june 2024
Keynote Speaker: 2024 World Mediation Summit
Offering an interactive Keynote talk to this international gathering of conflict engagement practitioners.
Hybrid: in-person and virtual options.
June 10-12, 2024
ADR Institute
february 2024
Launching new cohort: The Practice of Constructive Conflict
An 8-week intensive course of hands-on collaborative work in the practice of constructive conflict.
Online
February-March, 2024
Dana Caspersen
january 2024
Workshop Intensive: Life Skills for Young Scientists
A two-day training on constructive conflict engagement offered in the context of the yearlong mentorship program led by Jonathan Lilly of the Planetary Science Institute.
Online
January 13-14, 2024
Jonathan Lilly, The Planetary Science Institute
november 2023
Conflict Engagement Training II: MaCODE, Masters in Dance Pedagogy, University of Music and the Performing Arts, Frankfurt, Germany
I will be moving into a 2nd phase of work with the Masters students, as they continue developing their practice of constructive conflict.
Online
November, 2023
University of Music and the Performing Arts, Frankfurt, Germany
october 2023
Launching new course, The Year of Conflict Thinking
In this year-long course, participants will work with Dana and the cohort through readings, conversation, hands-on practice, and self-chosen projects, focusing on the internal and external practice of conflict engagement. This will be a small cohort with a maximum of 10 participants.
Online
Start date: October 31, 2023
Dana Caspersen
september 2023
Interactive event: Decisions, Decisions, how we shape the world. Cologne, Germany.
As dance artists, we notice that choreographic decision-making categories are always in play in shaping our social, built, and natural environments. We've translated these ideas into a set of cards and invite you to use them to explore the impact of decisions and the possibilities for transformation.
FORUM Volkshochschule im Rauthenstrauch-Joest-Museum am Neumarkt Cäcilienstr. 29033, 50667 Köln, Altstadt-Süd
Saturday, Sept. 30, 17:00-19:00
In collaboration with the MD Kollektiv
May-June 2023
Synchronous online course in conflict engagement with masters students at the Frankfurt University for Music and Performing Arts.
An intensive, hands-on course for working with conflict as a place of possibility in creative and educational spaces, with students from Masters for Contemporary Dance Education Program.
Online
May- June, 2023
MA CoDE, at The Frankfurt University for Music and Performing Arts.
march 2023
Interactive online talk, hosted by the Goethe Institute
A free online, interactive talk on my work integrating choreographic thinking and conflict engagement practice. Participants will engage with extracts from choreographic dialogue models, including THE DIS/AGREEMENT PROJECT, my most recent work in collaboration with nine artists from around the world. I will be joined by collaborators on the project in the discussion.
Online
March 8th, 1-2:30pm EST / 19-20:30 CET
Goethe Institutes of Boston and Chicago
February 2023
Action Dialogue Event: The Exchange. Heidelberg, Germany.
A participatory event on the topic of violence. In collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv.
Heiliggeistkirche, Marktplatz, Heidelberg.
February 4, 2023. 15:00-16:00
Tanzbiennale Heidelberg
January 2023
8-week online course in conflict engagement
A synchronous online deep dive into practices of engaging with difficult conversations and conflict.
online
January 17- March 21
Hosted by The MD Kollektiv
November 2022
Interactive lecture, University of Bern, Switzerland
I will be offering an interactive talk on my work integrating choreographic thinking and conflict engagement practice as part of the interdisciplinary lecture series on the topic of Social Choreography.
Online
November 28, 2022
University of Bern, Institute of Theatre Studies, Switzerland
Public tests in creation process with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv
I continue my multi-year collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv with this new project, focused on creating a new interactive tool for use in examining, transforming and creating participatory events using physical thinking.
We will be running two tests of the model on November 4th and November 9th in Cologne, Germany from 18:30-20:30 and would love for you to join us for both or either test. If you are interested, please be in touch: mdkollektiv2022@gmail.com
Cologne, Germany
November 4th, November 9th
October/ November 2022
Synchronous online course in conflict engagement with masters students from the Palucca University Dresden, Germany.
