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Games, Exercises, Dialogue and Laughter: an experiential workshop and talk with Judith Marcuse
Part of the Crossing Boundaries:Keynote Conversations in Fine Arts series
Saturday, March 21, 2015
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
David Spinks Theatre
Free, Pre-registration required

This two-hour workshop provides information, hands-on arts experiences and opportunities for dialogue to explore some of the many ways that the arts can be used to enhance the lives of citizens and their communities in Canada and around the world.  This session is designed for people interested in the arts as potent tools for positive social change in diverse settings… such as in health promotion, training and care, in community development, environmental and social justice work, with elders and youth, in business environments, and in intercultural and inter-generational contexts.     

Participants will learn about each other’s work, including successes and challenges, and explore possibilities for collaboration, while experiencing some of the delights of imaginative approaches to the creation of well-being in their communities.

Open to all, no experience required!  Just come in comfy clothing.

Judith Marcuse. LL.D(Hons.)

Judith Marcuse’s career spans over 40 years of professional work as a dancer, choreographer, director, producer, teacher, writer, consultant and lecturer in Canada and abroad. She has created over 100 original works for live performance by dance, theatre and opera companies as well as for film and television and has produced seven large-scale, international arts festivals. Her repertory contemporary dance company toured extensively in Canada and abroad for 15 years, while also producing community residencies and youth programs. Among many initiatives her youth-focused, five-year, issue-based ICE, FIRE and EARTH projects involved thousands of youth in workshops, national touring, television production and community collaborations.   

Founder and Co-Director of the International Centre of Art for Social Change, she is a Senior Fellow of Ashoka International. Among many honours, she has received the Lee and Chalmers Canadian choreographic awards and an honorary doctorate. She is an Adjunct Professor and Artist in Residence at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University and is leading the ASC! Project, a five-year research initiative on art for social change in Canada.