Consent in Dance
Today, January 28th 2019 I attended the following workshop at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds
Consent Conversations: building consent culture in the arts the session was lead by Jenny Wilson of Irregular Arts -the workshop was interesting and was able to tie together various things I do or have done in the past
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Consent Conversations: building consent culture in the arts the session was lead by Jenny Wilson of Irregular Arts -the workshop was interesting and was able to tie together various things I do or have done in the past
- I Dance, and today I described myself as a Dance Artist as that is the best fit for why I was there, this is actually a bit of a step for me as i'd never actually said that out loud before ...
- When I worked in healthcare Consent was big issue for practice and as i spent a while working with people with Dementia an even bigger issue.
- As a trans woman seeking medical and eventually surgical care in my transition journey; capacity and consent assessments feature pretty regularly in this.
- In some of the other things i do in my leisure time consent is a key part of practice and those who don't respect this soon find themselves out on a limb... (and these activities could, ironically, probably be presented as a piece of contemporary dance )
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The consent issues found in class or rehearsal apply across all styles, especially if the teacher/director/choreographer is going to be providing 'hands on' guidance/correction/coaching, for some styles there may be additional consent issues related to partnering or because of (lack of) costuming choices in contemporary pieces...
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