Springboard Artistic Director Alexandra Wells has partnered with artistic leaders of the Springboard network and beyond to curate three full days of panels, round tables and sessions about our collective future.
Our international virtual symposium is open to all.
Our symposium offers three categories of offerings. Read on to learn about our Panels, Round Tables, and Sessions, including what each category encompasses and how you may interface with each.
Every facilitator, moderator, or speaker has the freedom to shape their conference and adapt the degree of interfacing, so the possibilities may vary from one conference to the next. Springboard Forward aims to offer space for generative conversations in a welcoming environment and, as such, all interactions are on a voluntary basis.
*Schedule subject to change without notice
Reflect and reimagine.
Facilitators representative of various practices and perspectives converge on topics driving our collective reimagining. The panelists’ wealth of experience will provide fertile ground for conversation and debate.
Create a courageous space.
Your voice is integral to sowing the seeds of an equitable and sustainable dance world. Facilitated by voices from within the field, our artist round tables provide a platform for dialogue on topics that are at the heart of our shifting ecosystem.
Examine and amplify.
Even through these unprecedented times, there are innovators who are pushing the field forward. In these sessions, facilitators will put brainstorming into action to reflect upon systemic roadblocks and dream of tangible solutions.
*** All times are EDT / All conferences are in English ***
Vibe Check: Broadening the Discussion on Rehearsal Direction as a Profession
Facilitator
Jonathan Alsberry
Co-Facilitators
Elisa Clark, Ami Shulman
Forming & Disrupting Patterns: Perspectives in Higher Education
Facilitator
Sidra Bell
Co-Facilitators
Charles O. Anderson, Kate Hilliard, Alanna Morris-Van Tassel, Alexandra Wells
Experiential Wisdom
Facilitator
Margie Gillis
Co-Facilitators
Peter Chu, Ami Shulman, Rahiem White
Representation in Training
Moderator
Gilbert T Small II
Invited Guests
Cebo Carr, Peter Chu, Victor Quijada
New Ideas, New Connections: The Art of Curating and Directing
Facilitator
Stephan Laks
Co-Facilitators
Kyle Abraham, Pierre Des Marais
Cultivating Emerging Voices and Trends in Dance
happening concurrently with the session↓
Facilitator
Stephan Laks
Co-Facilitators
Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Ben Kamino
Navigating the Now, Co-Creating the Future, Together
*happening concurrently with the panel↑
with
Amy Miller, Nigel Campbell,
Gibney Company Directors
Bossing Up: The Rewards and Challenges of Female Entrepreneurs
Facilitator
Chanel DaSilva
Co-Facilitators
Andrea Miller, Alexandra Wells
Gender and Equity in the Profession
Invited Guests
Cain Coleman, Jae Neal, Issa Perez, Maxi Starr, Chuck Wilt
Power of Collaboration
Facilitator
Bobbi Jene Smith
Co-Facilitators
Sidra Bell, Jill Johnson, Or Schraiber, Jermaine Spivey
Building Your Own Entity
Facilitator
Peter Chu
Co-Facilitators
Sidra Bell, Le Broke Lab, Jeremy Keeton, Shamel Pitts
Dance on Film
happening concurrently with the lecture↓
Facilitator
Rena Bulter
Co-Facilitators
Louis-Martin Charest, Jasmine Ellis, Andrea Miller, Zoe Scofield
Artivism: The Effort of Equity
happening concurrently with the panel↑
with
Nigel Campbell & Chanel DaSilva,
Cofounders of MOVE NYC
Moving for Liberation and Equity in the Profession
Moderator
Catherine Kirk
Invited Guests
Daina Ashbee, David Gonsier, Gilbert T Small II, Joy-Marie Thompson
