FALL 2024
Mellon Symposium

Researchers working in embodied research, critical Black consciousness, and  movement theory gather to acknowledge the intricate connections between black social dance and its broader social, political, and cultural implications.

This symposium was curated by 2024-2025 SLIPPAGE Mellon postdoctoral associate, Dr. Webster McDonald.

 Read Dr. McDonald’s event summary here.

 

Fall 2024 Mellon Symposium: Highlights

Free and open to the public

 

Friday 9/27/2024 | 5:30pm-9pm

@Dr. Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Building, Room LL31

Saturday 9/28/2024 | 10am-5pm

The Wellness Center @ Read Hall 350 Spelman Lane SW Atlanta Georgia 30314

 

Sponsored by the Mellon Foundation, SLIPPAGE, and Spelman College

 

in their words:

researchers reflect on queer practice, product, and collaborative futures in Black social dance

 

Social justice + civic engagement

Mellon Foundation + SLIPPAGE +  Higher Learning

SLIPPAGE is thrilled to announce funding support from the Mellon Foundation to support our work in Black Dance Studies from 2023-2025. 

This multi-year grant expands a research project focused on local Black dance practices, national African American identity, and global Black freedom, gathering 30+ embodied researchers in four US cities over three years and producing a volume of future-forward thoughtOpens a new window reflecting both hyperlocal yet universally relevant cultural production and practice.

Read the announcement or learn more about each gathering in each link box to the right.

 

Virtual and Emphatically Live! Fall 2025 Black Social Dance Symposium - SLIPPAGE Lab

FALL 2025 Symposium

How does Black social dance operate as a lever in the bridge between virtual and in-person social dance spaces?

SLIPPAGE Mellon Winter 2025 symposium

WINTER 2025 Symposium

How does Black social dance operate as a lever in Chicago for life-organizing, community-building practices?

Black Queer Social Dance in atlantaFINAL-August21

FALL 2024 Symposium

SLIPPAGE Mellon postdoctoral associate Dr. Webster McDonald organizes this assembly of researchers studying queer Black social dance in Atlanta and the South.

CADD 2024 Final Draft Conference Flyer

WINTER 2024 CADD Conference

Researchers gather at the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance's 6th biannual conference for "Dancing A Black Social Part II."

Flyer

FALL 2023 Symposium

"Dancing A Black Social" convened researchers from across the nation to establish a research foundation at Northwestern University's Chicago Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts.