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Social Justice
| What | Seminar |
|---|---|
| When |
2008-04-21 from 16:30 to 18:00 |
| Where | EDB 7600-F, SFU Burnaby Campus |
| Contact Name | Teresa Martin |
| Contact Email | ierg-ed@sfu.ca |
| Contact Phone | 778-782-4479 |
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"Social Justice playing out through the arts and in the classroom" presented by Judy Marcuse and David Diamond
About this session:
David Diamond and Judith Marcuse, working with the group, will share some of the games, exercises and dialogue processes that inform their work in art for social change. Dress to move and come prepared to share you own life experiences and perceptions.
About Judy:
Judith Marcuse is one of Canada’s senior artist/producers with a career that spans over 40 years of professional work as a dancer, choreographer, director, producer, teacher, writer and lecturer in Canada and abroad. She has created over 100 original works for live performance by dance, theatre and opera companies; many projects for film and television; and has produced seven large-scale arts festivals. Her repertory contemporary dance company toured nationally and internationally for more than 15 years, while also creating innovative community and youth programs. A pioneer in the field of arts for social change, her work in this area is internationally recognized. Last year, her company produced The EARTH Festival during the U.N.’s World Urban Forum, hosting the performances and exhibitions of 300 socially-engaged artists and an audience of 20,000. Marcuse teaches and presents in university and other settings in Canada and abroad, recently in India, Pakistan, Japan, Holland and the U.S.A. She has received many honours, including Canada’s two major choreographic awards, and an honourary doctorate from Simon Fraser University. She is presently working in partnership with S.F.U. on the new International Centre of Art for Social Change.
About David:
As a co-founder and then Artistic and Managing Director of Headlines Theatre, Diamond has directed over 400 community specific theatre projects on issues such as racism, gender roles, violence, addiction, self-esteem, First Nations' Residential Schools, globalization, language reclamation and many, many others. Diamond has directed workshops throughout BC, Canada and the USA, as well as in Namibia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Italy, Singapore, Australia and Finland. He has also been involved in the writing and/or directing of all of Headlines' main stage plays, including NO` XYA` (Our Footprints), Out of the Silence, Mamu, Here and Now, Meth and the Legislative Theatre project, Practicing Democracy. Diamond has pioneered the development of live, interactive Forum Television and web casting.