Futures of Performance

Futures of Performance inspires both current and future artists/academics to reflect on their roles and responsibilities in igniting future-forward thinking and practices for the performing arts in higher education.

Karen Schupp (MFA) is a Professor of Dance at Arizona State University, USA, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dance Education. Her research examines postsecondary performing arts education, dance competition culture, and equity and ethics in dance education.

Section 1: Responsibilities to Academia - Section I Introduction Karen Schupp - Performance Across the Disciplines: Envisioning Transdisciplinary Performance Pedagogies in Postsecondary Education Jesse Katen - Ethics, Standards, Evaluation, and Support of Creative Research in Academia Ali Duffy, Isabella Gonzales, and Destanie Davidson Preston - Ugly Feelings and Social Justice: Interrupting Inaction in Times of Perpetual Crisis Lauren Kapalka Richerme - Hosting Co(n)fusion: Art Residencies as Invitation-Practices Janaína Moraes - Decolonizing Tertiary Dance Education Through Including Student Voices in a Curricula Change Project Camilla Reppen, Lovisa Lundgren, and Tone Pernille Østern - The Creative Spaces at HBCUs Avis HatcherPuzzo, Soni Martin, Denise Murchison Payton, and Amanda Virelles - Call of the Butterfly: The Tao of GenuineGenerosity Robert Farid Karimi Section 2: Responsibilities to the Fields - Section II Introduction Karen Schupp - The Distance of Education Adesola Akinleye - Performing Hartford: A Community Turns its Head Rebecca K. Pappas - Integrating Disciplines-Disciplining Integration: Opera Curriculum through a Transdisciplinary Counter-Critical Pedagogy Kevin Skelton - Sustainable Futures in Performance Practice, Production, and Distribution Ecologies Max Zara Bernstein - Fighting for Equity With(in) Parasitical Resistance Jessica Rajko - A Tertiary Music Performance Education Through a Lens of Entrepreneurship Deanna Swoboda - "Undervalued, Underpaid, Underappreciated": The Lived Experiences of Adjunct Faculty in the Performing Arts. Karen Schupp, Artemis Preeshl, and Joya Scott Section 3: Responsibilities to Society - Section III Introduction Karen Schupp - Performing Arts Education for Democracies: Are We Cultivating Citizens or Docile Laborers? Robin Raven Prichard - Revitalizing the US Baccalaureate Dance Major: Integrating Values of Diversity and Interdisciplinarity Sherrie Barr and Wendy Oliver - Interrogating the Academy's Role in the Journey from Art Music to Heart Music Fiona Evison - Toward a Pedagogy of Care: Well-being, Grief, and Community-based Theatre's Role in Higher Education Rivka Eckert - Arts Education in Community Colleges: A Critical Connection Amy C. Parks - Pedagogies of Critical Embodiment: Activating Submerged Histories, Moving Toward Anti-Racist Futures Dasha A. Chapman - The Performing Arts in the Next America: Preparing Students for Their Future Peter Witte