ABOUT DECOLONIZING THE STAGE - TOWARDS AN ANTI-RACIST AND FEMINIST STAGE

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In this course we will examine the stage, representations and mechanisms of power in the context of the stage from the perspective of intersectional feminism and decolonial discourse.

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The course will consist of lectures, discussions and group work. We will start from the basics, review terminology, theoretical background, and delve into issues of power and representation. Towards the end of the course, we will move to the stage.

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The aim of this workshop to provide students with both a theoretical basis and concrete tools to explore the mechanisms of power, otherness and representation, and to work more sustainably and ethically in an ever-changing and diversifying environment.

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The workshop will be facilitated by choreographer and artistic director Sonya Lindfors.

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ABOUT SONYA

Sonya Lindfors is an award - winning Cameroonian-Finnish choreographer and artistic director who also works with facilitating, community organizing and education. Lindfors’ recent works One Drop (2023), common moves (2023), We Should All Be Dreaming, camouflage (2021), Soft Variations Online (2020) centralize questions around Blackness and Black body politics, representation and power structures, speculative futurities and decolonial dreaming practices.

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On a larger scale Lindfors’ time is divided between her own artistic work, educational work and working as the artistic director of UrbanApa. In all her positions she pursues creating and facilitating anti-racist and feminist platforms, where a festival, a performance, a publication or a workshop can operate as the site of empowerment and radical collective dreaming.

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Presented by: Iver, Black Archives and Skånes Konstförening
With support from: Nordisk Kulturfond

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The event is free, but you need a ticket to secure your spot.

The lecture will be held in English

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