Description:

Three Views on Social Somatics and What Decolonization Means in Our Practice, a panel discussion by Natasha Alhadeff-Jones, Rosana Barragan, and Brae Onna Weil, will be presented for in-person and virtual attendees of the 35th Annual BMCA Hybrid Conference: "Rejoining the Circle: Somatic Agency and Social Justice".

The presenters have trained with Dr. Martha Eddy and work as Dynamic Embodiment Practitioners with different populations and in various settings: higher education; dance performance and choreography; social justice and transformative healing. Brae leads a social somatics forum. Natasha and Rosana are active members of the forum. The panel will offer the presenters’ experience with the forum and their perspectives on decolonization. Rosana’s focus comes from her own history as a Latina, following theories by Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, Bolivian/Aymara scholar, activist, and renowned decolonial thinker. Rosana will break down the concept of decolonization, applying Cusicanqui’s view and in relation to her own work of connecting to her native roots using eco-somatics. Brae will share their perspectives on gender and body size in the context of decolonization and embodiment practices. Natasha will offer a Black woman’s perspective on social somatics and the power of African-influenced somatic dance.

Program: Sunkhronos Institute (SI) Movement & Artistic Processes with/in Space (MAPS Lab)

Presenters: Natasha Alhadeff-Jones, Rosana Barragan, Brae Onna Weil

Registration: https://bmcassociation.org/conferences