Re:generations 2019 dance & the digital space

Re:generations Conference 2019 dance and the digital space

international perspectives in dance of the African Diaspora

The Lowry Salford 7-9 November

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Planning your sessions

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Programme of Activities

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Untold at Re:generations 2016

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Welcome.

Andrew Hurst Chief Executive, One Dance UK

Welcome to Re:generations – dance and the digital space, we are thrilled to see so many of you here. I would like to give a special welcome to our esteemed keynote speakers, Amanda Spann, Karen Gallagher MBE and Dr Thomas F. DeFrantz who will be sharing their insights and expertise with us. I would also like to thank IRIE! dance theatre, Middlesex University, dance Immersion and The Lowry for their support and partnership on this key sector event.

The theme of the conference is‘dance and digital space’, looking at the way digital technologies impact, support and progress dance as an art form and its contribution to the UK and beyond. As the Sector Support Organisation, it is important for us to bring together leading artists and practitioners; creating a space for critical debate, sharing of best practice and development of a strong and sustainable future for dance.

Hopefully many of you are already familiar with One Dance UK and the work we do to represent and support the dance sector. We welcome new members, so if you have just discovered us and would like to find out more about joining, please do speak to one of the team about the current membership offers.

Thank you again for joining us today. We hope you have a stimulating, thoughtprovoking and rewarding conference!

Mercy Nabirye FRSA WLF

Beverley Glean MBE

I am delighted to be part of the welcoming team for this year’s gathering. We have enjoyed putting together a stimulating programme for you, blending a mix of old and new perspectives from across the globe. This fifth edition is knowledge packed and filled with sessions not to be missed. The discourse is increasingly richer, open and breaking new ground in many ways. As the space we occupy transitions, it is inevitable that we boldly explore further afield and transition to be able to build on what we have achieved so far.

IRIE! dance theatre is once again delighted to be a partner of Re:generations International Conference 2019. We have had the great honor of being associated with this groundbreaking initiative since the first conference took place in London in 2010.The aim is always to ensure that the overarching mission of the event remains constant. “…bringing the dance community together to stimulate critical debate, share current practice, research and innovation and encourage new perspectives for the future.”

Dance and the Digital Space is a response to feedback from past conferences. We know that we have only scratched the surface of this theme. However, we hope that this showcase platform, raises awareness and triggers your curiosity to action.

With each conference the conversations, workshops and performances continue to carry an energy and excitement that’s engaging, inspiring and set the tone for moving forward. Hence, the focus for the next three incredible days‘the digital space’. It is critical that we the advocates of Dance of the African Diaspora (DAD) stay abreast of developments that impact the sector. We must continue to grow the conversations globally, which is the ultimate reach for the conference.

Head of Dance of the African Diaspora, One Dance UK

Many thanks to all the contributors of this year’s conference. Thanks to the past conference contributors in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016, who have helped to build the foundation on which this 2019 Re:generations stands on today.

We welcome you to share and widen connections and hope that your experience impacts your career paths.

Artistic Director and CEO, IRIE! dance theatre

This partnership allows me to play a significant part in shaping the event and I am in awe of the generosity, passion and dedication of the team of individuals involved in fundraising and planning to ensure the success of Re:generations 2019.

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Promotional opportunities for your work through our wide reaching social network channels (-150K Followers) Discounts to One Dance UK and partner events, including Re:generations, conferences for choreographers, dance teachers Networking events to connect you with other artists, professionals and practitioners across the dance sector Access to discounted Public Liability Insurance Free advice on matters including business, health and career development

One Dance UK supports the practice of dance of the African Diaspora, with the aim to make the form visible and valued as part of the British cultural experience

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Dr Adesola Akinleye

Vivine Scarlett

Eckhard Thiemann

Middlesex University is delighted to be a partner in Re:generations 2019. Dance and the digital space as a conference theme is both timely for the field and an exciting opportunity to share innovative ideas and practice across our international dance community. Middlesex University’s core values encompass“collaboration as a means of achieving more by working together”which neatly encapsulates the vibrant partnership group for this conference. Led by One Dance UK, the breadth of experience and resource contributed by the group of partners has allowed us to create a truly exciting offer for conference participants, both within The Lowry and beyond, via live streaming, blogging, and other forms of digital communication. Middlesex’s commitment to the conference extends to providing student bursaries to enable the next generation of emerging practitioner/ scholars to fully participate in an international event of this standing. The University is also proud to acknowledge the contributions of current staff and alumni to conference presentations and the eagerly awaited sector report,“Dance of the African Diaspora Mapping Research”, that will be launched at the conference and commissioned by One Dance UK.

dance Immersion is honoured be a partner of the Re:generations International Conference for the second time. Based in Toronto, Canada, dance Immersion is celebrating 25 years of presenting dancers and dances of the African Diaspora with programming that offers a variety of activities that evoke diverse artistic experiences.

Welcome to The Lowry!

Senior Lecturer in Dance and Professional Practice, Middlesex University

Executive Director and Curator, dance Immersion

It gives me great satisfaction to know that in 2019, we continue to connect with the global community where we can share space to discuss, strategise and create our legacies for the future.

Over the next few days while we explore the many possibilities of Dance and the Digital Space, I encourage you to not only share and receive, but continue to stay connected no matter how, as we continue to manifest the many different ways to remain present using digital technology.

Welcome and Enjoy!

Programming Associate Dance, The Lowry

The Lowry is one of the most significant dance presenting venues in the UK. Across our three venues The Lyric (1700 seats),The Quays (450 seats), the AlDridge Studio (150 seats), plus our galleries and public spaces we present more than 25 companies per year. Our programme ranges from a largescale popular offer of Matthew Bourne, Rambert and Birmingham Royal Ballet, to the latest emerging new talent like Azara Meghie, Julie Cunningham and Igor & Moreno. Internationalism features highly in our work and we present dance from across the globe as well as from a diverse range of artists in the UK.We present all genres from ballet to hip hop, from flamenco to South Asian and African artists.

Young people develop their passion for dance in our CAT scheme (Centre of Advanced Training) and our Artists Development programme supports new choreographers through a tailored programme of studio space, funding, mentoring and industry support. We collaborate nationally and internationally, including with Dance Consortium, Sadler’s Wells, Dance France UK and many others. This autumn we are proud to join forces with One Dance UK in hosting the Re:generations conference in our venue.

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Planning your Sessions.

RE:GENERATIONS CONFERENCE 2019

Planning your Sessions.

Re:generations aims to connect individuals and communities from across the African Diaspora to stimulate critical debate, share current practice, research and innovation and encourage new perspectives for the future.

With many leading practitioners and organisations presenting sessions covering a myriad of expertise within dance and the digital space, we want to help you find the sessions that are most relevant to you.

To this end we have created a navigation legend to help you plan your time at the conference, based on specific areas of interest. Next to each session in the programme you will find a coloured dot as a guide to identify at a glance the relating sector role for the topics covered in the session.

We hope that the conference gives you food for thought, the opportunity to make new friends and inspires you to make useful connections to your current practice.

Artist-Scholars Artistic Directors Artists CEOs Choreographers Dance Managers Dancers’ Health Producers Teachers

Engage in the digital space For the first time, conference delegates can engage with the programme, speakers, films and more within the digital space.

The partners are enthusiastic to introduce the Re:generations app powered by Attendify.

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We encourage you to share your thoughts within the Activity Stream, connect with new people, make notes on your experiences in each session and give direct feedback on the events.

Make the most of your experience at Re:generations and during your time in Salford, Manchester!

Scan the QR code below with the camera on your mobile to download the app.

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DAY ONE

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Thursday 7 November

Day 1 Programme.

09:45 – 10:00 10:00 – 17:00

9:00 - 17:00 Registration - Foyer

Opening Ceremony - Pier 8 Bar Area Dr H Patten

Opening Remarks - Aldridge Studio

10:00 – 10:30

Films on the Loop - Pier 8 Bar Area

10:30 – 11:30

Keynote Address and Q&A - Aldridge Studio Karen Gallagher MBE – Keynote Facilitator: Peter Badejo OBE

11:30 – 12:00 12:00 – 13:30

Networking Break

13:30 – 14:45

Lunch and Networking Break

14:15 – 16:15

INVITE ONLY Artistic Leaders Lunch Sessions - Pier 8 Room 1

Breakout Sessions One

Using the Digital Age to Tell the Human Stories of Dance - Pier 8 Room 1 CultureMoves: cultural heritage, dance and digital storytelling - Pier 8 Room 2 World in a Box - how to create a cultural disco in any space - South Room Lunch will be served in the Pier 8 Bar Area Artistic Directors & CEOs

INVITE ONLY Artistic Leaders Lunch Sessions - Pier 8 Room 2 Curators, Producers and Programmers

14:45 – 16:15

Breakout Sessions Two

16:15 – 16:30

Short Break

16:30 – 18:00

Breakout Sessions Three

18:00 – 18:15

Finding Your Voice Masterclass - Studio 2 Rhythm and Movement Masterclass - Studio 3 Visibility and Representation on Screen - South Room

Lester Horton Technique Masterclass - Studio 2 Interconnective Training Masterclass - Studio 3 Pop Culture and Black British Archives - How does the music shape the identity of dance in the popular space - Pier 8 Room 1 Digital Platforms and Spaces for culture and performance - Pier 8 Room 2 African Drumming Masterclass - South Room *Time of session is 16:30 - 17:15

Closing Ceremony - Pier 8 Bar Area

Dr H Patten

18:15 – 20:00

Dinner Break

20:00 – 22:00

Evening Performance - The Quays Theatre

Delegates to have dinner on their own Dickson Mbi

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Day 1 sessions.

