Lauren V. Coons, an interdisciplinary composer, performer, healing artist, and educator from Albuquerque, New Mexico, makes a compelling case for making academic arts programs truly interdisciplinary in scope.
Ana Vrbaški describes how she and Marko Dinjaski became inspired to create a body music festival in Serbia and launched the New Balkan Rhythm Festival.
Tiffany Tjosvold, director of Embrace in Victoria, BC, shares the breadth of Embrace’s programs for kids and adults with and without disabilities, as well as the impact it has had in Victoria’s community.
Leyya Mona Tawil – director of DANCE ELIXIR, Temescal Art Center in Oakland, and Arab.AMP – shares more about Arab Experimentalism and how she has developed her voice within that framework.
Parvathy Baul, one of the most recognized woman Baul practitioners in the world, describes how Baul functions as both a contemporary and traditional form, and the challenges Baul faces in the modern world.