Date & time
Thursday, October 2, 2025
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Arts & culture
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Arts Pessimism and the role of Dance in Time of Crisis - Conversation #2
Speaker(s)
Speakers: Yvonne Hardt, Professor of Applied Dance Studies and Choreography at the University of Music and Dance Cologne; Elisabeth Motley, Associate Professor of Dance at Marymount Manhattan College. Moderators: Jens Richard Giersdorf, Professor and Chair, Contemporary Dance Department, Concordia University; Lilia Mestre, Assistant Professor, Contemporary Dance Department, Concordia University
Cost
This event is free
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Where
John Molson Building
1450 Guy St.
Room MB-7.265
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The participants in this conversation investigate the potential of choreographic thinking for an understanding of systems of relations. In doing so, the discussion addresses how dance and choreography can function as mediating forces within social and political structures.