Discussion avec Nate Yaffe

In this informal discussion with dance artist Nate Yaffe, we'll unpack what we mean when we talk about care, both in the artmaking process and in the artwork itself. This will be a mediated forum, rather than a hunt for answers. Collaborative artistic projects often emerge from our existing relationships, and can also create new micro communities. Our practices are interwoven with the places and people with whom we create, and acknowledging these wider contexts can inform how we can support each other within creative processes, and in the wider world. Nate will introduce his practice and facilitate a discussion in conversation with those present. All are welcome.

Nate Yaffe is an experimental dance, theatre and video artist, based in Tiohtà:ke / Moonyang who researches queer strategies to create relational choreographic structures, placing performance as fundamentally a social exchange. His tactile dances dismantle movement shame through un-correcting the self-censored body.

Nate initiated and curates the residency series, This is actively built, which brings together queer artists to attack the question ‘what is queer dance?’ challenging the classic residency structure by restituting the artists’ autonomy to allow a cross-pollination of knowledge and practices. He is currently the co-curator at Centre de Création O Vertigo (CCOV) alongside Hanako Hoshimi-Caines. As co-artistic director of Le Radeau, Nate seeks community-centred alternatives for being a dance artist in face of the uncertain future of global capitalism and ecological collapse.

Ville : Montréal

Date : Mardi 26 juillet - 10h à 12h

Lieu : UQAM pavillon de danse, QG

L'activité se tiendra en anglais et en français.

Activité gratuite. Les drop-ins sont les bienvenus!