09:45 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony

Dr H Patten

of Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) with an MA in Social Enterprise, Karen received a BMOBO for MDI’s community dance practice and was a runner up for Merseyside Woman of the Year. She received an MBE, awarded for services to dance in The Queen’s New Year Honours List and is an Honorary Fellow of LJMU. 11:30 – 12:00

10:00 – 10:30 Opening Remarks

Networking Break 12:00 – 13:30 Breakout Sessions One Using the Digital Age to Tell the Human Stories of Dance

10:00 – 17:00 Films on the Loop

Gonzalo Preciado – Azanza, Dr Adesola Akinleye and Louise Katerega Facilitator: Vivine Scarlett

Viewing station available in the Pier 8 Bar Area Taking a break from the conference programme? Pop over to the Pier 8 Bar Area to view our featured films for Re:generations - dance and the digital space where dance forms of the African Diaspora come to life on screen.

10.30 – 11.30 Keynote Address and Q&A

Karen Gallagher MBE – Keynote Creative Consultant Facilitator: Peter Badejo OBE Digital Manipulation – it’s all in the edit (An autobiographical contemplation) Using her story and experiences, Karen considers how digital technology has featured over the years, in her life and career in dance.As she transitions from leading Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI), an organisation she worked spanning 25 years of her career, Karen will share thoughts about African Peoples’ Dance development in Merseyside and how Diversity has played a role in her practice as a creative cultural leader and producer.

Born in Liverpool, Karen trained at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London in the early 80’s then returned to Liverpool to develop dance in a variety of ways.Artistic Director of MDI (1994-2018) she left to set up a freelance career as a Creative Consultant.A Graduant

Gonzalo Preciado - Azanza and Dr Adesola Akinleye PhD presenting A Quarreling Pair (2007) by Bill T. Jones, a reference in dance of the digital age Louise Katerega presenting People Dancing’s ‘Untold Value?’

Survey: How a digital snapshot of a very human practice shared posts, captured presence and potentially shapes futures CultureMoves: cultural heritage, dance and digital storytelling Marie Louise Crawley, Sara Ribeiro and Rui Rodrigues Facilitator: Rosa Cisneros An interactive workshop where participants can engage with the project’s materials but also have the space to discuss dance, diasporic digital content, the CMoves digital tools and site practice in relation to their own work on diasporic communities.

World in a Box - how to create a cultural disco in any space Ithalia Forel, Maria Malone and Pei Tong World in a Box is an engaging, timesaving resource for teachers to deliver world dance and music activities, improving knowledge and skills across a range of subjects.

Unlocks the creative potential of teachers and children, providing exciting and enriching learning experiences (Arts Awards).

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13:00 – 14:45 Lunch and Networking Break

14:45 – 16:15 Breakout Sessions Two Finding Your Voice Masterclass

Lunch will be served in the Pier 8 Bar Area 14:15 – 16:15 ****INVITE ONLY Artistic Leaders Lunch Sessions**** Attendees welcome to bring lunch into the session Artistic Leaders Lunch: Artistic Directors & CEOs Andrew Hurst, Christopher Rodriguez with Julia Fawcett OBE A facilitated session responding to a written precis provocation on cultural leadership from Hilary Carty (Clore Leadership) as a STIMULUS to create own lists and use the session to highlight what they would prioritise and why.The session will widen into a full room discussion with invited participants. Notes from the leadership session at last year’s One Dance UK’s 2018 conference, which explored challenges and practical ways forward will also be provided for reference. Hilary’s stimulus includes Creative Entrepreneurship -creativity being infinite; Managing People -unleashing highflyers and delegating; Diversity and Inclusion -giving up that seat and letting others in; Fundraising skills; and International outlook.

Artistic Leaders Lunch: Curators, Producers & Programmers Freddie Opoku-Addaie, Eckhard Thiemann, Karen Gallagher MBE and Vivine Scarlett An open and interactive discussion with invited producers, programmers and curators, exploring and identifying opportunities, challenges and practical ways forward for the dance sector. Panelists Eckhard Thiemann and Freddie Opoku-Addaie share their experiences in a conversation facilitated by Karen Gallagher MBE and Toronto based Vivine Scarlett, founder of dance Immersion.A key enquiry for the session includes looking at how the digital space is affecting producing and presenting work today.

Juel D. Lane This high energy dance workshop encourages students to strengthen their voice with the use of movement.

Ultimately, attendees will become more in tune with their emotional resonance through dance.

Juel D. Lane is one of Dance Magazine’s“25 to Watch”and currently dances with Bessie Award winning Camille A. Brown & Dancers. Lane’s dance on film,”The Maestro”was featured on AfroPunk.com and recently won Best Music Video for The Bronze Lens Film Festival.

Includes Live Music by Munir Zakee Rhythm and Movement Masterclass Zab Maboungou Rhythms, Posture and Alignment for Dance and Rhythmic Codes • Postural principle and rhythmic resilience.

• Study of“forms – rhythms”.

• Technique and body consciousness.

• Space and engagement Includes Live Music Visibility and Representation on Screen Ghislaine Boddington and Susannah Simons Facilitator: Dr Sharon Watson Industry experts share their experience and work enhanced by technologies to produce live and recorded mid-scale to mass productions, highlighting the challenges, opportunities as well as myths surrounding the industry.

Discussions will include sharing initiatives achieved in collaboration with small to large industry bodies.

16:15 – 16:30 Short Break

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16:30 – 18:00 Breakout Sessions Three Lester Horton Technique Masterclass Heather Star Benson Going beyond the principles of the Horton Technique, this masterclass is about expressing your artistry whilst building a strong foundation and unique performance skills.

Dancers will learn a series of Lester Horton’s set exercises, then take the space in a series of choreographic phrases.

Heather Benson is a former company member of Dallas Black Dance Theatre II, Urban Bush Women and Philadanco! Now residing in London, Heather teaches Horton Technique for Artistry Youth Dance, the WAC Arts Diploma Programme, and University of Roehampton. In addition to her performance and teaching experience, she supports individuals and organisations as a programme/ events manager, strategic consultant and mentor.

Interconnective Training - Masterclass Robert Solomon 1. Training of kinesthetic perception 2. Floor Barre training as well as training of the body center.

3. Interconnective Training: connecting different dance techniques together, as well as explaining the logic of the link 4. Repertoire from Robert’s choreography“Berliner Luftbrücke”(Berlin Airlit, 1948-…)

Pop Culture and Black British Archives – How does Music shape the identity of dance in the popular space?

Alexandrina Hemsley, Antoine Marc, Nike Durosaro and Tony Nwachukwu, hosted by Nike Jonah Counterpoints Arts

black archives for the past, present and the future?’‘Why is this an urgent question for communities, artists, activists, cultural organisations etc?’‘What role can digital media play in making archives more accessible and to whom?’

A Long-table Discussion presented in partnership with Counterpoints Arts Digital Platforms and Spaces for culture and performance Joumana Mourad, Lara Ratnaraja and Kwesi Johnson, Facilitator: Dr Sarah Black How do we get the best out of combining art, technology and the use of digital in culture (performance)? What does this mean for artist and audiences, diversity in access and bias in data? Panelists will also share projected examples of work/research in relation to science, physics and dance, exploring the idea of‘rethinking choreography for the modern age’, pushing boundaries – political boundaries from a human point of view. Panelists will also invite participants to explore how these initiatives could bring communities together to converse, experiment and create sustainability and artistic exchange locally and globally.

African Drumming Masterclass * Dr Sylvanus Kwashie Kuwor A practical and interactive 45-minutes session led by Dr Kwashie Kuwor, Department Head of Dance, University of Ghana, teaching drumming skills using drums from Ghana, West Africa.The open class session may incorporate sharing some demonstrations digitally/remotely. *Time of session is 16:30 – 17:15 18:00 – 18:15 Closing Ceremony Dr H Patten

Facilitator: Wunmi Olaiya When looking at black dance, we must also look at the history of black popular music and how it gave birth to specific dance styles. In this long-table session, we will (literally) kick off the discussion with dancers, choreographers, DJs, musicians. Immediate questions will include‘who has the right to collect, shape and re-frame the

18:15 – 20:00 Dinner Break Delegates to have dinner on their own

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20:00 – 22:00 Evening Performance

Dickson Mbi Enowate Inspired by a personal trip Dickson Mbi took to his family ancestral village in Cameroon Enowate means Truth Stands. In this journey Dickson encountered a two- headed snake and a tiger that roared to announce his presence at a funeral.These unnerving experiences brought into question his own identity as he seeks to negotiate his London East End upbringing and his animistic practice influenced by his heritage.

