2022 Conference Schedule
Fairies, Queens, and Cavaliers: Ballet’s Production and Disruption of Gender
Times shown in Eastern Time
| Tuesday June 21, 2022 | |
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| Location | Full day at the Grace Street Theatre |
| 9:00-9:25 AM | New Member and Non-Member Meet-and-Greet with the Board |
| 9:25-9:45 | Welcome and Introductions Courtney Harris, President |
| 10:00-12:00 PM | Creating Affirming and Safer Places for LGBTQ+ Students and Colleagues DeHaven Mays from Side by Side |
| 12:00-1:00 | Break for Lunch |
| 1:00-1:30 | Member Presentation #1 Stuck in First Position: A historical examination of the ballet classroom Jennifer Weber |
| 1:35-2:05 | Member Presentation #2 Deconstructing Masculinity in Ballet: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake (1995) Afreen Sen Chatterji |
| 2:15-2:45 | Member Presentation #3 Gender, Muses, and the Virtuosa in Frederick Ashton’s ‘Rhapsody’ Steven Ha |
| 2:50-3:35 | Choreographic Sharing #1 |
| 3:45-5:15 | Expanding Ballet’s Stage to Mxn and Queer-Identified Dancers: A Conversation with the Leadership and Artists of Ballet22 (presented virtually) Roberto Vega Ortiz, Co-Founder & Artistic Director Theresa Knudson, Co-Founder, Executive Director, & Ballet Mistress Michael J. Morris, Panel Facilitator |
| Wednesday June 22, 2022 | |
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| Location | First part of the day at the Depot Annex Studio, second part of day at the Grace Street Theatre, and the final part of the day at Can Can Brassiere for the Lifetime Achievement Award event |
| 9:00-9:45 AM | Member Presentation #4 (Applied Demonstration/Somatics) Ballet science: combining pedagogical tradition with modern innovations to create injury resistant dancers Shayla Bott, Ashley Parov, and Brenda Critchfield |
| 10:00-11:30 | Richmond Ballet Master Class Judy Jacob, Artistic Associate and Chairman of the Faculty |
| 11:30-12:30 PM | Break for Lunch / Return to the Grace Street Theatre |
| 12:30-1:30 | Dance Data Project: Researching and Promoting Gender Equity in the Dance Industry Elizabeth Yntema, President and Founder |
| 1:35-2:35 | Embodying Female Leadership for Over Four Decades: A Conversation with Ms. Stoner Winslett, Founding Artistic Director of the Richmond Ballet Conversation Facilitated by Elizabeth Yntema, President and Founder of Dance Data Project |
| 2:45-4:10 | First Membership Meeting |
| 5:45-7:00 | Lifetime Achievement Award Celebrations at Can Can Brassiere All attendees are invited to attend *Pre-dinner hors d’oeuvres event (Business or dressy casual attire) |
| Thursday June 23, 2022 | |
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| Location | Full day at the Grace Street Theatre |
| 9:00-9:45 AM | Member Presentation #5 (Movement Workshop/Class) NIQUE: Empowering freedom and upholding excellence (presented virtually) Madeline Jazz Harvey, Meg Paul, and Christina Johnson |
| 9:55-10:25 | Member Presentation #6 Dewd Drop (tentatively presented virtually) Yvonne Racz Key |
| 10:30-11:00 | Member Presentation #7 Ida Rubinstein: Revolutionary Dancer, Actress, and Impresario Judith Bennahum |
| 11:10-11:40 | Member Presentation #8 Sylphs Supporting Sylphs: A Feminist Restaging of Les Sylphides Jamie Johnson and Christa St. John |
| 11:40-1:15 PM | Break for Lunch |
| 1:15-2:45 | Second Membership Meeting with Elections |
| 2:55-3:25 | Member Presentation #9 Confronting Traditions: Analyzing the Consequences of Classical Ballet’s Dependence on the Gender Binary Jessica Williamson |
| 3:30-4:30 | Radically Re-Imagining the Ballet Canon: A Conversation with Katy Pyle, Founder and Artistic Director of Ballez (presented virtually) Katy Pyle, Founder and Artistic Director Michael J. Morris, Facilitator |
| 5:00-6:00 | Cocktails on Roof of Hotel Graduate, Byrdhouse Please feel free to join the CORPS Leadership for social time |
| Friday June 24, 2022 | |
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| Location | Full day at the Grace Street Theatre |
| 8:30-9:00 AM | Member Presentation #10 The Gendered Ballet Aesthetic Rain Ross |
| 9:05-9:35 | Membership Presentation #11 Where are all the Pageant Queens in Classical Ballet? George Berry |
| 9:45-10:15 | Membership Presentation #12 The Plight of the Ballerina: Past and Present Shani Robison |
| 10:20-11:05 | Choreographic Sharing #2 |
| 11:05-11:20 | Conference Wrap-up and Leadership Transition |