An intensive, hands-on course for working with conflict as a place of possibility in creative and educational spaces, with students from the Masters Dance Teacher Program.
online
October/ November 2022
Palucca University, Dresden, Germany
september 2022
Action Dialogue Event: THE EXCHANGE. Bologna, Italy
A participatory event on the topic of violence. In collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv. Open to all.
Scie Festival, AtelierSi, Bologna, Italy
September 28, 18:30
Scie Festival, Bologna
June 2022
Creation process with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv
I continue my multi-year collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv with this new project, focused on creating a tool for use in examining, transforming and creating participatory events using physical thinking.
Cologne, Germany
May/ June
Dana Caspersen and the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv
In-person interactive event: THE POLARITY PARTY
11th international conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice
A participatory choreographic event examining polarization. With no dancing. But all of the sensation. The event invites participants into an experience that is both intimate and analytical, using physical action as a way to organize ideas and make thoughts visible. English and Italian language.
Sassari, Italy
June 26, 13:00
European Forum for Restorative Justice
May 2022
Creation process with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv
I continue my multi-year collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv with this new project, focused on creating a tool for use in examining, transforming and creating participatory events using physical thinking.
Cologne, Germany
May/ June
Dana Caspersen and the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv
Workshop on choreographic thinking in the creation of participatory events.
With the artists of the Boston Dance Theater.
In the workshop, I will continue my work with the artists of Boston Dance Theater, this time focusing on a deep dive into exploring the categories of choreographic decision-making that shape every participatory event.
Boston, USA
May 2-13
Boston Dance Theater
Workshop: Seeing Past the Familiar
Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council 2022 Virtual Roundtable
An interactive online workshop on conflict and possibility with practitioners of collaborative law.
Online
May 12, 1-4pm EST
Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
In-person interactive event: THE POLARITY PARTY
Bucharest Fringe Festival
A participatory choreographic event examining polarization. With no dancing. But all of the sensation. The event invites participants into an experience that is both intimate and analytical, using physical action as a way to organize ideas and make thoughts visible. English and Romanian language.
Bucharest, Romania
May 19, 13:00
Bucharest Fringe Festival
April 2022
7-week hybrid intensive course: CREATING PARTICIPATORY EVENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHOREOGRAPHIC AND CONFLICT ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES.
CAPA Leadership Institute, Bennington College, US.
In this hands-on course, students work with categories of decision-making that shape every participatory event, integrating practices from the fields of choreographic thinking and conflict engagement.
Online and Bennington College
February 15-April 1, 2022
CAPA Leadership Institute, Bennington College, USA.
March 2022
Online Workshop: Conflict Resolution for Scientists
A two-hour workshop, offering simple and effective tools for constructively engaging with the conflicts we inevitably encounter, and transforming them into opportunities for positive change. Attendance is free for graduate students, postdocs, or researchers in any field of science. This workshop is hosted by Jonathan Lilly (http://www.jmlilly.net), an oceanographer at the Planetary Science Institute (https://www.psi.edu), a nonprofit research center.
Online
Thursday, March 17. 12 noon EST
Jonathan Lilly at the Planetary Science Institute
7-week hybrid intensive course: CREATING PARTICIPATORY EVENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHOREOGRAPHIC AND CONFLICT ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES.
CAPA Leadership Institute, Bennington College, US.
In this hands-on course, students work with categories of decision-making that shape every participatory event, integrating practices from the fields of choreographic thinking and conflict engagement.
Online and Bennington College
February 15-April 1, 2022
CAPA Leadership Institute, Bennington College, USA.
February 2022
7-week hybrid intensive course: CREATING PARTICIPATORY EVENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHOREOGRAPHIC AND CONFLICT ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES.
CAPA Leadership Institute, Bennington College, US.
In this hands-on course, students work with categories of decision-making that shape every participatory event, integrating practices from the fields of choreographic thinking and conflict engagement.
Online and Bennington College
February 15-April 1, 2022
CAPA Leadership Institute, Bennington College, USA.
