Emergence 2019 Library & Archive

An interesting meander from a dancer of color about race in contemporary dance, submitted anonymously from the Cohort.

I encountered this beautiful piece on conflict and finding trust in difficult situations from a Facebook community that tackles this question head on: Lace on Race. I want to share with you this section:

“Agreement has rarely been the mandate for people who love each other. Maybe on some things, but, actually, when you look at some people who are lovers and friends, you go, actually, they might disagree really deeply on things, but they’re somehow — I like the phrase “the argument of being alive.” Or in Irish, when you talk about trust, there’s a beautiful phrase from West Kerry where you say, “mo sheasamh ort lá na choise tinne” — “You are the place where I stand on the day when my feet are sore.” That is soft and kind language, but it is so robust. That is what we can have with each other.”

- Pádraig Ó Tuama

Hey we all procrastinate. Let’s stop beating ourselves up about it!

This text has been foundational to our work as a cohort, and I have found myself returning to it again and again, sharing with friends and colleagues. I think a lot of it pertains to professionalism and the ideas we’ll be exploring at EMERGENCE.