Black Social Dance: Virtual and Emphatically Live!

Schedule

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Abbott Hall | Chicago, IL

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About this Event

ALL EVENTS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC



PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS:

  • Bryant Keith Alexander, Dean of the Loyola Marymount University College of Communication and Fine Arts
  • Jamal Batts, Assistant Professor of Black Studies at Swarthmore College
  • Seika Boye*, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream and Director, Institute for Dance Studies at the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto.
  • Tamara Brown, Professor of History and Director of Women’s Studies at Bowie State University
  • Thomas F. DeFrantz, Director, SLIPPAGE
  • Moncell Durden, Embodied Historian
  • Jeremy De’Jon Guyton, Performance Artist & Writer
  • Imani Kai Johnson, Assistant Professor of Critical Dance Studies at UC Riverside
  • Webster McDonald, Assistant Professor in the Theatre and Dance Department at the University of Kansas
  • Meida McNeal, Director of Honey Pot Performance
  • Raquel Monroe, Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University
  • Anna Martine Whitehead, Performance

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS


Opening Reception

Thursday 11/6 6-9PM - Wirtz Chicago, 710 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago (enter on Superior)



Research Presentation Sessions

Friday 11/7 11AM-1:30PM & 1:30-4:30 PM - Wirtz Chicago, 710 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago (enter on Superior)

Saturday 11/8 1-3PM & 3-6PM - SLIPPAGE Lab, 1877 Campus Drive Room 226, Evanston



Closing Art Party

Saturday 11/8 6-9PM - Wirtz Chicago

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Where is it happening?

Abbott Hall, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, United States

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