October 13-15, 2018 | ASU Tempe campus
Celebrating and examining the impact of Jews and the Jewish experience on the dance field and broader communities
Jews and Jewishness in the Dance World was deliberately inclusive in scope, definition, and audience. The conference featured over 100 movement and dance specialists from eight countries—Argentina, Austria, Canada, England, France, Germany, Israel, and the United States. These include dancers and choreographers, along with videographers, critics, scholars, educators, and dance/movement therapists, among others.
Approximately 40 unique events took place over three days, including presentations, lectures, workshops, booths and roundtables.
The conference defined Jewishness very broadly as a diverse, ever changing, social construction emerging out of specific historical and cultural contexts that require analysis and reflection. Jewishness covers shifting experiences of Diaspora, the Holocaust, Israel, and Arab-Jewish relations, among other aspects. The event covered different dance styles, including modern, ballet, hip hop and “street” forms, social dance, folk dance, Flamenco and considered developments in the art, educational, commercial and social spheres.
Randi Rashkover, George Mason University Thursday, September 10, 2015 | noon |