January 2022
Online interactive event: THE POLARITY PARTY- DIGITAL.
Bucharest Fringe Festival, Romania.
A participatory choreographic event examining polarization. With no dancing. But all of the sensation. The event invites participants into an experience that is both intimate and analytical, using physical action as a way to organize ideas and make thoughts visible.
Online
January 15, 2022, 20:00 Bucharest, 19:00 Berlin, 1pm NYC
Bucharest Fringe Festival
A series of intensive workshops on conflict and communication with the latest cohort of the Masters in Dance Education at the Frankfurt University for Music and Performing Arts, Germany.
A synchronous online deep dive into practices of engaging with difficult conversations and conflict.
Online
December 2021-January 2022
Frankfurt University for Music and Performing Arts, Masters program in Dance Education, MA CoDE
December 2021
A series of intensive workshops on conflict and communication with the latest cohort of the Masters in Dance Education at the Frankfurt University for Music and Performing Arts, Germany.
A synchronous online deep dive into practices of engaging with difficult conversations and conflict.
Online
December 2021-January 2022
Frankfurt University for Music and Performing Arts, Masters program in Dance Education, MA CoDE
november/ december 2021
3-day online mixed-abled workshop on conflict, creativity and self-expression.
Created in collaboration with a team from the mixed ability dance ensemble cie.nomoreless and the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv, this multi-day workshop offers a more barrier-free edition of the Polarity Party/ a 3-hour workshop with Dana, Conflict is a Place of Possibility / Channeling Imagination, with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv. Participants can choose to take part in 1, 2 or all 3 days.
Online
Nov. 29th, Dec. 1 & 2
cienomoreless
November 2021
8-week synchronous online course in conflict engagement with students from the Palucca University MA program, Dresden, Germany.
An action-based, hands-on course in conflict analysis and engagement with students from the Masters Dance Teacher Program.
Online
October- November, 2021
Palucca
Interactive online event: THE POLARITY PARTY
A participatory choreographic event examining polarization. With no dancing. But all of the sensation.
The event invites participants into an experience that is both intimate and analytical, using physical action as a way to organize ideas and make thoughts visible.
Online
November 20th, 12 noon New York/ 18:00 Berlin
Dana Caspersen and the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv
october 2021
8-week synchronous online course in conflict engagement with students from the Palucca University MA program, Dresden, Germany.
An action-based, hands-on course in conflict analysis and engagement with students from the Masters Dance Teacher Program.
Online
October- November, 2021
Palucca
Action Dialogue Event: THE POLARITY PARTY: Trans Europe Halles Camp Meeting #92, Bratislava, Slovakia
An action-based, participatory event inviting participants to reflect and exchange on the topic of polarization.
Nova Cvernovka, Račianska 78 831 02 Bratislava Slovakia
Thursday, October 7th, 10:30am
Nová Cvernovka / Trans Europe Halles
September 2021
Workshop: Professional development week, for the faculty of the San Francisco Ballet School and Education Programs
A hands-on workshop for dance educators working in a broad array of teaching styles and student populations, exploring tools for moving toward the constructive change that conflict proposes.
Online
September 2nd, 2021
San Francisco Ballet School and Education Programs
june 2021
Workshop: Service Corporation International Women’s Leadership Conference 2021
A hands-on workshop for leaders from the field of end-of-life services, exploring tools to engage with the challenges and opportunities offered by conflicts arising in course of their work.
Online
June 15-16
Service Corporation International
march 2021
6-week synchronous online course: CONFLICT RESOLUTION: ARTISTIC TOOLS & ACTION-BASED APPROACHES.
Rutgers University.
Developed and taught by Dana Caspersen, this course guides participants to explore how the artistic tools used by choreographic thinkers can be integrated with practices and principles from the field of conflict engagement toward the creation of participatory events. Registration open to all.
Online
March 22- May 3, 2021
Rutgers University: Mason Gross School of the Arts, Dance
february 2021
Action Dialogue Event: THE POLARITY PARTY.
