The Symposium

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

Panels

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.

Round Tables

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.

  

Sessions

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.

   

Friday, June 11, 2021

*** All times are EDT / All conferences are in English ***

FESTIVAL WELCOME (9h30 - 10h00)

10h00 - 12h00

PANEL

Vibe Check: Broadening the Discussion on Rehearsal Direction as a Profession

Facilitator
Jonathan Alsberry 

Co-Facilitators
Elisa Clark, Ami Shulman

Details

12h30 - 14h30

PANEL

Forming & Disrupting Patterns: Perspectives in Higher Education

Facilitator
Sidra Bell

Co-Facilitators
Charles O. Anderson, 
Kate Hilliard, Alanna Morris-Van Tassel, Alexandra Wells

Details

15h00 - 17h00

PANEL

Experiential Wisdom

Facilitator
Margie Gillis

Co-Facilitators
Peter Chu, Ami Shulman, Rahiem White

Details

17h30 - 19h30

ROUND TABLE

Representation in Training

Moderator
Gilbert T Small II

Invited Guests
Cebo Carr, Peter Chu, Victor Quijada

Details

Saturday, June 12, 2021

10h00 - 12h00

PANEL

New Ideas, New Connections: The Art of Curating and Directing

Facilitator
Stephan Laks 

Co-Facilitators
Kyle Abraham, Pierre Des Marais

Details

12h30 - 14h30

PANEL

Cultivating Emerging Voices and Trends in Dance
happening concurrently with the session↓

Facilitator
Stephan Laks

Co-Facilitators
Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Ben Kamino

Details

SESSION

Navigating the Now, Co-Creating the Future, Together
*happening concurrently with the panel↑

with
Amy Miller, Nigel Campbell,
Gibney Company Directors

Details

15h00 - 17h00

PANEL

Bossing Up: The Rewards and Challenges of Female Entrepreneurs

Facilitator
Chanel DaSilva

Co-Facilitators
Andrea Miller, Alexandra Wells

Details

17h30 - 19h30

ROUND TABLE

Gender and Equity in the Profession

Invited Guests
Cain Coleman, Jae Neal, Issa Perez, Maxi Starr, Chuck Wilt

Details

Sunday, June 13, 2021

10h00 - 12h00

PANEL

Power of Collaboration

Facilitator
Bobbi Jene Smith

Co-Facilitators
Sidra Bell, Jill Johnson, Or Schraiber, Jermaine Spivey

Details

12h30 - 14h30

PANEL

Building Your Own Entity

Facilitator
Peter Chu

Co-Facilitators
Sidra Bell, Le Broke Lab, Jeremy Keeton, Shamel Pitts

Details

15h00 - 17h00

PANEL

Dance on Film
happening concurrently with the lecture↓

Facilitator
Rena Bulter

Co-Facilitators
Louis-Martin Charest, Jasmine Ellis, Andrea Miller, Zoe Scofield

Details

SESSION

Artivism: The Effort of Equity
happening concurrently with the panel↑

with
Nigel Campbell & Chanel DaSilva,
Cofounders of MOVE NYC

Details

17h30 - 19h30

ROUND TABLE

Moving for Liberation and Equity in the Profession

Moderator
Catherine Kirk

Invited Guests
Daina Ashbee, David Gonsier, Gilbert T Small II, Joy-Marie Thompson

Details

FESTIVAL CLOSING (19h30 - 20h00)

Jonathan Alsberry

Jonathan Alsberry

Springboard Forward Master of Ceremonies

Kyle Abraham
Kyle Abraham
Nigel Campbell
Nigel Campbell
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Chanel DaSilva
Kate Hilliard
Kate Hilliard
Stephan Laks
Stephan Laks
Shamel Pitts
Shamel Pitts
Bobbi Jene Smith
Bobbi Jene Smith
Charles O. Anderson
Charles O. Anderson
Cebo Carr
Cebo Carr
Pierre Des Marais
Pierre Des Marais
Hanako Hoshimi-Caines
Hanako Hoshimi-Caines
Amy Miller
Amy Miller
Victor Quijada
Victor Quijada
Jermaine Spivey
Jermaine Spivey
Daina Ashbee
Daina Ashbee
Louis-Martin Charest
Louis-Martin Charest
Jasmine Ellis
Jasmine Ellis
Jill Johnson
Jill Johnson
Andrea Miller
Andrea Miller
Or Schraiber
Or Schraiber
Joy-Marie Thompson
Joy-Marie Thompson
Sidra Bell
Sidra Bell
Peter Chu
Peter Chu
Margie Gillis
Margie Gillis
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Benjamin Kamino
Alanna Morris-Van Tassel
Alanna Morris-Van Tassel
Zoe Scofield
Zoe Scofield
Alexandra Wells
Alexandra Wells
Le Broke Lab
Le Broke Lab
Elisa Clark
Elisa Clark
David Gonsier
David Gonsier
Jeremy Keeton
Jeremy Keeton
Jae Neal
Jae Neal
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Ami Shulman
A. Raheim White
A. Raheim White
Rena Butler
Rena Butler
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Cain Coleman
Maxi Hawkeye Canion
Maxi Hawkeye Canion
Catherine Kirk
Catherine Kirk
Issa Perez
Issa Perez
Gilbert T Small II
Gilbert T Small II
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Chuck Wilt