Re:generations Conference delegates have access to discounted tickets to a selection of performances taking place at The Lowry leading up to and during the conference.

Book via The Lowry’s box office or website using promo code ‘Regeneration’.

BOP Jazz Theatre Company, Re-generations 2016, Birmingham © Foteini Christofilopoulou

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Friday 8 November

2 programme.

08:45 – 09:30

8:30 - 17:00 Registration - Foyer

Warm up - Mojah Technique Masterclass (open class) - Studio 2

Ajile Axam, Dawn Axam and A. Kikora Franklin Artists Tea and Talk - South Room Dickson Mbi, Nova Bhattacharya, Omar Ingram and Serge Aimé Coulibaly.

Facilitator: Kwesi Johnson

09:45 – 10:00

Opening Ceremony - Quays Bar Area

10:00 – 10:30

Opening Remarks - Aldridge Studio

10:00 – 17:00

Films on the Loop - Hexagon Room

10:30 – 11:30

Keynote Address and Q&A - Aldridge Studio

11:30 – 12:00 12:00 – 13:30

Peter Badejo OBE

Dr Thomas F. DeFrantz – Keynote Facilitator: Dr Adesola Akinleye

Networking Break Dance of the African Diaspora Sector Mapping Research Report Launch - Dele Meiji Fatunla, Heather Benson, Jeanefer Jean-Charles and Mercy Nabirye FRSA WLF - Aldridge Studio

World Café: Future of DAD in the UK - Andrew Hurst, Christopher

Rodriguez, Denise Saunders Thompson, Dr ‘Funmi Adewole, Jonzi D, Vivine Scarlett and Jeanefer Jean Charles - Pier 8 Bar Area

13:30 – 14:45

Lunch and Networking Break

13:45 – 14:15

Site Specific Performance - Quays Bar Area

14:45 – 16:15

Breakout Sessions Two

16:15 – 16:30 16:30 – 18:00

Short Break

18:00 – 18:15 18:15 – 20:00 19:00 -20:00 20:00 – 22:00

Lunch will be served in the Quays Bar Area 2Faced Dance (UK)

Wearable Technologies and Dancer Data Management Systems - Studio 2 The Political Body Masterclass - Faso Danse Théâtre - Studio 3 Digitally Connecting People, Places and Pieces through Katherine Dunham - Pier 8 Room 1 Exploring Cultural Barriers to Outreach and Training Programmes - Pier 8 Room 2 Digital Platforms, Pedagogical Spaces and New Global Communities - South Room

International Mixed Bill Showcase A - Aldridge Studio

Nafisah Baba (UK), Ballet Creole (Toronto, Canada), Juel D. Lane and Munir Zakee (USA), Project X (UK), Tribhangi Dance Theatre (South Africa)

Closing Ceremony - Aldridge Studio

Peter Badejo OBE

Dinner Break

Delegates to have dinner on their own

INVITE ONLY - Re:generations VIP Reception - Hexagon Room VIP

Reception: Site Specific Performance - Impact Youth (UK)

Evening Performance - The Quays Theatre Faso Danse Théâtre & Serge Aimé Coulibaly

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Day 2 sessions.

08:45 – 09:30 Warm up Mojah Technique Masterclass (open class) Ajile Axam, Dawn Axam and A. Kikora Franklin Mojah is an original dance form created by Terrie Ajile Axam that blends elements of modern, jazz, and West African into one form.The workshop will introduce participants to the spirit, rhythm, vocabulary and high energy that make the Mojah technique!

Includes Live Music by Geyling“Oginga”Love

Alesandra Seutin (Belgium/UK) INA (LIGHT) Two dancers struggle through the fear-drenched darkness of oppression and the feverish chaos associated with it. Only having battled with this do they get their first glimpse of the light - and the freedom and serenity that comes with it.

Choreographer/Performer:Alesandra Seutin Director:Aneil Karia Performers: Nandi Bhebhe and Kennedy Muntanga Music/Performer: Randolph Matthews Costume Designer: Jodie-Simone Howe Produced by Channel 4 Random Acts and Sadler’s Wells Commissioned for Random Acts

Artists Tea and Talk

Antoine Marc (UK) Descent

Dickson Mbi, Nova Bhattacharya, Omar Ingram and Serge Aimé Coulibaly

A man crawls to his death. Spilling out the essence of life, he envisions vivid memories to accompany his decline.

Facilitator: Kwesi Johnson

Created and produced by:Antoine Marc Director:Antoine Marc and Drew Cox Editor: Drew Cox Music: composed by Hammock Music Performers: Sade Alleyne;Antoine Marc; Renako McDonald; Roman Tio Costume Design: Giulia Scrimieri Camera assistant: Sandro Granda Assistants production: Monica Bauer and Valentina Gordeeva Special thanks to: Michael Ricardo Hall; Kemi Durosinmi; Jai Rafferty;Annie Kwan

A facilitated but informal session with panellists sharing their experience as artists and prompting participants to engage and reflect on thoughts and ideas.These talks are touch points with peers to encourage conversation throughout the conference days.

09:45 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony

Peter Badejo OBE

Opening Remarks

Bawren Tavaziva (Zimbabwe/UK) Tavaziva – Design Concepts and Research with Motion Capture for BOY’S KHAYA

10:00 – 17:00

In January 2019 Tavaziva had three design concept and research days to test new technologies and stage design with our creative partners Notch, Noitom, and Green Hippo. Dancers wore a motion capture suit to experiment with projection and real-time graphics.

10:00 – 10:30

Films on the Loop

Film by Bobbin Productions

Viewings in the Hexagon Room

Gerrard Martin Dance (UK) Deplete

Taking a break from the conference programme? Pop over to the Hexagon Room to view our featured films for Re:generations - dance and the digital space where dance forms of the African Diaspora come to life on screen.

An exploration of depletion Performers: Benjamin Jones, Simon Sistarelli & Gerrard Martin, Film by George Jeffries

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State of Our Union A Black British gay man’s relationship with his environment and with himself.

Performers: Mike Scott-Harding & Gerrard Martin Film by Kiraly St. Claire INNER-MINDS-EYES (UK) Free Me Out of Existence New existence within a one soul…

Magnified projection of a once dormant consciousness…

Manifest as Four Beings Two tormented souls…

Revive the Fifth to be‘free of existence!’

Creator:Aoba Safaia Performer: SEZDRENAH Ashley Pope, Marley Seville, Leon Bless-Drydon,Adrian Falconer and Denzil Barnes Producer: INNER-MINDS-EYES Free me out of existence © 2009 INNER-MINDS-EYES/ SEZDRENAH Performed on live at Cloud Dance Festival: Parade, London, UK 6th December 2009 Screened with live performance December 2009- November 2010 Danseur Festival, Sweden Dance Festival, Ductac Hall of Emirates, Dubai Dance UK/ London Underground flashmob, London

Uprooted, the first ever feature length documentary about Jazz Dance that traces the origins of the art form right back to its African roots.

Producer: Lisa Donmall-Reeve Director: Khadifa Wong Assistant Director: Zak Nemorin Director of Photography: Matthew Simpkins Editor: Joan Gill Amorim The Motion Dance Collective Ltd (UK) Finding my feet Still in the midst of rehabilitation, choreographer and dancer Omari Carter confronts his inability to move in ways that he once did. A docu-dance that explores the frustrations, doubts and struggle an injured dancer endures to find their feet again.

Performer: Omari Carter Filmmaker and Editor: James Williams Dr S. Ama Wray (UK) Bodily Steps to Innovation Event:TEDx OrangeCoast, Segerstrom Hall, Irvine Producer:Amir Banifetami Special Request (1998) The journey of the drum is mapped through the streets of Manhattan, Harlem and Brooklyn.

All rights reserved for all images in this video We do not own the music/sound in this video inner-minds-eyes.co.uk

Choreographer and Performer: S.Ama Wray (Sheron Wray) Director: Henry Letts Producer: Deirdre Lovell Cinematography:Andrew Jansen

Kendra Horsburgh from Birdgang Ltd (UK) NOX360: Evidence of Absence

Yu Tamura (Japan) Yemọja

THE MAKING OF NOX360. Idea and process of making this a multi-sensory“Techxperience”that seamlessly combines VR (virtual reality),AR (augmented reality) technology and live dance theatre.

This work is inspired by the Yoruba deity,Yemọja, the owner of the seas and the mother of all children. It is about the water being a witness to human behavior. It is about meeting of ancient consciousness. In is a piece that brings together the elements of Yoruba and Okinawa.

