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How do we practice together? Reflection "On Attention" by Adesola Akinleye

Adesola recently wrote a blog post responding to a 2-day workshop On Attention Ten philosophers and ten dancers walk into a room in London… Curated by Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca and Heni Hale, on November 29th and 30th 2019, we came together at ID to share a series of workshops and discussions that focused around the notion of attention: ‘ On Attention: A Performance Philosophy Workshop ’ . The event resonated with and addressed how we pay attention to each other – how do we share practices and across practices? How do interdisciplinary approaches make spaces for the multiple threads that different practices offer an idea? For me, this exploration of building frameworks for how ‘we’ come together, (how we pay attention to each other meaningfully) is important work. On a macro, global level, it reflects the 21st century’s call to understand and find equality in the process of coming together that is globalisation. On a micro, practice level, it is part of the problem-solving proce

Performance at The Place 29th Jan 2020 7pm

DancingStrong Movement Lab members Helen Kindred and Maga Judd are performing a work at Resolutions 2020.

Collective Strategies for Diasporan Women in Dance

Join us at the annual The International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference. Hosted by Joan Myer Brown/ Philadanco (Philadelphia Dance Company) in Philadelphia, PA. We will have our roundtable discussion entitled "Collective Strategies for Diasporan Women in Dance" on Saturday, January 18th, 2020 from 2:00-4:00 pm EST The panel in includes: Brenda Dixon Gottschild Ph.D. (Moderator), Quanice G. Floyd, Adesola Akinleye Ph.D., Maria Bauman-Morales, Pawlet Brookes, and S Ama Wray Ph.D. To sign up for the conference, please check out IABD Association website at www.iabdassociation.org