Our Danced Democracy Conference 2.
The first online edition of THE POLARITY PARTY, an immersive event on polarization. In collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv.
Online
February 11 and 12, 2021
Our Danced Democracy, a collaboration between Karen Gallagher & Associates, Liverpool Hope University, People Dancing and Culture Liverpool
December 2020
2-week conflict workshop intensive: Boston Dance Theater
A deep dive with this group of artists into the practice of conscious engagement with conflict, and the possibilities it offers for constructive change.
Online
November 30-December 11, 2020
Boston Dance Theater
november 2020
Launch of action score: WE ARE NOT DOOMED: an act of de-polarization for whatever comes next
One of ten scores commissioned for the presidential election in the USA on November 3rd, 2020, as part of the 1,000 Scores Project.
Online
Launch on November 3rd, 2020.
Commissioned by PACT Zollverein and 1,000 Scores, Rimini Apparat
October 2020
Plenary event of the German Dance Prize Symposium 2020: Qualities of Artistic Working Methods and Working Conditions
An action-based examination of current working conditions and working methods in the field of dance- and possibilities and avenues for positive change.
Online
October 16, 2020
German Dance Prize Symposium: Dachverband Tanz
May 2020
Workshop Series: Service Corporation International Women’s Leadership Conference 2020
A series of hands-on workshops for leaders from the field of end-of-life services, exploring tools to engage with the challenges and opportunities offered by conflicts arising in course of their work.
Houston, USA
Postponed– new dates tba
Service Corporation International
Workshop: The Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
A workshop on conflict engagement and physical thinking in the design of participatory events, for lawyers engaged with collaborative law. Offered in the context of the MA Collaborative Law Council's training event, "What's Possible: Reimagining (Your) Collaborative Practice, 2020".
404 Wyman Street Waltham, MA 02451 United States
Postponed– new dates tba
Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
january 2020
New 2-Week Intensive Course at Rutgers University. “CONFLICT RESOLUTION: ARTISTIC TOOLS AND ACTION-BASED APPROACHES.” USA
Developed and taught by Dana Caspersen, this course guides students to explore how the artistic tools used by choreographic thinkers can be integrated with practices and principles from the field of conflict resolution toward the creation of participatory events. Registration open to all. Reduced fee for early bird registration before November 1st, 2019.
Douglass Campus at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
January 6-11 & 13-15, 2020
Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Dance Department
October 2019
2-day Workshop: Physical Tools, Conflict Resolution and the Creation of Community. Eisenstadt, Austria
This 2-day workshop invites all community members to a hands-on experience of creating action-based events that integrate conflict resolution strategies and choreographic tools.
Kultur Kongress Zentrum Eisenstadt
October 21 & 22, 2019
D.ID | Dance Identity. Choreografisches Zentrum Burgenland
3-day Intensive Workshop: Conflict Resolution, Choreographic Tools and the Creation of Action-Based Events. Vienna, Austria
In this hands-on workshop, participants explore the integration of conflict resolution strategies with choreographic tools in the creation of participatory events.
Im_flieger, Bräuhausgasse 40 Souterrain, 1050 Vienna
October 17-19, 2019
Im_flieger
Action Dialogue Event: THE POLARITY PARTY. Bardejov, Slovakia
An immersive event on polarization. In collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv.
BAŠTA Cultural Community Centre, Na hradbách 94/3, 085 01 Bardejov
October 14th, 2019
Festival Jeden Svetand and Nový Priestor
Workshop: Conflict resolution and artistic tools in the creation of participatory events. Bardejov, Slovakia
A hands-on workshop experimenting with the use of choreographic technologies in the the creation of interactive events.
BAŠTA Cultural Community centre, Na hradbách 94/3, 085 01 Bardejov
October 15th, 2019
Festival Jeden Svetand and Nový Priestor
Action Dialogue Event: THE POLARITY PARTY. Bratislava, Slovakia
An immersive event on polarization. In collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv.
