The sixth event in the network’s activities took place online on 6th November 2024. Featuring cultural strategist and consultant Suzanne Alleyne, with a panel discussion from Liz King, Karl Jay-Lewin and Giulia Casalini, the event began with an exploration of the neurology of power, and delved, in the panel, into various models of working and organising within the dance and performance industries. The event drew on the work of Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, author of Hospicing Modernity.
How can a dance pluriverse – a more horizontally organized industry with space for many, divergent voices to coexist – be organised? What structures bring artists together, what frameworks support marginalised practices, and what production and distribution practices could be developed to create plurivocal development? We were interested in perspectives and experiences that help us understand how the dance industry in the UK can become more inclusive in a real sense (not just to tick boxes). What frameworks do we need? What structures? What understandings of power? What models of distribution of resources?
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