Teas: Gatherings for Chicago Dancemakers #YearofChicagoDance

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February

Meet other local dancemakers and discuss relevant topics that you want to explore during the Year of Chicago Dance (2022). Chicago Dancemakers Forum is offering a series of artists-to-artists teas that are collectively facilitated by those in attendance, unstreamed, and unrecorded. To address isolation and support resource sharing, these open conversations among peers are formatted around affinity groups. Held via Zoom on Fridays at 3pm CT, unless otherwise indicated.

Schedule:

March 4: OPEN TO ALL CHICAGO DANCEMAKERS

March 11: Black Chicago Dancemakers

For Chicago dancemakers who identify as Black, African, Afro-Caribbean, or African American.

March 18: Chicago Dancemakers + Immigration

For Chicago dancemakers who Identify as Immigrants, Refugees, or Migrants or are closely connected to issues of immigration.

March 25: Early Career Chicago Dancemakers

For Chicago dancemakers who Identify as being Early-Career or Emerging Artists.

April 1: Chicago Dancemakers Over 50

For Chicago dancemakers 50 years of age or older.

April 8: Parent/Caregiver Chicago Dancemakers

For Chicago dancemakers who are parents and/or caregivers.

April 15: Queer Chicago Dancemakers

For Chicago dancemakers who Identify as Queer or part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

April 22: OPEN TO ALL CHICAGO DANCEMAKERS

April 29: Hispanohablante Chicago Dancemakers

Una conversación en español para todos los artistas de baile de Chicago de habla hispana. [For Spanish-Speaking Chicago Dancemakers.]

May 6: Chicago Dancemakers with Disabilities

For Chicago Dancemakers with Disabilities, Chronic Illness/Injury, or Mental Illness.

May 13: Asian Chicago Dancemakers

For Chicago Dancemakers who identify as Asian; South, East, or Southeast Asian; Pacific Islander or Indigenous; and/or part of the AAPI community.

IMPORTANT NOTE: These gatherings are intended for all Chicago dance artists who identify with each identity/affinity group in order to build community among those artists. These are not educational opportunities for allies; if that is what you seek, please contact Chicago Dancemakers Forum staff for resources on allyship.