UCR Department of Dance

New Research in Critical Dance Studies Colloquium Series
And 
The Christena Lindborg Schlundt Lecture in Critical Dance Studies and Dance Making

Towards Antiracist Futures of Dance in the Post-Pandemic Academy

Recently, dance organizations and institutions across the country have pronounced themselves in different forms against historical social and racial injustice. They have drafted values intended to prompt commitments to fighting against systemic racism and social marginalization. The colloquium and the Schlundt Lecture are motivated by the premise that in order to implement structural changes there must be a radical change on how we have learned to think, be, feel, care, do, and make in the world and in relation to one another. Presenters will be sharing their radical imagination as we keep the fire burning and the momentum going toward envisioning and building a more equitable and antiracist (dance) world.

Coordinated by Jose L Reynoso
Assistant Professor of Critical Dance Studies

APRIL 8 – MAY 27, 2021 Thursdays, 1:30-3:20 pm PDT 
ONLINE - Free and open to the campus and broader community

Register in advance for this series (one link for all presentations): 
https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrd-uvqDMqHNT24cUrjoAOV6jJ4lSGa9pq 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the presentation.

Download the poster here

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APR 8.  Takiyah Nur Amin (she/her/hers) in conversation with Jose L. Reynoso (he/him/his)
ENVISIONING AN ANTI-RACIST FUTURE FOR DANCE STUDIES: RESOURCES, CHALLENGES AND THE ONGOING COMMITMENT TO CHANGE
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APR 15   J. Lorenzo Perillo  (he/him/his)
CRITICAL FILIPINX DANCE ON THE EDGE OF TOMORROW
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APR 22  Raquel Monroe (she/her/hers)
A RETURN TO THE SLOW BURN: ANTIRACISM AND DANCE CURRICULUM
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APR 29  Wilfried G Souly of Souly Dance Arts (he/him/his)
DANCING WHILE BLACK 
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MAY 6   André M. Zachery (he/him/his)
BLK HAPTICS - AFRICANIST AESTHETICS + FEEDBACK IN PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY
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MAY 13  Adanna Kai Jones (she/her/hers) and J Dellecave (she/her/hers & they/them) 
Workshop Co-Facilitators 
UN/COMMONING PEDAGOGIES: MOVING TOGETHER TOWARDS A PRACTICE OF ANTI-RACIST EMBODIMENTS 
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MAY 20  Ytasha L. Womack (she/her/hers)
DANCE AS INTERDIMENSIONAL SPACE & AFROFUTURIST PRACTICE
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MAY 27   The Christena Lindborg Schlundt Lecture in Critical Dance Studies and Dance Making
Brenda Dixon Gottschild (she/her/hers)
SANKOFA/OUROBOROS/PHOENIX – RECKONING WITH RACE
This award and lecture, in honor of the founder of doctoral studies in dance in the UC system, Professor Emerita Schlundt, is made possible by the Christena Lindborg Schlundt Endowed Fund for the support of Periodic Lectures on Research in Dance History and Theory. 
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This series is supported by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Dean’s Office Visiting Artist Fund

Information: dance@ucr.edu 

As we strive to constantly renew our commitments to social and racial justice as a department, we acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land where UC Riverside is located:  The Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño, and Serrano peoples (see full land acknowledgement). The life of our department and the upkeep of our facilities are maintained by the labor of so many people we are grateful for. Special thanks to Kathleen DeAtley, Program Promotions Manager, and Lily Chan Szeto, Event Specialist, for contributing their expertise to the production of this Colloquium and Schlundt lecture. 

Photo: André M. Zachery (dance artist), Tara Lynn Pixley (photographer)