Dance Theatre of Harlem takes to the streets
When the theaters closed, Dance Theater of Harlem brought their performance into the public space, celebrating their Harlem borough.
Dancing in the COVID ward with Dr. Senapati
While certainly not the first doctor to bring dance to the hospitals, Dr. Arup Senapati in Assam, India gets his groove on to cheer up recovering COVID patients, even while in full PPE gear.
Meet my #COVID duty colleague Dr Arup Senapati an ENT surgeon at Silchar medical college Assam .
Dancing infront of COVID patients to make them feel happy #COVID19 #Assam pic.twitter.com/rhviYPISwO— Dr Syed Faizan Ahmad (@drsfaizanahmad) October 18, 2020
National Guild’s Anti-Racism as Organizational Compass
The National Guild for Community Arts Education is presenting the “Anti-Racism as Organizational Compass” series – an opportunity to listen to intimate conversations with six BIPOC-led arts organizations that center anti-racism in mission and practice. Each organization offers its unique perspective on holding true to their values while still navigating the non-profit industrial complex, and using the arts as a vehicle for advocating for liberation of their communities. These dialogues will be facilitated by Masharika Prejean Maddison of LightWell Coaching + Consulting. As transparent co-learners, the Guild will provide an opening framework for the interview series by sharing its own history, and, in closing, will reflect on its own anti-racism work and lessons learned.
After attending each dialogue on a Monday, you will be invited to a follow-up reflection session the following day facilitated by Toya Lillard of viBe Theater Experience. These reflection sessions will provide attendees an opportunity to process the conversation with other participants, share personal insights, and think through the changes you wish to activate within your own practice or organization.
The series is open to all. You can register for the series as a whole, or for individual dialogues.
Series takes place Mondays & Tuesdays October 19, 2020—February 22, 2021
More info here
Luna’s Executive Director of Creativity & Policy, Nancy Ng, serves on the Guild’s Board of Directors, and on the Racial Equity Committee. She’ll be presenting her perspective in the October 19 webinar, Opening & Guild History-Sharing.
Practitioner Exchange Series: Teaching Dance from a Distance
This year we’re offering 1-3 Zoom Practitioner Exchange conversations each month so that dance educators can ask questions, chat about challenges and successes, and collectively generate new ideas in response to teaching dance from a distance. Topics to be scheduled as new questions emerge. Check out the schedule here.
Free Phone Consultations
Free phone consultations are continuing! Get one-on-one support from Luna faculty on any dance ed question – including how to tackle teaching dance from a distance. Check out the new consult calendar here. Email PL@lunadancecreativity.org to reserve your half-hour slot.