Nová Cvernovka, Račianska 78, Bratislava
October 12th, 2019
Nový Priestor
Workshop on conflict resolution and artistic tools in the creation of participatory events. Dana Caspersen and the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv. Bratislava, Slovakia
A hands-on workshop experimenting with the use of artistic technologies in the the creation of interactive events.
Nová Cvernovka, Račianska 78, Bratislava
October 11th, 2019
september 2019
Action Dialogue Events: THE EXCHANGE. Dresden, Germany
A participatory event on the topic of violence. In collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv. Open to all, free entrance.
Zentralwerk, Riesaer Str. 32, 01127 Dresden, Germany
September 7th, 18:00 / September 8th, 11:00
Hosted by Zentralwerk
Action Dialogue Event: THE POLARITY PARTY. Cologne, Germany
An immersive event on the topic of polarization. In collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv. Open to all.
Stadthalle in Köln-Mülheim, Jan-Wellem-Str.2 51065 Köln
September 5th, 19:00
Co-produced by the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv and PACT Zollverein.
july 2019
Choreographic Object: White Bouncy Castle. The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
A participatory installation created through a collaboration between Dana Caspersen, choreographer William Forsythe and composer Joel Ryan. Originally commissioned by Artangel in London.
The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
July 11-28, 2019
june 2019
Interactive talk on my work in art and conflict. The Vermont Governor’s Institute on the Arts, Castleton University, Vermont
A talk on my experience over the last 40 years and what is inspiring me now.
Castleton, Vermont, USA
7:30pm, June 29th
Hosted by The Vermont Governor's Institute on the Arts
may 2019
Workshop & Panel Talk: Conflict Resolution, Artistic Technologies, and the Creation of Participatory Events : Trans Europe Halles Conference. Zentralwerk, Dresden, Germany
A hands-on workshop experimenting with the use of artistic technologies in the the creation of interactive events. The TEH #87 is the annual conference of the Trans Europe Halles- a network of 109 European cultural centres initiated by citizens and artists.
Zentralwerk, Dresden, Germany
May 16-19, 2019
Annual Conference of the Trans Europe Halles, hosted by Zentralwerk
Premiere: THE POLARITY PARTY. PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany
A new interactive project on polarisation. In collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv.
May 11 / 12, 2018
PACT Zollverein / Tanz NRW Festival. Production: MichaelDouglas Kollektiv, co-produced by PACT Zollverein.
april 2019
Artist Residency: PACT Zollverein. Essen, Germany
A 5-week residency at the cultural center PACT Zollverein in Essen, Germany. Working in collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv and joined by the artists Valerie Ebuwa and Katarina Brestovanska as we create THE POLARITY PARTY: a new interactive public event examining polarization.
April, 2019
PACT Zollverein
february 2019
Action Dialogue Event: The Exchange. Jena, Germany
An action dialogue on violence. With the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv.
Jena, Volkshaus, Grosser Saal
February 2, 2019
Hosted by the Annual Conference of the Dramaturg's Society
Workshop: How is democracy enacted through physical means? Jena, Germany
A workshop examining the use of artistic technologies to create participatory events. The beginning of the working process with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv, for our new project: THE POLARITY PARTY
Jena, Germany
February 1, 2019
Hosted by the annual conference of the Dramaturg's Society
Work Day for UNDER | STAND: an action dialogue on race. Roehampton University, London, England.
Collaborating with artists/ activists Akeim Toussaint, Rose Ziaei, Sakina Sheikh, and TECHNĒ PhD students from Universities across London for a day of examination and experimentation. How might the project UNDER | STAND be adapted for the British context?
Roehampton University
February 4, 2019
Hosted by the Roehampton University Dance Department, with support from TECHNĒ
december 2018
Action Dialogue Event: The Exchange. Bucharest, Romania
An action dialogue on violence
December 17, 2018
Bucharest Arts and Public Space Festival 2018
november 2018
Workshop: Changing the Conversation in Conflict. Oberlin College Center for Convergence, Ohio
A workshop with the interdisciplinary cohort of the Arts of Conflict at Oberlin College on changing the conversation in conflict.