Credits: BirdGang Ltd, Kendra Horsburgh, Lee Robinson, Raj Pardesi Khadifa Wong, On the Rocks Films Uprooted – the journey of Jazz Dance A 20-minute excerpt from the soon-to-be released film,

Creater, Director and Performer:Yu Tamura Collaborator – Dance Film: Maria Regina Lasam-Escueta Choreographer: Rosangela Silvestre Music:Aragaki Mutsumi Sound Design, Mixing and Mastering:Alan Dobson

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10:30 – 11:30

13:00 – 14:45

Keynote Address and Q&A

Lunch and Networking Break

Dr Thomas F. DeFrantz – Keynote Director, SLIPPAGE: Performance, Culture, Technology

Lunch will be served in the Quays Bar Area

Professor of African and African American Studies at Duke University

13:45 – 14:15

Facilitator: Dr Adesola Akinleye Dancing the Afrofuture Who will, and how will, we dance the Afrofuture? This presentation explores its possible contours, in the interchange among Black social dance and advancing technologies. We know we are not one thing, we who are invested in Black and African diaspora dance. We are ballet and Orisha dances, Senegal and Brazil, urban moves and postmodern stages. We imagine forward together. Knowing how different we are from each other, and how aligned we are in this pursuit of an African diasporic understanding of social possibility and art, we imagine forward together.

11:30 – 12:00 Networking Break 12:00 – 13:30 DAD Mapping Research Launch and World Café

Site-Specific Performance 2Faced Dance (UK) Power The fearless new dance production by 2Faced Dance explores our relationship with authority and control.

With abuses of power and domination affecting communities across the world, we look at how power can seduce, shift and shape our behaviour. Performed by three explosive dancers we ask the questions: Who leads? Who follows? Who holds the power?

Performers: Louis Parker-Evans, Sam Buswell, Jason Boyle Choreographer: Alleyne Dance Dramaturg: Louise Katerega Music Design: Sadé Alleyne (Alleyne Dance) Costume Designer: Yiran Duan Set Design: Dave Beever

Dance of the African Diaspora Sector Mapping Research Report Launch

14:45 – 16:15

Dele Meiji Fatunla, Heather Benson, Jeanefer JeanCharles and Mercy Nabirye FRSA WLF

Wearable Technologies and Dancer Data Management Systems

World Café: Future of DAD in the UK

Erin Sanchez, Judith Palmer, Matthew Wyon, Nii Kwartey Owoo and Theo Godson Oloyade

Christopher Rodriguez, Denise Saunders Thompson, Dr ‘Funmi Adewole PhD, Jonzi D, Jeanefer Jean-Charles and Vivine Scarlett This session presents initial results from DAD/ODUK’s mapping of the Dance of the African Diaspora sector which took place between 2017 and 2019 engaging over 100 participants within and outside the sector. The presentation will include an overview of how and why the sector has been mapped, the project methodology and the findings on key areas including funding, audience engagement and visibility within the context of a digitally enabled world.The presentation will be followed by the World Café session to discuss emerging themes from the report and Draw out recommendations for developing Dance of the African Diaspora.

Breakout Sessions One

This session will provide a hands-on practical introduction to wearable technologies and dancer data management systems including Xsens 3D motion capture and kinematics suit and Smartabase AMS to gather and manage data for research and medical applications and provide visual outputs for dance professionals to use data in the context of their work. Participants will be invited to engage in real-time with these technologies to capture information about physical fitness, motion, and kinematics with live performances from a diverse selection of internationally recognised artists including Krump choreographer and dancer Theo Godson Oloyade, contemporary West African choreographer Nii Kwartey Owoo, and Former Principal Dancer with Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble and university lecturer, Judith Palmer.

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The Political Body Masterclass Jean Robert Koudogbo of Faso Danse Théâtre Creation of movements based on urgency, necessity and essence, and what we have to say as citizens Digital Platforms, Pedagogical Spaces and New Global Communities Dr Beatrice T Ayi, Dr H Patten and Jenny Campbell B. Rust Facilitator Tia Monique-Uzor Dr Beatrice T Ayi PhD presenting Dancing in the “online village”: Pedagogical dynamics of African dance forms Dr H Patten PhD presenting I love dancehall: am I ready to teach now Jenny Campbell B. Rust presenting Utilising Digital Platforms as Pedagogical Spaces Digitally Connecting People, Places and Pieces through Katherine Dunham Harmony Bench, Patrick Parson and Takiyah Nur Amin

Exploring Cultural Barriers to Outreach and Training Programmes Dr Adesola Akinleye, Ann Williams, Beverley Glean MBE, Dr Sandie Bourne and Thomas Presto Facilitator: Caroline Miller OBE The session will consider exposure through outreach and training that is available for the advancement of the practice of Dance of the African Diaspora. Referencing ballet, folk dances, contemporary dance and traditional forms it could be argued that there have been some developments in training and outreach. Participants will debate on dance education and the sectors commitment to diversity, access and opportunities for DAD.There are still gaps to bridge within the sector for nurturing dancers on route to their working life and professional career development. Examining the progress and/or status of the practice. Can the digital space serve as a point of connection?

16:15 – 16:30 Short Break 16:30 – 18:00 International Mixed Bill Showcase A

Facilitator Kate Elswit The project‘Dunham’s Data’ works with Katherine Dunham’s global influence to explore how analysis and visualization of data is meaningful for understanding and communicating dance history. Dunham had a rich career, with a legacy spread across many fields, continents, and individuals.This session shows how digital methods offer a unique way of gathering that information about people, places, and pieces.The presentation will provide opportunities to engage with our work in progress, including debuting a community map of Dunham stories and inviting attendees to contribute their own.

Presented in collaboration with Central School of Speech and Drama RCSSD Research team – Dunham’s Data

Producer: Heather Benson Assistant Producer: Anthea Lewis Presenter: Tiah Parsan Nafisah Baba (UK) Inescapable Nafisah reflects on a difficult choice she faced when she was younger to play netball or focus on becoming a dancer.

Throughout the dance she is seen with an invisible ball, and showing the quick, strong focus and precision you need in netball, along with moments where dance over-powers, leaving Nafisah torn between which one to do.

Choreographer and Performer: Nafisah Baba Music: Dan the Builder

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Ballet Creole (Toronto, Canada) Soulful Messiah (excerpt) A cultural panorama of spirituality and enchantment; a celebration of life.

Choreographer: Patrick Parson Performers:Alistair Graphine, Erika Suarez, Gabriella Parson,Yuhala Muy Garcia and Yui Ugai Music: Handel’s Messiah - A Soulful Celebration Costume Designer: Michelle Turpin Lighting Designer: Brad Trenaman Juel D. Lane and Munir Zakee (USA) The Maestro Choreographer: Juel D. Lane Performers: Juel D. Lane and Munir Zakee Music: Original composition by Munir Zakee with elements from Noble Sissle, Barry White, Paul Robeson, J. Cole, Daryl Coley, Little Richard Costumes: Jarrod Barnes and Clare Parker Project X (UK) Ghost Dimensions Choreographer: Mele Broomes Performers: Mele Broomes,Ashanti Harris,Andrei van Wyk Musician:Andrei van Wyk CREDITS Direction & Performance: Mele Broomes Direction & Performance:Ashanti Harris Cinematography:Tseliso Monaheng Composition & Sound Design:Andrei van Wyk Lighting Design: Barry Strydom Sculptural Costume:Architectural bombers - Tabane Hlahats

Underneath the singing moon Near the place where your feet pass by.

This was not a piece with a theme.

Its theme became the fact of the floor under foot, of the sky above, and of our being here, in the way that wear, in between the two.

Choreographer: Laila Diallo Performer: Nafisah Baba Music:‘Je te laisserai des mots’ by Patrick Watson Text: Laila Diallo Tribhangi Dance Theatre (South Africa) Elements The piece acknowledges the 5 Elements Earth, Water, Wind, Air and Fire in our lives and uses digital enhancements to highlight this through dance and music.

Choreographer: Jayesperi Moopen Performers: Priya Naidoo, Nhlanhla Zwane, Bongani Nkala, Timmy Khalane, Robin-Lee Delport Music: Shankar Mahadevan, Craig Armstrong, Shpongle, Anoushka Shankar, Daby Toure Digital Artist: Warren Liss 18:00 – 18:15 Closing Ceremony

Peter Badejo OBE 18:15 – 20:00 Dinner Break

Nafisah Baba (UK) image Near the place where your feet pass by

Delegates to have dinner on their own

This is not a piece with a theme This is a piece born out of meeting.

This is a piece of Nafisah and a piece of me.

We brought who we were to the same place.

We threaded our dances into one.

I bought a song. It goes…

I’ll leave you words Underneath your door

INVITE ONLY - Re:generations VIP Reception

19:00 – 20:00 Partners welcome international delegates to a drinks reception.Activity will include speeches, a glance at Dance Consortium’s screening of the recent live streamed workshop with Alvin Ailey America Dance Company and participant youth companies at Sadler’s Wells stage Impact Youth and Artistry Youth; followed by a live sitespecific performance by Impact Youth.

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Impact Youth (UK) Freedom “Being connected digitally is making us disconnected socially and physically, and I think there’s a huge opportunity now to rediscover and reinvent the significance of meeting in the physical space.”- Bjarke Ingels Performers:Tyra Egbri, Bethanie Gbocho, Nia James, Francesca Costagliola Choreographers: Hakeem Onibudo and Cherilyn Albert Music: Khruangbin by August Twelve Text by Bjarke Ingels from Time Sensitive Interview Bjarke Ingels to Cities:Take a Longer View

20:00 – 22:00 Evening Performance

Faso Danse Théâtre & Serge Aimé Coulibaly Kalakuta Republik The commitment of an artist to his world, his society, the world in general.The obligation to take a position and express himself, even when the message is not popular.

