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Stepping into advocacy

3/11/2019

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I’m going to rope you into my coursework. For a limited time only. It’s part of my social media class, wherein I learn to use Instagram. Do you use Instagram? Who has time, right? My mission: to step fully into arts advocacy. In class, they call it “influencer.” Whatever. I’m not here to influence you. You’ve taught me that culture is vital to our ecosystem, and that it’s high time all people were represented in the images we see, the voices we hear. Helen, Theresa, Angie, Kaara, taught me this, and Richard, Fred, Tom, Dino, Mary, and ... New York, Chicago, and Montreal taught me this. Punk, Hip Hop, and World Music taught me this.

I’m taking this to the streets. And I’m taking the streets online. I guess there’s a way for me to post images on this blog, but instead, I’ll send you to my Facebook or Instagram accounts, OK? Bear with me, thank you. My grade depends on it. And perhaps getting a job. 

My thesis also depends on it. I am looking at dance companies’ practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Ballet companies in the US are starting to break the ranks of willowy, ghostly pale people with willowy people of varied ethnicity. Will this be a sea-change, or is it a short-lived trend? What are ballet companies’ motives? Is this having an impact on their revenues? Is the overall ballet industry becoming more diverse as a consequence? 

You are my influencers. Below, let me know when an arts event blows your mind. And post for me any information you have!
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Brian Whang
3/11/2019 02:11:42 pm

I just might travel to Baltimore for this:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu4TXhpBhJ9/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

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Ann-Christine
3/13/2019 04:35:24 am

I love how playful and cheeky art can be. An amphibian pink poodle float, I mean, how much better does life get? And you never know what new art movement might come out of it. Probably nothing, but it was fun in the meantime, and far less risky than parachuting...

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Danielle
3/12/2019 07:02:30 pm

Muralfest is Montreal blows my mind. Free, public art with world class artists in plain view of whomever wishes to travel there.

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Ann-Christine
3/13/2019 04:33:01 am

Oooh, tell me more! And if I'm not mistaken, one of the reasons you moved to town was to participate more often in these events. Has that worked out? Is living in Montreal, with its huge cultural offering, a sure-fire way to be immersed in cultural life?

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