This Oct 29, 2022 event is about process. It’s about sharing research, and building community through conversations centering the voices of youth. It’s about learning with opportunities to be creative in gathering knowledge.
Thank you to Alyssa Amarshi and Jennie Chantal Duguay for their suggestions and vision to introduce these projects in youth-led dialogue with the artists. We look forward to conversations about the projects in these community discussions along with other artistic sharings.
Jane Gabriels, Ph.D. and Project Initiator, and Debora Gordon, Community Engagement Manager
BC Youth Dance and Research Project, Public Gathering & Conversation
October 29 1:00pm - 4:00pm
LIVE and ONLINE
Co-presented with SFUWoodwards Cultural Programs
Essay and Graphic Recording
BC Youth Dance and Research Project, Public Gathering and Sharing: this live and online event centered on youth-led dialogue with the artists about their projects for community discussion and includes other artistic sharings.
Documentation
Graphic recorder: Juolin Lee
Writer: Alex Masse
Editor: Sarah Wong
Event Co-Facilitators: Juan Imperial, Rosie Richard
Online facilitator: Sophie Dow
Graphic Designer: Emma Reid
Participating Artists: Alyssa Amarshi, Rosario Ancer, Shion Skye Carter, Brenda Kent Colina ("Bee"), AJ Kule Kambere, Kenley Knock, Simran Sachar, & Fior Saoirse
Accessibility Coordinator: Jennie Chantal Duguay
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Juan Imperial
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Rosie Richard
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Sophie Dow
Interviewers
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Tanis Baer
in conversation with Kenley Knock
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Ralph Escamillan
in conversation with Rosario Ancer
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Nina Hilburn
in conversation with Alyssa Amarshi
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Juolin Lee
in conversation with Shion Skye Carter
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Erin Lum
in conversation with Simran Sachar
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Deeya Sharma
in conversation with AJ Kule Kambere
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Lukene Sotomayor
in conversation with Bee (Brenda Kent Colina)
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Marlene Woods
in conversation with Fior Saoirse
1. Pictured from the waist up in a grassy plain, a person with long dark brown hair wearing body jewelry as well as wrist bangles, rings and a large piece of facial jewelry holds their neck with one hand, tilting it up towards the sky, and holds the other hand to their head. 2. Pictured standing behind a sound booth under a white portable canopy, a person wearing white pants and t-shirt, a red hat and sunglasses is smiling broadly, looking away from the camera. 3. Pictured on a beach from the hips up, a person with a shaved head wearing a dark green/brown long-sleeve turtleneck and orange skirt or pants looks into the camera with their arms held up and twisted around their head. 4. Pictured on some fallen trees in a snowy winter forest is a person wearing a black short sleeve leotard and white tutu. Both arms are raised up and held out from their both, one leg is held up and pointing out. Their head is off to the side. 5. Pictured from the chest up, a person with straight brown chin-length hair clipped back with barrettes is wearing hoop earrings and a short sleeve jean top is smiling calmly into the camera. Views of water and trees beyond. 6.Pictured from the knees up, a person with long straight dark hair wearing a patterned long-sleeve jacket and jewelry on their hands and neck, including a nose ring with ear chain is captured in a dance position, with one arm above their head and one bent around their waist. They are looking up towards their hand.
L-R Top - Bottom: Alyssa Amarshi (Tamar Tabori), Aj Kule kambere (Photo courtesy of the artist), Shion Skye Carter (Brenda Kent Colina), Kenley Knock (Olly Hogan - Old Trip Media), Brenda Kent Colina (Brenda Kent Colina), and Simran Sachar (Richie Lubaton)