Pre-Order Care-full Creativity in Theatre and Dance Education Consent-Forward, Trauma-Informed, Psychologically Safe Movement Pedagogy Now!

Care-full Creativity in Theatre and Dance Education is written for dance and movement educators as they develop consent-forward, trauma-informed, psychologically safe classrooms, rehearsals, and studio spaces.

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"Integrating Consent Practices in Dance Education"

I am especially honored to be mentioned by name, with several citations and with the words, "Perry has taken a particularly leading role..."in this article in the latest issue of the Journal of Dance Education. Thank you. Being seen in this way means so much.

Also glad to see Intimacy Direction in Dance included and to be alongside my colleagues Rocío Mendez, Adi Cabral, and Brooke M. Haney.

The article is available to NDEO members or if your institution has access to Taylor and Francis journals here.

Dancing with an Ex?

Dance Magazine offers some perspectives and advice with their new article, featuring some words of wisdom from me.

My favorite: Keeping things professional is essential, even in a workplace that emphasizes expressivity. “We’re constantly tapping into our emotions to tell a story,” Perry says. “That mindset of ‘I’m at work now’ is really important.

Momentum Stage is a Doris Duke Foundation Grantee!

Remember a few months ago when we were a finalist for the new Doris Duke Foundation’s Performing Arts and Technology Lab Cohort and Grant…

… and we are a winner!

We are excited to develop Totentanz, a new use of pose estimation and facial recognition technologies to decrease AI theft and training that occurs without choreographer and dancer consent. The project is led by Pedram Nimreezi (AI and technology), me (Dance), and Ed Talavera (Film). Learn more about the project here.

A New Piece on Psychological Safety in Dance

Since 2019, Halie Bahr, Cat Kamrath Monson, and I have been meeting and talking about ways we were/are changing our pedagogy to foster consent, autonomy, and psychological safety in western concert dance class. And that work finally has a home!

Psychological Safety in the Western Concert Dance Technique Class. Video essay and transcript with Halie Bahr and Cat Kamrath Monson. Published in Conversations a Journal of the Dance Studies Association. Fall 2024.

New Project is a Doris Duke Foundation Finalist for the Performing Arts Technologies Lab Grant

A new project, created by me (Nicole Perry), AI Engineer Pedram Nimreezi, and Filmmaker Ed Talavera, has been selected as a Doris Duke Foundation Finalist for the Performing Arts Technologies Lab grant!

About our Project:

It is the goal of Totentanz to increase ownership and creative agency of choreographers and dancers, while at the same time increasing access to dance performances.

This project proposes to protect the creator(s), performance(s), and the performer(s), by providing tools and a platform for storing and sharing videos of choreographers who do not wish to have their works available for AI training.

This powerful combination of technological access and protection allows choreographers to promote their work, and reach audiences worldwide, while at the same time upholding their creative agency and protecting their intellectual property.

While being a finalist is not a guarantee of funding, it’s still pretty cool. It means the nation’s biggest arts funder thought that our idea was really worthwhile. In fact, they received 745 applications and only 40 are finalists! Stay tuned for news from me, and Momentum Stage, who is acting as our fiscal sponsor and nonprofit partner, in September when final decisions are made!