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Identity Maintenance: Dancing in the In-between
March 30, 2023
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ASL/Closed Captioning Available
This webinar will not be recorded to allow for participants to turn on their cameras and engage more fully
Registration for this event is free for members and non-members, however if you'd like to support NDEO please consider a small optional registration fee of $5, $10, or $15 if you can.
This participatory session engages with visionary author and scholar Gloria Anzaldua’s use of nepantla, a concept that will support movement improvisation intended to surface one’s liminal identities (nepantlas). This practice intends to provide a space for participants to (re)identify and (re)affirm a place in the world by using their lived experiences as conduits for movement research and expression.
I am interested in exploring how movement artists can employ hidden facets of themselves in the studio. In this session, we will use freewriting prompts to connect with aspects of ourselves that might feel sensitive. To make space for vulnerability, I will not ask you to share your writing; however, I will invite you to share the movement exploration inspired by it.
This session aims to counter how standardization in dance curriculums may affect students’ ability to authentically and artistically express themselves. While demonstrating one way to access and use our differences, we can share new ways for students to relate to the art form.
Some resources to consider prior to the webinar:
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Agenda
Speakers
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YEBEL GALLEGOS
<p><strong>Yebel Gallegos</strong> is a dance artist from El Paso, Texas. Yebel played an essential role in founding Cressida Danza Contemporánea in Yucatán, Mexico. During his time with Cressida Danza, he served as a dancer, company teacher, rehearsal director, and academic coordinator for the <em>Conservatorio de Danza de Yucatán</em>. While in Mexico, he also helped create and implement the <em>Festival Yucatán Escénica, </em>an international contemporary dance festival hosted by Cressida Danza. More recently, Yebel concluded a six-year tenure working full-time with the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah. While in Utah, he also involved himself in projects with local artists and taught various population groups in Utah and across the United States. He has performed work from artists such as Twyla Tharp, Doug Varone, Alwin Nikolais, Ann Carlson, Daniel Charon, Stephen Koester, Netta Yerushalmy, Claudia LaVista, Joanna Kotze, Jonah Bokaer, among others. Yebel has had the fortune to travel internationally as a performer and educator to South Korea, Mongolia, France, Austria, and Chile. He earned his BFA in dance from the University of Texas at Austin and the <em>Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlán</em>, directed by Delfos Dance Company. In the Spring of 2021, Yebel received his Master's in Fine Arts from the University of Washington in Seattle.</p>
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Bard College |
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