| Presented in association with the Royal Academy of Dance and Healthy Dancer Canada, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre's SunDance Summer Intensive is now on! Guest experts Nicole Inica Hamilton (July 7), Karen Sudds (July 14), and Andrea Downie (July 21) of Healthy Dancer Canada will lead virtual presentations covering topics such as self-care, warm-up and cool down, and complementary training for dance. This full-day, three week intensive occuring July 5-23 provides dancers ages 8-19 with the means to realize their artistic potential in a professional, interdisciplinary atmosphere. Learn more about HDC's educational outreach initiatives! |  |
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Don't miss DSSE virtual conference this summer! Visit dancescienceandsomatics.com for more information.   HDC Past President and BIPOC Advocacy Working Group member, Andrea Downie, had the opportunity to interview Dr. Janelle Joseph of University of Toronto about the importance of representation in dance and academia.
AD - How does lack of representation impact dancers’ / athletes’ health, wellbeing, and performance? JJ - Lack of representation impacts dancers’ / athletes’ health and wellbeing as it can lead to enhanced feelings of being an imposter and doubt over one’s inclusion and talents. When Black dancers don’t see themselves represented in the teachers, dance school owners, administrators, or educators they may not imagine that those roles are for them. They might limit their imaginations and restrict their roles. As a Black dance teacher and educator, I have acted as a role model and mentor for many people. Black leaders provide guidance to all learners, but especially People of Colour, to understand how to navigate their careers. AD - Please discuss the importance of representation in academia. JJ - Representation in academia is essential for the same reasons. Faculty have to not only guide students but decide on curricula, syllabi, and do committee work within the department that helps to shape the departmental and faculty culture. Without racialised and specifically black faculty the knowledge that is produced about black communities will be limited. This will affect student learning, which ultimately has an impact on the broader culture as students with understanding of and respect for Black peoples and cultures will end up influencing many different industries in anti-racist ways. AD - What are some of the barriers that Black dance scholars face in the academy? JJ - The barriers faced by Black dance scholars are replicated in many different faculties. It is clear that hiring practises are not equitable. In addition to being excluded from hiring and promotion, there is an over-burden of equity work in addition to academic work even if one’s research and teaching do not focus on Black issues. Many Black faculty feel obligated to make things more fair for the next generation to come and end up doing more service work. The burden is especially heavy for those socialized as women who feel pulled into caring and administrative roles. Another important issue for black dance scholars is that we often have to be away from our campuses for research. There is great research happening on black dance in Canada. However, many dance researchers need to travel to Brazil, the U.S., the African continent or across the Caribbean for their research. This can add additional strain to our faculty members role and our personal lives. I don’t think scholars in bench science or humanities consider these additional pressures. AD - How would you describe your research to those not in academia? JJ - To those not in academia I say my research relates to ideas of movement (including dance, sport, and martial arts) and ideas of culture (including race, multiculturalism, and nationalism). I love exploring the meanings we make from, communities we form within, and stories we tell about the moving body. Dr. Janelle Joseph is an Assistant Professor in Critical Studies of Race in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and Founder and Director of the Indigeneity, Diaspora, Equity, and Anti-racism in Sport (IDEAS) Lab. Dr Joseph studies broadly defined movement practices including dance and carnival culture, and produces award-winning research including three books. https://kpe.utoronto.ca/faculty/joseph-janelle We are thrilled to announce that two of HDCs founding members, Donna Krasnow and Andrea Downie, are on the list of nominees for this years IADMS Dance Educator Award! Congratulations!! Check out the full list on IADMS Facebook page and below. The IADMS Dance Educators' Committee is very excited to share the nominees for the 2020 Dance Educator Award! These 22 astounding educators were nominated by their colleagues and students for masterfully integrating principles of Dance Medicine and Science into their teaching practice and inspiring future generations of dance teachers to do the same. Nominators spoke passionately about these studio teachers, clinicians, healthcare providers, coaches, and classroom lecturers. Each of these professionals has devoted themselves to improving the health and performance of dancers through education and we thank them all for their service. The winner of the Dance Educator Award will be announced this October. Please, join us in celebrating these educators: Andrea Downie Angela Pickard Angelique Wilkie Boglarka Simon-Hatala Carrie Skony Daan van den Akker Donna Krasnow Frey Faust Hyp-Access (Audre Wirtanen & Laura Tuthall) Katrina Edwards Manuela Angioi Rachel Fine Roisin Cahalan Sarah Kiely Sarah Reis Sarah Wilcoxon Sonia Rafferty Sujata Banerjee Tiffany Stott Vangeline Wendy Timmons 
Are you dancing during isolation? Getting ready to return to the studio with distancing protocols in place? HDC partner organization, Safe in Dance International, has Guidance for Delivering and Taking Dance Classes Online. Also visit Dance/USA for three informational papers that offer guidance to help the dance sector navigate this challenging time.
 HDC's newest resource Understanding Hypermobility in Dancers, by Dr. Linda Bluestein, is now available to the public. See all of our Dance Resources!
Photograph by Luca Papini Photography Dancer: Lola Rose Jenkins  New article on hypermobility by HDC Immediate Past President, Andrea Downie. On-line and in the recent print issue of The Dance Current, Born Flexible: Managing Hypermobility provides practical tips for dancers.
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Become a member today for access to all of HDCs resources! Photograph by Luca Papini Photography Dancers from Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre   The public now has access to our newest resource, Post-Performance Depression: Coping with the Inner Silence after the Applause (La Flèche). See this resource, and other Dance Resources we have available.
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