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The inter­na­tion­al fes­ti­val cre­ates a space for artists, schol­ars, and audi­ences to share, respond, and reflect beyond tra­di­tion­al, com­mer­cial per­for­mance spaces that often exclude peo­ple and lim­it access. 

Tues­day, Oct 27, 2020: Massive/Microscopic Sense­mak­ing (Mel­bourne-based): An Inter­na­tion­al Video Series

Wednes­day, Oct 28, 2020: El Grupo Folk­lóri­co P’urhépecha: Indige­nous Dance from Mexico

Thurs­day, Oct 29, 2020: MDD’s Vir­tu­al Salon Per­for­mance Series 2020–2021: Glob­al Edition

Tuesday’s Massive/Microscopic Sense­mak­ing (Mel­bourne-based): An Inter­na­tion­al Video Series presents a set of short exper­i­men­tal videos cre­at­ed by col­lab­o­ra­tive teams of schol­ars and artists. On Wednes­day, founder and direc­tor of indige­nous Grupo Folk­lóri­co P’urhépecha in Michoacán, Mex­i­co, José Alber­to Velázquez Cam­pov­erde, presents selec­tions of tra­di­tion­al dance work per­formed by the youth group. On Thurs­day, Mark DeGar­mo Dance presents the Glob­al edi­tion of its Vir­tu­al Salon Per­for­mance Series 2020–2021, dance works-in-progress with a facil­i­tat­ed audi­ence response, to begin the series’ upcom­ing season.

About the Cura­tors, Artists, & Scholars:

Tues­day (10/27)
Anne Har­ris is an Amer­i­can-Aus­tralian artist, aca­d­e­m­ic, and Direc­tor of Cre­ative Agency research lab.
Annette Markham is an ethno­g­ra­ph­er, crit­i­cal ped­a­gogy schol­ar and pro­fes­sor at RMIT in Melbourne.
M.E. Luka is a Toron­to-based award-win­ning schol­ar, activist and dig­i­tal media producer.

Wednes­day (10/28)
José Alber­to Velázquez Cam­pov­erde is the founder and direc­tor of the Grupo Folk­lóri­co P’urhépecha from that eth­nic indige­nous group occu­py­ing ances­tral lands west of Mex­i­co City.

Thurs­day (10/29)
Rachel Cohen’s com­pa­ny Raco­co fus­es raw mate­ri­als, absur­dist visu­als, and quixot­ic choreography.
Sofia Engel­man and Em Pap­ineau are dance artists and co-founders of freeskewl, an exper­i­men­tal, dona­tion-based plat­form for online teaching.
Dawn States is invest­ed in ways to make dance more acces­si­ble after expe­ri­enc­ing 2 spinal surgeries.
Tere­sa Fel­lion found­ed Tere­sa Fel­lion Dance in 2011, after her work as a chore­o­g­ra­ph­er since 2004.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion about the guest cura­tors and all artists and schol­ars can be found at www.markdegarmodance.org/performance.

About Mark DeGar­mo Dance
Found­ed in 1987, Mark DeGar­mo Dance is a non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion that edu­cates New York City com­mu­ni­ties and chil­dren; cre­ates, per­forms, and dis­sem­i­nates orig­i­nal artis­tic work; and builds inter­cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ty through dance arts. MDD com­mits its resources to serv­ing social jus­tice, equi­ty, and equal­i­ty issues across mul­ti­ple fronts through dance arts in NYC, the U.S., and internationally.

About Mark DeGarmo
Mark DeGar­mo, Ph.D., is a New York City-based dancer, chore­o­g­ra­ph­er, writer, and researcher. Dr. DeGar­mo is Founder, Exec­u­tive & Artis­tic Direc­tor of Mark DeGar­mo Dance, New York City; Dance Direc­tor of Cross­ing Bridges Inter­na­tion­al Artist Res­i­den­cy, Michoacán, Mex­i­co; and an Artist-Schol­ar with Cre­ative Agency, Australia.

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We are grate­ful that this pro­gram is sup­port­ed in part by the New York City Depart­ment of Cul­tur­al Affairs in part­ner­ship with the City Coun­cil and the New York State Coun­cil on the Arts with the sup­port of Gov­er­nor Andrew M. Cuo­mo and the New York State Legislature.