Standing Together: Seeing and Being Seen

Friday, May 8th; 6pm PST/9pm EST

and live discussion MAY 21st; 6pm PST

FREE// If you can, please support our memory activism collective by a tax-deductible donation to >> vanportmosaic.org/donate

View the Performance Video Standing Together: Seeing and Being Seen, then if you like, submit questions and comments to wendy@livinginthebody.com by noon PDT on 5/19/20.

>>Join on May 21 at 6PM PT Standing Together, Seeing and Being Seen: Panel Discussion

Moderator Angelique of Montreal, will join Samuel from Brazil and Damaris and Wendy from Portland to discuss Standing Together, their experiences, intentions and takeaways. .

Two duets with three diverse performers who Stand Up, Show Up and Own Up.

Part dance, part theater, part oral history, Standing Together brings together a Black Brazilian Nativo Urbano dancer, a descendant of the American slave trade & Scandinavian immigrants, and a woman who traces her lineage through Southern plantation owners to Peter The Immigrant. They show up in relationship to one another and hold space for the hard conversations through their personal interactions and love.

The performance will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Angelique Wilkie.

~ Jorge Samuel Faria is a movement artist from Brazil. The grandson of the founder of one of the first schools of Samba in Teresòpolis, Brazil and is a degree candidate at UNESPAR. Jorge Samuel

~ Wendy Hambidge: is a Body-MInd Centering® Practitioner & Teacher, a choreographer and performer with a passion for social justice and to take a stand through her work to dismantle the white dominant culture.

~ Damaris Webb has created new works for the stage with diverse communities around the US and internationally; her work lives in the intersection of contemplative dance, improvisational performance art, and contemporary theater. www.damariswebb.com

~ Angelique Wilkie: Performer, singer, pedagogue and dramaturg, Angélique spent a 25-year career in Europe. A dramaturg for dance, circus, and an ongoing performer, she is Assistant Professor in Contemporary Dance at Concordia University, Montreal.