Katherine Dunham, Holistic Practice: Dance Education and Activism Community Conversation and Panel

We invite you to a community conversation with April Berry to bring together your experience in the master class and film screening. The discussion invites conversation about the Dunham class process and the importance of the Magic of Katherine Dunham and Ms. Dunham's multidimensional work as a choreographer, teacher, writer, anthropologist, and cultural activist. Triangle Area dance educator panelists will share their unique perspectives on diverse dance planning, pedagogy and community building with arts education and activism.

April Berry brings to the conversation her knowledge of and experience with Dunham's pedagogical approaches to holistic education, the Dunham Technique as it developed from Katherine Dunham's choreography, community activism, and socialization through the arts and practices that have emerged in relation to Ms. Dunham's innovative, foundational work, which is vital and impactful as a community-building and transformational force.

6:15-7:45 - Katherine Dunham, Holistic Practice: Dance Education and Activism
Community Conversation and Panel, Rubenstein Arts Center 202

Panel Moderator - Andrea E. Woods Valdes, Duke Dance Program
Panel: April Berry; Nile Russell, American Dance Festival Director of Education; Kristi Vincent Johnson, North Carolina Central University Dance Director; Carol Finley, Meredith College Chair; Keisha Gee, Elon University; Robin Gee, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Director of Graduate Studies; J. Lorand Matory, Duke University Distinguished Professor of Cultural Anthropology.

7:45 - Reception to follow in the Ruby Lounge

Open to the public, all are welcome.

Please sign up: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4NMt9PUGsMngb6m

Free parking is available. Campus Drive lot via Anderson Street.

This residency was made possible by the Hymowitz Guest Artist Fund.