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Slouching Towards Technique (Part of the American Dancing Bodies Symposium
by Dance
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Paper Presentation-Workshop in the Theater (dress to move and bring something to write with/on)
Paper Presentation: "Slouching Towards Technique: Gender dysphoria, physical correctness, and sense of belonging in dance class"
Drawing largely on Nora Sharp’s personal history as an inroad to broader observations, this presentation addresses an intersection of dynamics around movement learning culture, gender dysphoria, and physical difficulty or inability. In particular, it unpacks the ways that striving to be successful at certain kinds of technique - and feeling inadequate if one can’t do so - can overlap with and reinforce identity-based challenges that arise in dance education.
Speakers
Nora Sharp
Nora Sharp is a creator and performer working across dance, theater, film, comedy, writing, and community facilitation. Their work often addresses the underbellies and kinks in the fabric of queer+trans identity formation, as well as artmaking culture/labor and the creative economy.