Thinking Out Loud – the Study Group launches

Dancemakers and The Dance Current invite you to 

Thinking Out Loud – the Study Group, launching at 6:30pm, Tuesday September 29 at the Dancemakers’ Centre for Creation with an introductory meeting and discussion of Paulo Freire's The Act of Study. (see below for information on getting the article)

Thinking Out Loud responds to our desire to read and talk together. To create a space in Toronto for a meeting between contemporary dance and contemporary thinking in an open, casual and critically supportive environment. An environment that includes snacks and beverages of varying types.

The mostly monthly meetings will each introduce a topic through a close reading of one or two articles and their relation to a specific artist and their practice. Articles will be announced a month before and available online or at Dancemakers.

We encourage any and all to join us, regardless of experience level or background. We like people from other fields (art, social sciences etc…) and we know that for many people this could be a very new thing. We will try to keep all of this in mind. All we ask for is a curiosity and willingness to read and participate.

Please join us on the 29^th to learn more.
And if you're coming- can you let us know? So we can have the right number of cookies?

If you are interested but unable to come on the 29^th – send me an email and I’ll keep you in the loop.

The full selection of topics and articles is still in development - and participant input will be important.

Information on the article for the 29^th below,

Hope to hear from you soon!

Jacob Zimmer, Dancemakers
and Megan Andrews, The Dance Current

Paulo Freire's The Act of Study from:
Freire, Paulo. The politics of education : culture, power, and liberation. South Hadley, Mass.: Bergin & Garvey, 1985.

Hard copies will be available at the Dancemakers office after Thursday September 17^th 

The book is also at the Toronto Reference Library -

and available online here* – unfortunately you can’t print it.

*signing up for an a.aaaarg.org is required to get the pdf  - and is a very good idea anyways - we may continue to use it as a way of sharing texts - and there are lots of great texts there