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PHOTO: Donna Clark in Narcissus Rising choreographed by Eleo Pomare photo by Mansa K.Mussa
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The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance
5th Bi-Annual Conference
5th Bi-Annual Conference
dancingBLACKtogether
February 18-20, 2022
Duke University | Durham, NC, USA
(in-person and virtual options)
Duke University | Durham, NC, USA
(in-person and virtual options)
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As we can, in person and virtually, we gather to Dance Black Together. What does our coming together reveal? What is in our assembly for carnival, for the Black parades, for protest? How do we care for each other in our dancing together, in homes and streets, on stages and screens? What sorts of rhythms call us toward collective action? How do we contemplate, while being together in motion?
Anchored by critical dialogue and provocative research presentations, the 2022 CADD conference theme dancingBLACKtogether will feature breakout sessions, movement workshops, and film screenings. The convening seeks to center our participation as Africans in diaspora in dance as a resource and method of creative and aesthetic possibility. Together we will pursue the following lines of inquiry: |
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keynote presenters
Yvonne Daniel, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Dance and Afro-American Studies, Smith College |
Veta Goler, Ph.D.
Dance Educator and Historian |
Jasmine Johnson
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania |
Abdel Salaam
Artistic Director, DanceAfrica Artistic Director, Forces of Nature Dance Theatre |
Dianne "Lady Di" Walker
First Lady of Tap |
The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) is an egalitarian community of scholars and artists committed to exploring, promoting, and engaging African diaspora dance as a resource and method of aesthetic identity. Through conferences, roundtables, publications and public events, we facilitate interdisciplinary inquiry that captures the variety of topics, approaches, and methods that might constitute Black Dance Studies.
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CADD was conceptualized by its founding members and first convened in April 2012 as the African Diaspora Dance Research Group at Duke University.
2020-2022 Executive Board:
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