This idea is at the basis of the entire oeuvre of Serge Aimé Coulibaly. Inspired by Fela Kuti, the Nigerian composer, saxophonist, conductor, political activist and inventor of Afrobeat, the Belgian-Burkinan choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly has created a new performance in which politics is more than just a vague dramaturgical undertone.

Re:generations Conference delegates have access to discounted tickets to a selection of performances taking place at The Lowry leading up to and during the conference.

Book via The Lowry’s box office or website using promo code ‘Regeneration’.

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08:45 – 09:30

Saturday 9 November 8:30 - 17:00 Registration - Foyer

Warm up - Enliven Yoga (open class) - Studio 2

Gerrard Martin

Artists Tea and Talk - South Room Jaz-FairyJ formerly known as Jasmyn Fyffe, Kendra Horsburgh and Yu Tamura. Facilitator: Kevin A. Ormsby

9:30 – 9:45

Site Specific Performance - Quays Bar Area

9:45 – 10:00

Opening Ceremony - Quays Bar Area

10:00 – 10:30 10:00 – 17:00 10:30 – 11:30 11:30 – 11:45

Artistry Youth Dance (UK)

Zab Maboungou

Opening Remarks - Aldridge Studio Films on the Loop - Quays Bar Area Keynote Address and Q&A - Aldridge Studio

Amanda Spann – Keynote Facilitator: Dr Sharon Watson

Short Break

11:45 – 13:15

Breakout Sessions One

13:15 – 14:30

Lunch and Networking Break

14:30 – 16:00

Breakout Sessions Two

16:00 – 16:30

Networking Break

16:30 – 18:00

International Mixed Bill Showcase B - Aldridge Studio

18:00 – 18:15

Glimpses of the BA (Hons) Diverse Dance Styles with IRIE! - Studio 2 Dance Symbolic Signification & Meaning Making in the Digital Age - Pier 8 Room 1 Dance on Film and Screen Technology - Pier 8 Room 2 Lunch will be served in the Quays Bar Area The Body As Archive in the Digital Age - Studio 2 Talawa Technique Masterclass - Studio 3 Lagos Fringe Facilitated Networking - Pier 8 Room 1 Agile Digital Studios - Agumented Reality Demonstration - Pier 8 Room 2

Movement Angol (UK), Imani Jendai and Jim Parris (UK), Axam Dance Theater Experience (USA), Zab Maboungou and Danse Nyata Nyata (Montreal, Canada)

Closing Ceremony - Aldridge Studio

Zab Maboungou

18:15 – 19:00

Dinner Break

19:00 – 20:30

Evening Session - Studio 3

19:00 – 22:00 20:00 – 22:00

One Dance UK Awards Ticketed Event - Imperial War Museum North

Delegates to have dinner on their own Embodied Flow - Articulating the Articulations Masterclass

Evening Performance - The Quays Theatre Faso Danse Théâtre & Serge Aimé Coulibaly

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Day 3 sessions.

08:45 – 09:30

09:45 – 10:00

Warm up

Opening Ceremony

Enliven Yoga (open class) Zab Maboungou Gerrard Martin An artistic and contemplative practice, which includes dynamic, energising and uplifting movement.

10:00 – 10:30 Opening Remarks

Artists Tea and Talk Jaz-FairyJ formerly known as Jasmyn Fyffe, Kendra Horsburgh and Yu Tamura Facilitator: Kevin A. Ormsby A facilitated but informal session with panellists sharing their experience as artists and prompting participants to engage and reflect on thoughts and ideas.These talks are touch points with peers to encourage conversation throughout the conference days.

09:30 – 09:45 Site Specific Performance

10:00 – 17:00 Films on the Loop (all dots)

Viewing station available in the Quays Bar Area Taking a break from the conference programme? Pop over to the Quays Bar Area to view our featured films for Re:generations - dance and the digital space where dance forms of the African Diaspora come to life on screen.

10:30 – 11:30 Keynote Address and Q&A

Artistry Youth Dance (UK) A Cure for Longing A Cure for Longing explores the involuntary human instinct to pursue a sense of belonging. This key component of identity and esteem is often found synonymously with one’s connection to a tribe; family, state, country, a people, trends or friends. To us all, this pursuit, at times, becomes a painful survival-task with the inability to find a tribe commonly treated as a social illness that is to, by all means, be avoided. The fear is we may never recover. The pursuit of belonging is spent at all cost, even when connecting to the tribe could come at the loss of belonging to self.

Performers: Grace Akinbode, Sophina Bradshaw - Davis, Shinice Davidson, Malaika Eyebi - Kadock, Hana Kasasa, Phoebe - Rae Levene Choreographer: Sean Graham Music: Fatoumata Diwara-Kele,Vogue Ninja - Cardi B Vogue remix, Spoken word: Joshua Abah- Uncle Sam, Lemm Sissay- Belong (We Belong Here), David Whyte: On Belonging & Coming Home. Other sounds produced by Sean Graham

Amanda Spann – Keynote Innovation Marketer and Manager Facilitator: Dr Sharon Watson Algorithms in Alignment: How to leverage technology to build buy-in, brand engagement and boost business in the world of dance.

In this presentation, app entrepreneur and consultant Amanda Spann will share insights, strategies and step by step instructions on how to utilize the latest tech tools and tactics to build and brand your business without the technical overwhelm.

11:30 – 11:45 Short Break

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11:45 – 13:15

14:30 – 16:00

Breakout Sessions One

Breakout Sessions Two

Glimpses of the BA (Hons) Diverse Dance Styles with IRIE! Dance Theatre

The Body As Archive in the Digital Age

Beverley Glean MBE, Rosie Lehan and IRIE! dance theatre IRIE! dance theatre launched the new BA(Hons) Diverse Dance Styles to the first cohort in September 2018. The workshop will invite participants to enjoy the essence of the work, a presentation of traditional forms from a contemporary perspective, producing an innovative fusion of techniques.

Dance Symbolic Signification & Meaning Making in the Digital Age Aminah Namakula, Dr Nicholas Chielotam Akas and Dr S. Kwashie Kuwor Facilitator: Dr H Patten Aminah Namakula presenting The Dance Roots Dr Nicholas Chielotam Akas PhD presenting Signifying Symbols in Traditional Dance:A Study of Nkwanwite Dance in Afikpo Nigeria Dr S. Kwashie Kuwor presenting Dance Research and the issue of representation Dance on Film and Screen Technology Antoine Marc, Baff Akoto, Bawren Tavaziva, Denzil Barnes, Khadifa Wong, and James Williams and Omari Carter of The Motion Dance Collective Facilitator: Nadia Denton A facilitated session with panellists sharing their experience and practice in the use of film with the dance practice in relation to other creative forms. Enquiries will include questions like, what are the possibilities and hindrances faced with this space and innovation? Can the digital space help to bridge the gap and move dance on par with other forms?

13:15 – 14:30 Lunch and Networking Break

Lunch will be served in the Quays Bar Area

Dr Adesola Akinleye, Harry Fulleylove, Gesel Mason and Molly Christie Gonzalez Facilitator: Darren Pritchard Dr Adesola Akinleye and Harry Fulleylove presenting The last place they thought of: dancing a cartography of black women’s spaces Gesel Mason presenting No Boundaries:A Journey to Embody and Archive the Work of Black Choreographers Molly Christie Gonzalez presenting Dance as a Social Act:The Pedagogy of Katherine Dunham Technique and Philosophies Talawa Technique Masterclass Thomas Presto Talawa Technique by Thomas Presto uniquely combines rhythmic structures, a specialised approach to grounding, and traditional African Aesthetic movement qualities, such as: trembling, shaking, undulating and pulsating.Talawa Technique is a fully codified and examinable technique for Africanistic movement and aesthetics.

Lagos Fringe Facilitated Networking Dr ‘Funmi Adewole and Kenneth Uphopho Lagos Fringe is an open access multidisciplinary arts festival and it’s offering to artists to present work in repurposed spaces.This facilitated networking session acts as a starting point to connect artists in UK and Nigeria to explore possibilities for international exchange.

Agile Digital Studios - Augmented Reality Demonstration Kwesi Johnson A practical demonstration of how the Agile Digital Studio works created by Kwesi Johnson. He is on a mission to democratise the creation, distribution and consumption of the arts, culture and heritage through events, digital innovation and developing creative spaces.

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places/ countries. Participants will also have a peak into a 360 Degrees Augmented Reality technology experience.

16:00 – 16:30 Networking Break 16:30 – 18:00 International Mixed Bill Showcase B

Producer: Heather Benson Assistant Producer: Anthea Lewis Presenter: Tiah Parsan Movement Angol (UK) Hope and Dreams A new work exploring Movement Angol’s approach to synthesising forms within the context of the company’s ‘Embodied Flow’ Contemporary African dance expression.

