Community Engaged Dance — with Karen Jamieson

Below the Radar

English - July 14, 2020 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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In this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal sits down with Karen Jamieson, Vancouver-based dancer and choreographer. Karen's company Karen Jamieson Dance works with residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside through community engagement and cross cultural dancing, and is recognized nationally as groundbreaking. Additionally, her work, "Sisyphus," was named one of the 10 Canadian choreographic masterworks of the 20th century by Dance Collection Danse. Karen has be recognized for her talent and dedication to her field, receiving the Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award in 2013, honoured with the Isadora Award in 2016, and in 2018 she was inducted into the Canadian dance hall of fame "Encore! Dance hall of Fame!"

You can learn more about Karen Jamieson Dance at their website: https://www.kjdance.ca/

You can also read more about community engaged dance on our blog, where we spoke with Karen Jamieson Dance facilitator Julie Lebel: http://sfuwce.org/carnegie-dance-troupe-julie-lebel/