2022 daCi Conference

Dance and the Child: international (daCi)Virtual Conference July 10-15, 2022

Conference Theme: Dancing into Communities

Programming will include many of the events and activities that we all associate with daCi conferences, including performances by children and youth, scholarly presentations, and opportunities for children and youth to create and collaborate with others.

The program will include a range of exciting real time and pre-recorded virtual activities from July 10 to 15, with focused virtual gatherings in the spirit of Dancing into Communities:

• Dance workshops of various styles for all delegates
• Children and youth performances from around the world
• Creative gatherings for children and youth from various cultures to collectively choreograph a dance to be performed
• Scholarly gatherings which include research papers, panels, posters, lecture/demonstrations, movement workshops and discussions after each
• Twinning projects that pair groups of children to learn and share dance, leading to a performance
• Opening and closing ceremonies, which include dance performances​
• There will also be full access to all of the sessions for up to 30 days after the conference ends.

Please note children and youth are encouraged to be registered by June 30 as they may be placed in groups for Creative Gatherings and the UNESCO Project.

"As dance is a reflection of our culture, the ways in which we celebrate life is through movement, in community. The power of a dance community intermingling with another dance community is that dance creates conversations that link and build on each other as people engage with various groups, ‘cross pollinate ideas and discover new insights into the issues that are most important in their life, work or community’."

- Peter Block in Community: The structure of belonging