The work aims to give an emotional response to the phrase -‘I am the hope and Dream of the slave’, an excerpt taken from Maya Angelou’s poem –‘Still I Rise’

Zab Maboungou and Danse Nyata Nyata (Montreal, Canada) Mozongi “Being a body is a performance in itself”- Zab Maboungou Mozongi (Return) is a piece about time, and more precisely, about the physics of time.The step is weight and weight is time. Not repetition, but persistence.The structure of Mozongi thus unfolds through the contrasts of movement and of immobility, of the one and of the many, in order to give shape to a primordial conflict – that of time which consumes space.

Choreographer and Composer: Zab Maboungou Performers: Karla Etienne, Sale Alberto Almirante, Mithra Rabel, Marie-Denise Bettez Musicians: Elli Miller-Maboungou,Adama Daou, and Bruno Martinez Instruments: Ngomas Lighting and Technical Director: Pierre Lavoie 18:00 – 18:15 Closing Ceremony

Choreographer: Francis Angol Performers: Claudia Tonietto,Ayanna Allen, Lauryn Picard

Zab Maboungou

Imani Jendai and Jim Parris (UK) Shading the Count

18:15 – 19:00

Bass Player, Jim Parris & Tap Percussionist, Imani Jendai, meet, converse and interpret their love of pattern, by combining performance with electronic loops, digital film and software.This work seeks to develop as a performance installation for galleries and unusual spaces.

Dinner Break

Choreographers, Performers and Musicians: Jim Parris and Imani Jendai Directors: Jim Parris and Imani Jendai Digital Film: Clive Hunte Digital Realisation:Andrew Crofts

Evening Session

Axam Dance Theater Experience (USA) Sisters Unconditional bond between you and your sisters, blood or not.

Choreographer: Dawn Axam Performers: Briana Bunkley, Bree Buxton, Sakinah Bennett Music: S. Renee Clark Photography: Shoccara Marcus of Shocphoto

Delegates to have dinner on their own 19:00 – 20:30

Embodied Flow - Articulating the Articulations Masterclass

Francis Angol A masterclass based on synthesising cultural forms, using reflective practice and Somatics as a platform to embed learning when working with different movement landscapes.The workshop aims to highlight Movement Angol’s embodied approach to teaching and learning where the focus is based on working with the body, rather than on the body to unfold knowledge and understanding through reflecting on experience.

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This workshop will be based around Angol’s individual journey and work, which reflects his many years of research and exploration developing the‘Embodied Flow’ practice, an approach to Contemporary African dance expression.

19:00 – 22:00 TICKETED EVENT - One Dance UK Awards

Imperial War Museum North 20:00 – 22:00 Evening Performance

Faso Danse Théâtre & Serge Aimé Coulibaly Kalakuta Republik The commitment of an artist to his world, his society, the world in general.The obligation to take a position and express himself, even when the message is not popular.

This idea is at the basis of the entire oeuvre of Serge Aimé Coulibaly. Inspired by Fela Kuti, the Nigerian composer, saxophonist, conductor, political activist and inventor of Afrobeat, the Belgian-Burkinan choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly has created a new performance in which politics is more than just a vague Dramaturgical undertone.

Re:generations Conference delegates have access to discounted tickets to a selection of performances taking place at The Lowry leading up to and during the conference.

Book via The Lowry’s box office or website using promo code ‘Regeneration’.

African Heritage UK, Re-generations 2016, Birmingham © Foteini Christofilopoulou

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Biographies.

2Faced Dance Company produce innovative, accomplished and breath-taking work which allows us to tell new and original stories, whilst staying relevant to our audiences.The company tours extensively across the UK and internationally working with cutting edge collaborators, organisations and people.

A. Kikora Franklin Aquila Kikora Franklin is an Associate Professor of Theatre/ Dance at the Pennsylvania State University where she teaches West African, Hip Hop Theatre, and Mojah Dance. Franklin works closely with her mother,Terrie Ajile Axam, creator of the Mojah Dance form.

Dr Adesola Akinleye Dr Akinleye is a choreographer artist-scholar. She began her career dancing with Dance Theatre of Harlem later working in UK Companies such as Green Candle, & Union. She is a Theatrum Mundi Fellow & a Senior Lecturer at Middlesex university. She creates works from live performance (often site-specific involving a crosssection of the community) to films, & text.

Alesandra Seutin International performer, choreographer and teacher Alesandra Seutin.Alesandra founded Vocab Dance in 2007, her work has been performed in Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Africa.Alesandra is currently working on new work ‘Dear Winnie’ for JR.CE.SA.R, which will tour in 2019-2020.

Alexandrina Hemsley Alexandrina Hemsley is a dance artist and writer. Her practice is shaped by and insists on embodied enquiries into a multiplicity of voices expressing felt and embodied politics. She works across the morphing disciplines of live art, dance, dance for camera, theatre, mentoring, creative and critical writing.

Amanda Spann Keynote Speaker Amanda Spann is an execution strategist, app entrepreneur and business podcaster. Sitting at the intersection of product and promotion, she helps brands take their ideas from concept to creation and then build a buzz around them.

Aminah Namakula

Artistry Youth Dance

Caroline Miller OBE

Artistry Youth Dance is a vibrant youth dance company that showcases and celebrates dancers of African and Caribbean descent, aged 12-25 years. We promote diversity in dance and encourage the achievement of success through dance.Axam Dance Theatre Experience

Chief Executive, Birmingham Royal Ballet. Caroline was Executive Director of Orlando Ballet in America and Director of Dance UK. She helped establish the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science and was instrumental in creating One Dance UK. She is Vice Chair of Studio Wayne McGregor.

Aminah Namakula is a dance choreographer and teacher.

Additionally she has performed internationally and serves as an adjudicator of experience in Dance Art Works with Ndere Dance Troupe since 1986.

Aminah organises national and international festivals in schools, institutions and several communities.

AXAM DTE, led by Artistic Director/Founder/Producer Dawn Axam, is a professional dance company of choreographers based in Atlanta.The company’s unique style fuses movement, music, visual arts and storytelling into a seamless artistic expression.They welcome movers of all sizes, ages, abilities and disabilities; using dance to educate, uplift, inspire and connect with diverse audiences.

Ann Williams

Baff Akoto

Ann M. Williams founded Dallas Black Dance Theatre in 1976.

She is a founding member of the Dance Council of North Texas, the Advisory Board of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and The International Association of Blacks in Dance.

Anthea Lewis Anthea is a movement artist, facilitator and producer; her recent projects include curating the discussion panel,Tick Box/ Break Glass/ Look Pretty at the Young Vic and producing a mixed bill programme for the Bernie Grant Arts Centre, both as part of Dance Umbrella/ SystemsLAB.

Antoine Marc Multi Award-Winning content producer and choreographer, engaged in both Live events and Films, developed work that prides itself by being rich in collaborations. He has received numerous awards including the Van Gogh Award by the Amsterdam Film Festival, Best Music and Best Dance Film by the Cannes Global Film Awards and Best experimental film by the ARFF International.

Ballet Creole Patrick Parson’s founding of Ballet Creole in 1990 brought Black Dance to mainstream Canadian stages, establishing the Company as the forerunner of Black Dance in Canada. Patrick is the recipient of the Entrepreneurial Award of Merit from the African Caribbean Chamber of Commerce, and New Pioneers Award.

Bawren Tavaziva Bawren Tavaziva grew up in Zimbabwe. He danced with Tumbuka, then came to England to join Phoenix and Union Dance and in 2004 he presented his own choreography and music as a finalist at The Place Prize. Bawren then formed his own company and became Artistic Director of Tavaziva

Dr Beatrice T. Ayi Beatrice Ayi, performer/teacher of traditional African dances, graduated with a professional Diploma in Theater Arts, majoring in Dance. She also holds master’s and doctoral degrees in dance.

Her research focuses on Dance Education and concepts of Tradition.

Christopher Rodriguez A Fellow of the Association of Certified and Chartered Accountants, Chris has previously worked for Talawa Theatre Company as Associate Director/ Executive Producer, Rifco, Pegasus Opera and also at PwC, specialising in the energy sector.

CultureMoves EU Funded Project CultureMoves is a Europeanfunded project which explores the intersections of dance, technology, site, tourism and the Europeana online library. Central to the project is a consideration of how dance can create new forms of engagement to spread the knowledge of cultural heritage and also the history of a territory.

Darren Pritchard Darren Pritchard is currently Artistic Director of Darren Pritchard dance, Co-Founder of Black Gold Arts Festival and Mother of the Northern Power vogue house.

Dele Meiji Fatunla Dele Meiji is a British Nigerian writer, communications consultant and researcher. He has previously held roles with Pearson PLC, and The Royal African Society, and undertaken research projects for a number of organisations including the British Council,African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) and The Initiative for Equal Rights. He is currently administrator for The Caine Prize for African Writing.

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Denise Saunders Thompson

Freddie Opoku-Addaie

Denise Saunders Thompson is the President/CEO of The International Association of Blacks in Dance. Her nonprofit/for-profit management and philanthropic career spans over 25 years of executive director and program director experience.

