Open discussion Sundays...

Last night we had our first Sunday Discussion group of the term and it was great to hear discussions from many of you across the different modules and different MAPP programmes.

Disucssions centred around Learning and articulated our different experiences of others as learner when we teach, ourselves as learners, how we experience, through reflection the different strategies and processes we engage with. 

Some of the thoughts I took from the conversation were around the need for curiosity in learning, frameworks or structures which hold or shape learning enviornments and experiences, containers, discovery, freedom and balance. 

Others who were a part of the discussion please comment here with your blog address with your reflections on the discussion and what you feel you took from it, what was the discussion as a learning experience for you?

Re:generations conference

We are really excited to be able to offer a few funded places for MAPP students to be able to attend the Re:generations conference hosted by One Dance UK in partnership with Mdx in November. The funding covers three days of entry to the conference plus your accommodation. The conference is held at The Lowry, Salford, in the UK. 

Re:generations is a biennial academic and artistic conference which aims to share current practice and research in the field of dance of the African Diaspora (DAD); explore and stimulate further research, documentation and new approaches to education and training in the field; and encourage new perspectives on the future of African Peoples Dance (APD). The conference invites scholars, artists and dance practitioners from the Caribbean, Africa, the United States, Canada and the UK to share their research with other artists, practitioners, dance teachers, students and the general public.

The Re:generations Conference* is the UK’s ONLY international platform dedicated to connecting academic and artistic voices within African influenced dance styles; such as Hip Hop, Jazz, Afro Caribbean, traditional and contemporary African and Caribbean, Afro-Latin, and African American Dance.

This will be a great opportunity to be a part of a vibrant conference, network with other artist-scholar practitioners, and get inspired in your own professional development. The funding requires you to blog each day about the sessions, papers, workshops and performances you attend to share with the rest of the MAPP community.

To express your interest please comment here. We will then email you directly. We will announce which students have places on October 10th 2019. 

*Re:generations – dance and the digital space

7-9 November 2019
The Lowry, Salford

An international forum exploring how technology drives innovation in dance of the African Diaspora.

Hosted in partnership by One Dance UK, IRIE! dance theatre, Middlesex University, Dance Immersion and The Lowry, the theme for Re:generations 2019 is dance and the digital space. We will explore the ways digital technologies can be used for artistic innovation and creative practise, unite global communities through online platforms whilst increasing the visibility of diverse work to mainstream audiences.

Across the three days there will be panel discussions, lecture demonstrations, masterclasses, workshops, academic paper presentations, performances, networking events and more!

The conference will provide CPD for dance teachers, healthcare practitioners and other dance professionals, in addition to bespoke programming for producers, new media practitioners and executive artistic leaders. A key event will be the launch of the report for One Dance UK’s ‘Dance of the African Diaspora Mapping Research’; presenting the current state and needs of the DAD workforce with a scope for future growth and development.

Critical thinking - boxes, boundaries, resistance, fluidity

What is critical thinking for you in your practice, what does it feel like?

Week two of your study now and I wanted to share with you this TED talk from Professor Giovanni Corazza from the University of Bologna and ask you to respond with your thoughts around 'thinking', 'creativity', 'boundaries', 'fluidity' and in doing so to think about being part of a network - the network of your learning, the MAPP programme, your professional practice...

I look forward to hearing your thoughts... 

How might we exchange knowledge?

New term...

Welcome to those joining us and beginning their MAPP journey this term and Welcome back to all our returning students. 

We have Induction/Welcome back skype sessions scheduled for the following times next week:

Friday Sept 13th - 5pm  
OR
Saturday Sept 14th - 2pm

Please make sure you sign-up for one of the sessions by commenting on Adesola's blog:

http://adesolamapp.blogspot.com/

Those new to MAPP please send both us a skype contact request before the calls so that we can make sure you're able to be a part of them!

Helen's Skype - helen.kindred2
Adesola's Skype - aonthephone

Looking forward to talking with you all then and to the term ahead...

Helen