New Works In Practice
NWIP started as an extension from the Share Dance program in response to the community and the needs of our teachers. In the 2022-23 season, New Works takes the next leap to offer In Practice, a professional development series for dance teachers, this first season was shaped, envisioned and co-curated by artists + teachers Carolina Bergonzoni, Marco Esccer, and Lisa Gelley. The dance classroom can become an isolating space where teachers are often lesson planning, teaching, and problem solving with very little feedback. This series brings teachers together to question, investigate, and expand their own teaching practices through the lens of diversity, inclusion and trauma-informed learning.
While each workshop, panel discussions, or community conversation may shift in format to best support the chosen topics, each one is led by a selection of experts and artists from across the dance community and beyond.
15NW In Practice 2023-24
NW In Practice 2023-24 is presented with The Dance Centre
In Practice is a workshop series for continued education, peer to peer exchange, and knowledge sharing for dance teachers and leaders. This season, the series will include six workshops.
Facilitators and topics will be updated here as they are confirmed (but it is all going to be chock full of great information and conversation!) Mark your calendar and come join in conversation this season.
Workshop Schedule
- Sunday, October 15, 3:45 - 6:45pm
- Sunday, October 29, 3:45 - 6:45pm
- Sunday, November 19, 3:45 - 6:45pm
- Sunday, December 3, 3:45 - 6:45pm
- Sunday, April 7, 3:45 - 6:45pm
- Sunday, April 21, 3:45 - 6:45pm
All workshops will take place on Sunday afternoons at Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Dave St, Vancouver). The first four workshops will take place in the Zagar Studio, and following two workshops will take place in the Marcuse Studio.
About
NW In Practice is a professional development series for dance teacher and leaders to gather and engage in critical conversation around the practice of teaching dance. This season, the series will focus on addressing and supporting needs in community driven spaces through a diversity of topics and angles.
We strive to offer all workshops in a hybrid format. If you are interested in joining us online, reach out to marco@newworks.ca and we'll make sure we can make it happen with the planned workshop format. Scotiabank Dance Centre is a wheelchair accessible and scent reduced venue.
Who are these workshops for?
In Practice is a space for dancing humans to gather around topics of teaching, leadership, and facilitation. The work we’re diving into is applicable across so many fields of teaching and facilitation and many participants have joined in who don’t identify as dance teachers. Each workshop is led by different artists/professionals in their fields, who guide the conversations and questions. Each workshop will complement the others, but are completely different. We welcome you to join us for the full series of conversations/workshops or a selection.
Registration and Cost
Single Workshop - $23
Workshop Bundle (2 or more) - save 25%
Use code 'NWIPBUNDLE' to receive a discount when signing up for two or more workshops at a time.
Workshop fees have been set following conversation and feedback with staff and facilitators, reflecting the value of the facilitator's knowledge and time. If you would like to sign up, but cost is a barrier, please reach out to Marco Esccer, marco@newworks.ca, to request support. Through the generosity of donors, we are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of scholarships to anyone who self-identifies as needing financial support. We will not ask any questions or require any sort of proof of need following a support request.
About the Team & Questions
The first 4 workshops will be shaped, envisioned and co-curated by artists + teachers Kay Huang and Marco Esccer. Feel free to reach out to Marco at marco@newworks.ca or Kay at kay@newworks.ca with any questions about the upcoming workshops.
In Practice 2023-24 is presented with The Dance Centre.
Past Offerings
The fall/winter series presents four workshops plus access to extended resources that will broaden your dance teaching horizons through the lens of mental health, art therapy, trauma-informed practices and diversity tools! You will have the opportunity to learn practical and useful skills that you’ll be excited to implement in your dance spaces.
Join this professional development series to update your dance toolbox and develop new and better practices in the classroom.
This series will be led and curated by In Practice Curator Marco Esccer. Learn more.
The Spring series fosters broader conversations around teaching as creative practice. How does teaching inform your choreographic or creative practice and vice versa? Join evolving conversations by sharing the language, energy, and physicality of your teaching practice. This series is envisioned as a space to hold our collective questions, build a community of colleagues, and activate the conversations that will carry us forward from here.
This series was co-led by In Practice co-curators Lisa Mariko Gelley and Carolina Bergonzoni.
Learn more.
In Practice is presented with The Dance Centre and it is generously supported by public funders and individual donations. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Metro Vancouver’s Regional Cultural Project Grants program, the City of Vancouver and the Province of BC, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Canada and the National Arts Centre who has supported the Spring Conversation Series. Without them this program would not be possible!
Photos: Carla Alcántara.