Dr ‘Funmi Adewole

St. Louis, Illinois, where he studied and performed as a percussionist, dancer and actor for 15 years. Love continues to perform and tour.

Gerrard Martin Dance

Dr H Patten

Gerrard Martin trained at De Montfort University and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. He is a dancer, choreographer, movement director and yoga teacher. Credits include Rosie Kay Dance Company, Tavaziva Dance, Union Dance Company, Disney’s The Lion King on West End, Ballet Black, Aletta Collins Dance Company, State of Emergency, Phoenix Dance Company,The Snowman, the National Theatre, the English National Opera, and the Royal Opera House.

Dr‘H’ Patten is an experienced choreographer, filmmaker, performer, storyteller, visual artist and University lecturer. His international reputation in African and Caribbean arts spans over 35 years, choreographing for multiple National Dance Companies.

‘H’ recently completed his PhD entitled; The Spirituality of Reggae Dancehall Dance Vocabulary: a Spiritual, Corporeal Practice in Jamaican Dance.

Gesel Mason

An accomplished professional Red-carpet Movie Host and MC as well as the founder and CEO of IMPACT DANCE. Hakeem is also a choreographer, performer, mentor and British Council ambassador.

Dickson Mbi Company Dickson is an award-winning hip hop and contemporary artist and choreographer from East London.

He was nominated for‘Best Achievement in Dance’ at the UK Theatre Award,‘Emerging Artist’, ‘Outstanding Male Performer (Modern)’ at the National Dance Awards Critic Circle in 2017 & 2018 and the South Bank Sky Arts Awards for the‘Times Breakthrough Artist’ 2018.

Dunham’s Data: Harmony Bench, Kate Elswit, Takiyah Nur Amin Dunham’s Data: Katherine Dunham and Digital Methods for Dance Historical Inquiry is a three-year AHRC-funded project, led by Kate Elswit (PI) and Harmony Bench (CI), with Takiyah Nur Amin (Dance History Postdoctoral Fellow) and Antonio Jimenez Mavillard (Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow).

Eckhard Thiemann Eckhard Thiemann is Programming Associate – Dance for The Lowry, where he presents more than 25 dance companies per year, and artistic director of Shubbak, London’s largest festival of contemporary Arab culture. He was a producer for the London 2012 Festival, curator for the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival (2011), OUTSPOKEN – NEW PERFORMANCE FROM ARAB ARTISTS (2010) and African Crossroads (2009).

Francis Angol Francis is the founder and Artistic Director of Movement Angol Dance, which produces work that draws from the teachings and practices of dance from the African Diaspora, blended with Western Contemporary dance and underpinned by Somatic practice.

He is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Surrey and the Director of Dance at Islington Arts Factory.

Gesel Mason is a choreographer, performer, educator, and arts facilitator. She is Artistic Director for Gesel Mason Performance Projects and Associate Professor at University of Texas, Austin. Mason has worked with Liz Lerman, Ralph Lemon, Rennie Harris, Donald McKayle, Bebe Miller, and others.

Ghislaine Boddington Ghislaine is a curator/director specialising in the future human, body responsive technologies and immersive experiences.

She is Creative Director of body>data>space, presents for BBC World Service Digital Planet and was awarded 2017 International IX Immersion Experience Visionary Pioneer Award.

Gonzalo PreciadoAzanza Gonzalo Preciado-Azanza: International Dancer, Choreographer, Researcher & Author. Gonzalo is a member of The Latvian National Ballet in Riga since 2015. Gonzalo is a graduate of the on-line Distance Education programme BA Professional practice (BAPP) at Middlesex University. His work can be seen at www.gonzalopreciadoazanza.com

Greyling “Oginga” Love Greyling Oginga Love teaches drumming and West African Dance. He developed his talents through the Katherine Dunham Performing Arts Center in East

Hakeem Onibudo Conference Host

Impact Youth The company’s aim is to motivate, lead and inspire‘ordinary’ people to do‘extra-ordinary’ things through the medium of dance.

INNER-MINDS-EYES IME is a duo company which British Caribbean performance architect Denzil and Japanese dance artist Aoba have established since 2009.Their artistic directions/ approach is to challenge what performance is; fusing their strong embodiment of their own cultural backgrounds into new forms of dance art.

IRIE! dance theatre Beverley Glean MBE and Rosie Lehan have been working together in partnership with IRIE! dance theatre for many years.They have conducted research in Cuba, Ghana.

Jamaica , the USA and UK . Since 2008 they led a Foundation Degree in Dance and in 2018 launched the first BA in Diverse Dance Styles in Europe.

Harry Fulleylove Heather Star Benson Heather Benson teaches Horton Technique for Artistry Youth Dance, WAC Arts and University of Roehampton.Additionally, she works freelance as a Project Manager for One Dance UK, Artistry Youth Dance and Kauma Arts.

Hilary Carty Hilary Carty, Director of Clore Leadership, started her career in the performing arts, specializing in dance. She worked in leadership roles for organisations including Adzido Dance Company,Arts Council England, 2012 London Olympic Games. She works internationally as a consultant in the arts and cultural industries, a coach, and has written and lectured widely on leadership and cultural development.

Imani Jendai Teacher and performer Imani Jendai, has focused on dance culture for more than 20 years.

Imani’s work explores‘tap-phonics’, percussion; mixing current sounds with hip-hop, afro-beat and jazz.

Exploring its complex potential and using it as non-verbal communication.

Jaz-FairyJ Jaz-FairyJ has been practicing her art as a Performing Artist, Choreographer and Art-Educator for 12 years. Recent contracts include: Shakespeare in Action, Soul Pepper Theatre,ArtOMI International dance residency, Toronto Dance Theatre and Cahoot’s Theatre“beautiful, brave performer- tender, vulnerable and deeply honest you astonish me!”

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Jim Parris Jim Parris’s career includes touring the world with band Carmel in the 80s, achieving international success. Jim played with African live art ensemble Nzi Dada. In 2004 composed the score for poet Lemn Sissay’s one-man biographical drama Something Dark. Jim is currently doing PhD research into traditional African art.

Jeanefer Jean-Charles & Associates Jeanefer is a Creative Director of large-scale performances, opening ceremonies & outdoor spectacles.

Her work focusses on the creative process to empower artists & participants, whilst bringing together the talents, strengths and shared stories of communities in inspiring and unforgettable ways.

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Jenny Campbell B. Rust Ms. Campbell B. Rust trained as a performer at the Doreen Bird Conservatoire for Dance and Theatre Performance, earning a BA degree. She worked as a dancer, singer, and immersive artist before launching Tap Dance UK in 2018 to provide support for the tap dance community.

Jonzi D Joumana Mourad Dancer/Choreographer,Artistic Director embraces digital technologies in dance, creating performances presented on three different yet interlinked stages (physical, digital-stream & digital-social) to create meaningful worldwide conversations, before, during & after a performance.

Judith Palmer Judith Palmer is an independent dance artist with an expertise in African dance. Her career spans a little over 30 years in the UK cultural sector. She served as Board Chair of the Association of Dance of the African Diaspora (ADAD).

Currently, Judith is the CEO of African Heritage UK, a unique agency delivering masterclasses, training, and mentoring for artists.

Juel D Lane Juel D. Lane is one of Dance Magazine’s“25 to Watch”and currently dances with Bessie Award winning Camille A. Brown & Dancers. Lane’s dance on film,The Maestro was featured on AfroPunk. com and recently won Best Music Video for The Bronze Lens Film Festival.

Julia Fawcett OBE Karen Gallagher MBE Keynote Speaker Born in Liverpool, Karen trained at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London in the early 80’s then returned to Liverpool to develop dance in a variety of ways.

Artistic Director of MDI (19942018) she left to set up a freelance career as a Creative Consultant.

Kendra Horsburgh Kendra Horsburgh is a trailblazing female creative leader and movement architect. She is cofounder of BirdGang Ltd, a leading

Hip-Hop theatre dance company and has worked around the world since 2005. Kendra is fluent in many genres of movement and narrative, catering for Theatre, Stage and Film.

Kenneth Uphopho Kenneth Uphopho is a Director, Choreographer and Arts Manager.

From an early career in 1997 when he began dance creation and performance - to 2009 when he was attracted to directing & talent development. Kenneth now commits to film making, performance of theatre and festivals. He is founding Director of the Lagos Fringe and a fellow of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA).

Kevin A. Ormsby Kevin A. Ormsby is Program Manager of Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) and Artistic Director of KasheDance. He has honed his passion for dance, advocacy, writing and education while performing with various companies and projects in Canada, the Caribbean and the United States.

Khadifa Wong Khadifa trained at London Studio Centre and after 10 years as a dancer moved to New York to study acting. On her return to London, Khadifa realised her true passion lay behind the camera and Rollacosta Productions was formed to help increase diversity on both sides of the camera.

Kwesi Johnson Kwesi Johnson is the Creative Director of The Cultural Assembly, a creative agency bringing together over 40 years of experience in the arts, events, marketing, film, placemaking and project management. Former Artistic Director and choreographer of Kompany Malakhi and a pioneer of hip-hop theatre, his work intersects digital, placemaking and the arts.

