Assembly 2021 – World Dance Alliance Americas

Performance: Unorthodox

Monday, April 26 @ 6:00 pm CSTWednesday, April 28 @ 6:00 pm CST Choreographer: Ariel GrossmanCompany: Ariel Rivka DancePerformers: Caitlyn Casson, Casie Marie O’Kane, Danita…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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Class: Motional Literacy with Ariel Rivka Dance

ARD’s Motional Literacy workshop offers an experience to work through stressors, physical & emotional pain, collaboration & inclusion, & creative blocks. Introducing simple movement technique & vocabulary…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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Panel: Ecological Healing Spaces: Navigating embodied connections and healing trauma in times of unrest

Monday, April 26 @ 4:00 pm CST The panelists for this presentation come from various countries such as Malaysia, China, India, Bulgaria, and the United…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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Performance: Queer

Tuesday, April 27 @ 6:00 pm CST Thursday, April 29 @ 5:00 pm CST Choreographer & Performer: Eduardo RosalesVideography: Julio CenicerosMusic: Fontanez, Jimmy & Maxwell, Doug…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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Performance: Soul Searching

Saturday, April 24 @ 6:00 pm CSTMonday, April 26 @ 6:00 pm CST Choreographer: Bala Sarasvati (aka Shelley Shepherd)Company: CORE Contemporary and Aerial DancePerformers: Olivia…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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Performance: Unlocked

Friday, April 23 @ 6:00 pm CSTSaturday, April 24 @ 6:00 pm CST Choreographer: Brenna HayesPerformers: Britney Bales, Mary Margaret Bruce, Francesca Dellasala, Erin O’Keefe,…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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Performance: From the Land

Thursday, April 22 @ 6:00 pm CSTTuesday, April 27 @ 6:00 pm CST Thursday, April 29 @ 5:00 pm CST Choreographer: Donald PhamPerformers: Donald Pham, Rachel…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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Performance: Beautiful Fruit

Friday, April 23 @ 6:00 pm CSTSaturday, April 24 @ 6:00 pm CST Choreographer: De’Aira McCroryPerformers: Vivian Munce, Alyssa Nesmith, Regan Sadowski, Khloe Hughes, Megan…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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Performance: Chaand (moon): the reflection of a wish – An ethno-contemporary journey

Choreographer / Director / Mentor / Video Montage: Sashar ZarifPerformers / Soundscore: Tanushree Chatterjee(India), Srabasti Ghosh(India), Durga Madher(India), Sumedha Bhattacharya(India), Arunima Dutta(India), Srimayee Chatterjee(India), Sandhya…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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Performance: (nest)eggs

Thursday, April 22 @ 6:00 pm CSTFriday, April 23 @ 6:00 pm CSTWednesday. April 28 @ 6:00 pm CST Director: Erica SaucedoChoreography / Performers: Erica…

Scott Martin April 21, 2021

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WDAA News

Dr. Linda Caldwell Scholarship Endowment

Join us in donating to the Dr. Linda Caldwell Scholarship Endowment! Linda Caldwell was an integral member of WDA – Americas and brought many of us together through her leadership, dance advocacy, and her infectious laughter. It was her wish that her estate establish a Texas Woman’s University scholarship for dance students with an award of $2,000 yearly ...

Welcome to our first virtual Assembly!

Dear WDA-Americas Virtual Presenters and Participants, We are so excited to welcome you to our very first virtual Conference & Festival Assembly ‘Ecologies Of and Through the Body’ on April 22-29, 2021. This year we have experienced the world in the midst of a global pandemic as well as widespread civil unrest due to social and ...

WDAA stands with the AAPI community

WDA-America Board Members strongly condemn the violence and ongoing harassment directed at Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. As dance and movement practitioners with a long-standing relationship to our Asian Pacific partner organization WDA-AP, we express our solidarity with the communities affected. We thank our colleagues from the Association of Asian Studies for compiling a list of ...