Dr Karen Barbour

Upcoming workshops, presentations and events associated with my research as a Fulbright Scholar, based at The University of Southern Mississippi, and in association with the Eastwest Somatics Institute in Utah, will be shared here:

June – September 2022 – School of Performing and Visual Arts, The University of Southern Mississippi and community workshops, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Introduction to Somatics – August-September. Guest teaching in Kelly Lester’s course with USM students in the dance program.

Guest artist – August-September. Site-specific dance collaboration with Kelly Lester and USM dance students in the Repertory Dance Company. Performance of Contained Roots on Thursday 29 September at 7pm on the USM campus.

Open Workshops – Somatic dance, movement and environmental change with Kelly Lester and Candice Salyers: Tuesdays 9-11am from July 19th to August 16th, Studio 115, Theatre and Dance Building, The University of Southern Mississippi, MS.

October 2022 – Eastwest Somatics Institute, Elmira NZ and St George Utah

Eastwest Somatics Institute Conference and Workshops, Elmira, New York State October 7-11th. Conference presentation Eco-somatics and action competence.

Dance Studies Association Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 12-16th. Co-facilitating with Melanie Kloetzel, Alana Gerecke and Vicky Hunter: Dance, Anti-colonialism and Place-Based Praxis: Activist Approaches HUB

Eastwest Somatics Institute community workshops with Sondra Fraleigh, St George, Utah, October 19-26th.

Guest teacher at Department of Theatre, Dance and Digital Film, Utah Tech University, October 20th-21st.

November – December 2022 – Theatre Studies and Dance, The University of Waikato, New Zealand