Lara Ratnaraja Lara is a freelance cultural consultant specialising in diversity, innovation, leadership, collaboration and cultural policy implementation within the HE, cultural and digital sector. She develops and delivers projects and policy on how cultural and digital technology intersect.

Dr Lesley Main Lesley Main is Head of the Department of Performing Arts at Middlesex University, London. She danced in the United States with Ernestine Stodelle, is director of the Doris Humphrey Foundation UK, and stages Humphrey’s repertory for Arke Compagnia D’Arte (Italy) and MOMENTA Dance Company (Chicago).

Louise Katerega Louise Katerega is a versatile contributor to the UK dance scene, especially acknowledged for her contributions to dance by, for and with disabled people. Based in Leicester, she enjoys a portfolio career as performer, teacher, choreographer, coach, Dramaturg and creative producer. Currently, Louise serves as Associate Artist for People Dancing.

Matthew Wyon Matthew is a Professor in Dance Science at the University of Wolverhampton. He is a founding partner of NIDMS UK and is the former President of IADMS. He has worked with numerous dancers and companies within the UK and Europe as an applied physiologist and strength and conditioning coach.

Molly Christie Gonzalez Assistant Professor of Dance/ Dance Education at University of Massachusetts. MFA in Dance, MA in Dance Education, and BFA in Modern Dance. Her teaching philosophy, choreography, and research is grounded in Katherine Dunham Technique and Philosophies; she was certified by Ms. Dunham in 2003.

The Motion Dance Collective Ltd

from all parts of the community through their core values - access, joy, openness, impact, the power of dance and growth.

Munir Zakee Nadia Denton Nadia Denton has worked in the film industry for over 15 years primarily as a Curator and Author.

She specialises in Nigerian Cinema and coined the term BEYOND NOLLYWOOD to refer to art house, experimental, animation, documentary, shorts and music videos from Nigeria and its diaspora.

Nafisah Baba After winning BBC Young Dancer 2017, Nafisah joined Phoenix Dance Theatre as a Guest Artist for the production and tour of Windrush. Since, she has worked with Kate Prince,Alexis Blake, Alesandra Seutin,Alexander Whitley and Rambert and performed in INALA (2019) at the Peacock Theatre. Nafisah is a graduate of the online distance education programme BA Professional Practice (BAPP) at Middlesex University.

Dr Nicholas C Akas Nii Kwartey Owoo Originally from Accra, Ghana, Nii is a musician and choreographer.

Nii is traditionally trained and works with both traditional and contemporary dance. Nii teaches African Dance on the BA(Hons) Diverse Dance degree at IRIE! dance theatre.

Nike Jonah

The MDC’s purpose is to innovate the screendance production process, present audiences with thought-provoking dance-on-screen narratives and engage artists with playful and educational digital-dance workshops.

Nike has various roles in the cultural sector. She is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Central School of Speech and Drama, she’s also the lead for the Pop Culture and Social Change initiative at Counterpoints Arts. In 2018, she launched Pan African Creative Exchange (PACE) a platform for artists based in Africa.

Movema

Nike Durosaro

Founded in Liverpool in 2009

by Penny Caffrey, Ithalia Forel, Maria Malone and Pei Tong, the company celebrates diversity through dance. Celebrating 10 years of programming, Movema continues to bring people together

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Nova Bhattacharya Canadian choreographer, dancer and cultural leader, Nova Bhattacharya’s powerful dance works emerge from three decades of practice in the multi-disciplinary art form of Bharatanatyam. She is the founder of Nova Dance, www. novadance.ca

Omar Ingram Omar Ingram is an advocate, enthusiast, friend and patron of the arts from Atlanta, Georgia.

With his work mostly focused in theater and dance, he is dedicated to championing programming and policies that are authentically diverse and show culture organically.

Peter Badejo OBE Peter Badejo is one of Nigeria’s foremost choreographers, dancers and African performance specialists. His presence in Britain since 1990 has made a dramatic impact on British arts in general.

He is Artistic Director of Badejo Arts. He was awarded an OBE in 2001 in recognition of his work.

Project X Project X is a non-profit collectively run artist organisation.

They platform dance and performance within the African Caribbean Diaspora in Scotland, through artist opportunities, workshops, productions, conversations and more. Cofounded and run by Mele Broomes, Ashanti Harris and Rhea Lewis, Project X is a collaboration, celebrating the cross-pollination of identities, ideas and forms.

is shaping it as foundation to study improvisation through contemporary African and the diasporic performance practices.

Dr Sandie Bourne Dr Sandie Bourne received a BA Performing Arts in Dance from Middlesex University, a MA in Dance Studies from Surrey University and completed her PhD in Dance Studies at Roehampton University. Her PhD research title was‘Black British Ballet: Race, Representation and Aesthetics’.

Additionally, Sandie has written published work in a number of books and resources.

Dr Sarah Black-Frizell Dance artist/scholar Sarah Black lectures at Liverpool Hope University, specialising in site dance and installation practices, maternal and feminist ethics in performance, choreographic methodologies and teaching Limon Technique. Sarah is a dance maker/performer who works with her husband and two children on developing a performance practice situated in their family home Mother as Curator.

Serge Aimé Coulibaly Serge Aimé Coulibaly is a dancer and choreographer from Burkina Faso. He was born in Bobo Dioulasso and has worked in Europe and the rest of the world since 2002. His inspiration is rooted in African culture and his art is committed to the necessity of powerful contemporary dance.

Dr Sharon Watson

Solomon is an international choreographer, dancer, stage designer and dance teacher. As a soloist Solomon danced with the Alwin Nikolais Dance Ensemble on Broadway in New York City and toured with the Nikolais Dance Theatre throughout America, Africa,Asia and Europe. Currently he is artistic director of JazzDance-Theatre.

Sharon Watson is the seventh and longest-standing Artistic Director of Phoenix Dance Theatre.

Trained at the London School of Contemporary Dance, she was one of the first female Principal Dancers invited to join the all-male award-winning Phoenix Dance Theatre, touring with the company from 1989 to 1997. In July 2019 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Leeds Beckett University for her contribution to the arts.

Dr S. Ama Wray

Steve Cowton

Dr Ama Wray is a dance artistscholar, leading with dance to engage with music, theatre, academia, and technology. She discovered“Embodiology”and

With over 30 years’ experience in theatre, Steve serves as the Head of Theatres at The Lowry and oversees the programming of their three theatres. He has a particular

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passion for contemporary circus, but also enjoys dance in all its forms.

Susannah Simons Susannah Simons is a broadcaster and strategist with a particular interest in distribution and audience development. She was responsible for the pilot phase of the Space and was director of partnerships for Canvas before joining Marquee TV.

Dr Sylvanus Kwashie Kuwor Terrie Ajile Axam Axam is the founder and artistic director of Total Dance. She has performed, choreographed and taught dance and performing arts nationally and internationally.

Axam is the creator of Mojah, a unique form fusing Horton, Dunham and traditional West African dance styles. Mojah has been presented on TV and film and on international platforms across the USA, China, Senegal and Brazil.

Theo Godson Olayale Dr Thomas F. Defrantz – Keynote Speaker Directs SLIPPAGE: Performance|Culture|Technology, group explores emerging technology in live performance applications. Believes in our shared capacity to do better and engage creative spirit for a collective good that is anti-racist, antihomophobic, proto-feminist, and queer affirming.

Thomas Presto Tiah Parsan Tiah has previously worked in marketing for Trinity Laban alongside freelancing and teaching contemporary and commercial workshops for dance schools.Tiah was proud to complete her Urban Dance Degree in 2017 and has been working in the dance sector ever since, liaising with dancers and other professionals within battles, workshops and networking events.

Tia-Monique Uzor Tia-Monique Uzor is an AHRC and Midlands3cities Doctoral Training Partnership candidate based at De Montfort University, where she also lectures part-time. She writes and publishes around issues of identity, cultural traffic, popular dance and women within African and African Diasporic Dance.

Tony Nwuchukwu Tribhangi Dance Theatre Jayesperi Moopen is the Artistic Director of the Tribhangi Dance Theatre.As a noted choreographer she has produced work that has been showcased and platformed across Africa,Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and the UK.

Vivine Scarlett Vivine Scarlett is Founder, Executive Director and Curator for dance Immersion, an organization that presents, produces and supports dancers and dances of the African Diaspora. Working with all dance forms forms,Vivine programmes, promotes and provides platforms for Canadian dance artists to connect.

Wunmi Olaiya Wunmi Olaiya is a dancer, a musician an image-maker (for years she was the image for Soul II Soul) and she designs costumes for Ron K Brown and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Yu Tamura Yu is a performing artist working across multi-disciplinary theatre and dance. Her unique style draws upon folk and contemporary practices, exploring social issues and questions raised around the impact on people’s lives and in their societies.

Zab Maboungou Zab Maboungou, Compagne de l’Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, founder of Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata, a performing and choreographic artist has distinguished herself on all artistic and cultural action fronts.A unique itinerary reflecting the aesthetic with great poetic power.

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