| Volume 23 Special Issue 1.6 | October 10, 2022 |
Online Programming for Dancers and Dance Educators: A Response to COVID-19 and the Racial Justice Movement
Lynnette Young Overbyn
University of Delaware, USA
Erika Gould Brown
Brandywine High School, USA
Teresa Emmons
The Dance Conservatory, USA
Kimberly Schroeder
University of Delaware, USA
Joan Warburton-Phibbs
Cabrini University, USA
Citation: Overby, L. Y., Brown, E. G., Emmons, T., Schroeder, K., & Warburton-Phibbs, J. (2022). Online programming for dancers and dance educators: A response to COVID-19 and the Racial Justice Movement. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 23(SI 1.6). Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.26209/ijea23si1.6
Abstract
Upon the convergence of the twin epidemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice in 2020, the Delaware Dance Education Organization (DDEO) responded by creating and presenting interactive professional development webinars that ranged from sharing how dance history is a microcosm of the world to the impact culture has on personal behaviors. Through the lens of public scholarship, the virtual programming format allowed DDEO to reach dance populations in Delaware and beyond. Groundswell, a series of four webinars presented a consideration of the impact racism has in the dance world. Solos@Home invited participants to create, share, and virtually perform dance works based on material presented in Groundswell. Solos@Home II continued in this modality highlighting the theme of environmental justice. The value of activism was a key enduring understanding for these projects. DDEO continues to support and advance dance education while listening and responding to the immediate needs of the community.
