Vancouver dance leaders join Redefining Contemporary roundtable, December 5 at 5 pm
In TomoeArts livestream, Margaret Grenier, Lesley Telford, Sujit Vaidya, and Colleen Lanki weigh in with moderator Scheherazaad Cooper
TomoeArts presents Redefining the Contemporary on December 5 from 5 to 7 pm via Zoom; register at Eventbrite or watch it on Youtube
What is contemporary dance? What is traditional dance? Can they intersect? Why can’t we call dance that’s derived from cultural forms contemporary? And could dance programming and curation expand to include dance forms that don’t necessarily fall under “Western” categories?
These are just some of the questions that will be raised at the roundtable Redefining Contemporary, presented by TomoeArts after similar discussions during its Dance Centre residency.
It features TomoeArts’ Colleen Lanki, bharata natyam artist Sujit Vaidya, contemporary dancer and Inverso Productions artistic director Lesley Telford, and Dancers of Damelahamid artistic and executive director Margaret Grenier. Performer and choreographer Scheherazaad Cooper moderates.
Each artist will give a short presentation before the discussion, and audiences will be able to take part in the virtual talk.
The symposium is part of an international series of events on the same topic. There will be online roundtables in India on December 10 and Peru on December 11 (in Spanish).
Related Articles
The 2025 prize is worth $10,000 to research, develop, or produce new work
On the DAWN program, the renowned choreographer reimagines a work whose black-hooded puppeteers embody the unknown
World premiere at Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival sees artists break away from traditional gendered movements and costumes
The a cappella work by Joby Talbot is meant to be seen and heard
At The Cultch, Tentacle Tribe gets kaleidoscopically inventive; at the Playhouse, a masterful live band accompanies a show that roots out the soul of Argentina’s beloved art form
As part of the Canadian Arts Coalition’s national call to action, the Canadian Dance Assembly has launched an advocacy campaign
Through visceral synchronized rhythms, the full-length work challenges mandatory conformity and cohesion
Presented by plastic orchard factory, the solo is performed partly in the nude
Benefit at Scotiabank Dance Centre features the principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada
With projections and a live band, the show celebrates the inclusivity of Argentina’s essential dance form