former Engagement Editor

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Jillian Groening is a Winnipeg-based writer, dancer, and performer. Her work has been published
in The Dance Current, Dance International, Format, The Uniter, Noisey, and more. She has been
fortunate to discuss, learn, and grow while working as a written essayist for Young Lungs Dance
Exchange’s Research Series and has received guidance and training while taking part in a
Focussed Mentorship with Jeanne Randolph through MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s
Art). Groening has performed with Jolene Bailie and Gearshifting Performance Works, Marie-
Josée Chartier, Pablo Bronstein through Rosalie Wahlfrid and Plug In ICA, as well as presenting
her own work. She holds a BA(Hons) in dance from the School of Contemporary Dancers in
affiliation with the University of Winnipeg. 
 
Groening was an intern with The Dance Current from September 2014 to December 2016 before
becoming Editorial and Production Manager. 

Jillian Groening's Work

Whitehead / Photo by sweetmoon photography, Tenille Campbell; Landscape photos by Whitehead
 

Embodied Geographies

Review of Joshua Whitehead’s Making Love With the Land By Jillian Groening

Making Love With the Land is a welcome moment of grounding within the dizzying cacophony of virtual performance events. While digital spaces course with emergent methods through which to experience temporal arts practices, the conversational sequencing of Making Love With the Land evokes a rhythmic embrace that is further supported by the warm timbre of Joshua Whitehead’s voice.

Posted December 22, 2020

The Chaos of Possibility

By Jillian Groening Volume 24, Issue 1

Kevin Jesuino explores how Queerness, liveness and failure might provide insight into reinvention, approximately one year after the onset of COVID-19

 
On the Ground

Explorations in the Environment

By Jillian Groening

Lindsay Dobbin, Heather Lamoureux and Ralph Escamillan discuss their complex and ever-evolving experiences with ecojustice, sustainable practices and environmental connectivity.

Posted October 29, 2020

Movers

Navigating the connections between hip hop and powwow By Jillian Groening Volume 23, Issue 5

Matthew “Creeasian” Wood

From Our Archives

A Second Homecoming for Chan Hon Goh By Jillian Groening Volume 22, Issue 4

Director of Goh Ballet Academy

All Hail the Queen

By Jillian Groening Volume 22, Issue 3

Fly Lady Di recounts her reign from dancing the Macarena to becoming a solo artist.

 

A Welcome Resistance

For the first time in the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s eighty-five-year history, Indigenous Arts will be programmed continuously throughout the calendar year.

Posted February 27, 2019

Movers

Seeking the swing of a dip By Jillian Groening Volume 22, Issue 1

Nikola Steer

 

Turn Me Inside Out

Rock Bottom Movement’s fantasylover brandishes a feminist awareness with a self-aware wink By Jillian Groening

fantasylover layers pop culture references and vibrant subversion of fairy tale tropes to create a feminist utopia.

Posted November 23, 2018
 

Remembering Ola Skanks

Ola Skanks, a pioneering figure in Canada’s early modern dance scene as well as in the development of African diasporic dances, passed away August 18, 2018.

Posted October 16, 2018
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