MP28: Evolving Practices in Dance and Embodiment
About
This working group provides a forum for movement educators to exchange pedagogy and artistic practices. Themes of common interest include: decolonizing dance education, embodiment and social change, improvisation as research, community engaged dance.
Open to New People
Active since: 2023
- Cornell University
- University of Rochester
- Hobart & William Smith Colleges
- Skidmore College
Collaborative Goals
Our group aims to:
- Build a network of central NY dance educators and educators in allied fields working with movement and embodiment.
- Share ideas, pedagogy and artistic practices through peer exchange.
- Bring artist-educators for workshops, infusing our region with new ideas (and providing disciplinary professional development rarely available in central NY).
- Research and share best practices in articulated themes of common interest, specifically: To re-envision and revise curriculum (prioritizing inclusivity, interdisciplinarity, cultural competence, and application) through: discourse across institutions, collective research, and working with guest facilitators at the forefront of decolonizing dance education and evolving practices in dance performance.
Group Organizers
Group Members
- Olive Prince, Cornell University
- Amanda Moehlenpah, Colgate University
Activities
Conjuring Memory, Reclamation & Community: How We Rewrite Our Narratives
Sept. 27, 2026, 11 a.m.
Glitch Dance with Dr. Thomas DeFrantz
April 12, 2026, 11 a.m.
Bartenieff Fundamentals Workshop with Alexandra Beller
Sept. 27, 2025, 10 a.m.