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Border Crossings: Breaking Boundaries with Performing Arts in the Classroom

Published: June 1, 2023; Author: Julia Sonrisa

 June 8, 2023    09:00 AM-03:30 PM EDT

Address: 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, United States

Phone: +1 917-275-6975

Web: https://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa

Border Crossings: Breaking Boundaries with Performing Arts in the Classroom

There are many kinds of borders. Some are drawn, like the borders of a country. Some are created naturally by bodies of water, mountains, or uninhabitable landscapes. Still, others can hold us back, hold us in place, or hold us together—such as borders of nationality, race, or class.

Join us this Chancellor’s Day for a full program of professional learning for teachers inspired by crossing borders, defying boundaries, and applying the power of the performing arts in the classroom.

First, look at a new exhibition. Participating educators will be the first to view a new exhibition, Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance, 1900-1955. Through multimedia collections, this new exhibition centers the role of artists of color and artists from immigrant or Indigenous communities in the social history, across two world wars and dramatic social upheavals, of modern American dance.

The women drummers of Rwanda. The day will begin with a keynote address by Odile Gakire Katese (“Kiki”), the founder of a Rwandan women’s drumming group known as Ingoma Nshya. Kiki will discuss her groundbreaking work organizing women to reclaim Rwanda’s drumming heritage, as a means of promoting healing and gender justice in the wake of genocide. The day will conclude with a celebratory drumming performance.

Time: 9:00 am-3:30 pm EDT

Free!

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