Embodied Conversations on Racism: Dancing Difficult Dialogues, 601 E Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN

This event engages our IU campus and local community by providing ways to both talk about and understand systems of racial oppression. Embodied Conversations on Racism is a dance performance mediated by context and conversation to address how we are relating to our country’s current racial climate.
The performance critically engages our campus community in thinking about systems of oppression in relation to the current racial climate in our country. The performers and facilitators of the event ask how these systems of oppression impact our lives; first through dance performance, and secondly through a mediated community dialogue.
Campus organizations dedicated to social justice and service will be present to share information and ways to continue the dialogue and take purposeful action.
This dance event is a collaboration between Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown and Selene Carter, Assistant Professors in Contemporary Dance in the IU Department of Theater, Drama & Contemporary Dance. Associate Professor in the IU School of Education, Dr. Stephanie Power-Carter, is dramaturg and facilitator of the conversation. The performance features members of the IU Contemporary Dance Theater and other guests.
Sponsored by: A New Frontiers Experimentation Grant provided by The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), The Office of the Vice President for Diversity Equity and Multicultural Affairs (DEMA), the School of Education, and the Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance.