Tag: Shalon Webber-Heffernan

The Hemispheric Encounters dinner party series is a collaboration between Joyce LeeAnn, Jess Dobkin, Shalon Webber-Heffernan and Justice Walz. 

These gatherings are an offering – and importantly, an experiment – for artists, academics, archivists and activists to gather across borders, language, time zones and cultures for sensory, intimate connection in pandemic times. 

This series of dinner parties were made possible by Hemispheric Encounters, a partnership project supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and FADO Performance Art Centre.

Hemispheric Encounters: Developing Transborder Research-Creation Practices is a partnership project that seeks to develop a network of universities, community organizations, artists, and activists across Canada, the US, and Latin America actively working in and with hemispheric performance as a methodology, a pedagogical strategy, and tool for social change. 

For information and to follow projects as they develop, visit the Hemispheric Encounters website.

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www.shalontwh.com

Shalon T. Webber-Heffernan is an independent curator and scholar with a PhD in Theatre & Performance Studies. Her work engages with somatics, contemporary art, and performance, with a particular focus on themes of grief, disappearance, attunement, memory, and violence across North America. She recently contributed to the University of Toronto’s Integrated Arts Education Department and is a core member of The Toronto Performance Art Collective (TPAC). In addition to her curatorial practice, Shalon teaches Critical Theory and Philosophy at Dance Arts Institute (formerly the School of Toronto Dance Theatre). Her writing has been featured in leading publications, including Theatre Research in Canada, Performance Research, Comparative Media Arts Journal, C Magazine, Peripheral Review, Performance Matters, and several others.