 “Renegade Bodies: Dance in Canada During the 1970s"
Canadian Society for Dance Studies Conference
Dates: June 10-12, 2010
Locations: University of Ottawa and the Canada Dance Festival at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Planning committee co-chairs: Kaija Pepper and Allana Lindgren
The 1970s were an energetic and productive period for dance artists in Canada. Inspired by a variety of social developments in Canada, including multiculturalism, second-wave feminism, and separatist and federalist nationalism, dance artists across the country also participated in the ongoing international rethinking of dance forms and definitions, and experimentation with modes of performance. As the independent dance movement emerged and gained force in Canada during the decade, many dancers rejected the traditional hierarchical company structures, co-opted the latest technologies and transgressed disciplinary boundaries. The distance created by the intervening years provides an opportunity to reflect on the significance of the 1970s for dance in Canada and to investigate how the artistic innovation and experimentation that propelled the decade can inform the Canadian dance community in the twenty-first century. New Registration materials currently in development. Please visit again soon. 
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