November 13, 2018
Hosted by the Oberlin College Center for Convergence
September 2018
Keynote Talk: “CONFLICT AND PHYSICAL THINKING”: The German Dance Prize Symposium. Essen, Germany
A talk on change. Within the context of the German Dance Association Conference 2018 : "THE FUTURE OF DANCE: ARTISTS – COLLECTIVES – CO-OPERATIONS"
Haus der Technik, Hollestraße 1, 45127 Essen, Germany
Saturday, September 22nd, 10:30 am
Presented by the German Dance Association (DTD) in co-operation with the funding project TANZLAND – an initiative by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund.
June 2018
Working Lab: The use of choreographic thinking in the development of participatory events
A 3-day hands-on workshop focused on integrating practices from the fields of conflict resolution and choreography in the creation of participatory social action events. The workshop is offered free of charge, supported by AUSUFERN and the initiative Life Long Burning.
Register here: ausufern@uferstudios.com
Uferstudios, Uferstr. 8/23, Berlin, Germany
Monday, June 4th-Wednesday, June 6th. 11:00-16:00.
AUSUFERN and Life Long Burning
An action dialogue on racism.
Uferstudios, Studio 14, Uferstr. 8/23, Berlin, Germany
Sunday, June 3rd, 17:00 & Monday, June 4th, 19:00
AUSUFERN and Life Long Burning
April 2018
An action dialogue on racism.
SCDT: 25 Main St, 4th floor, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Sunday, April 29th, 2018, 3-6:00pm
Hosted by the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought.
An action dialogue on racism.
Davis Ballroom, Smith College. Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Friday April 27th, 4:30 – 6:00
Hosted by the Smith College Dance Department.
An action dialogue on violence. Created in collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv.
Stockholm, Sweden.
April 17th, 2018.
Hosted by Life Long Burning and Cullberg Ballet.
Working Lab: on the creation of physically-based social action models. Stockholm, Sweden.
A 3-day hands-on workshop focused on integrating practices from the fields of conflict resolution and choreography in the creation of participatory social action events. In the context of the initiative Life Long Burning.
Stockholm, Sweden.
April 16-18, 2018.
Hosted by Cullberg Ballet.
Teaching Residency: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Workshops and lecture on the use of choreographic thinking in the creation of participatory public events.
April 9-10, 2018.
Hosted by Duke University.
March 2018
An action dialogue where participants examine the mechanisms and impacts of racism by engaging in a collective “physical interview” process. Connect, reflect, exchange.
Location: The University of Southern California, Los Angeles. The Tutor Campus Ballroom.
6-7:30pm, March 8th, 2018. Followed by reception.
Hosted by the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Residential Education.
Teaching Residency: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Classes and workshops on the creation and impact of physical action models.
Location: The University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
March 6-9, 2018.
Hosted by the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, University of Southern California, Los Angeles/
Teaching Residency: Smith College, Amherst, Massachussets, USA.
Workshops on the use of choreographic thinking in the creation of participatory events. Preparation for the upcoming campus-wide event of UNDER | STAND: an action dialogue on racism.
Location: Smith College, Amherst
March 1-3, 2018.
February 2018
Introduction to UNDER | STAND
A community gathering to explore the upcoming action dialogue project UNDER | STAND on racism
Location: School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, STUDIO 4, 25 Main St Northampton MA
3-6:00pm, February 4th, 2018
Co-hosted by Dana Caspersen and SCDT
RIFF Talks: Public Discussion with K.J. Holmes, Chris Aiken & Dana Caspersen on Tone
A public conversation exploring tone: the background landscape of our actions and perceptions.
Location: Smith College, Scott Dance Studio, 10 Elm Street Northampton, Massachusetts
7:00pm, February 2nd, 2018
Co-sponsored by the Smith College Dance Department and the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought.
January 2018
Teaching Residency at the University of Massachusetts
Workshops and lecture on choreographic thinking in the creation of participatory events.
January 31-February 3, 2018
UMASS, Northhampton, Massachusetts, USA
November 2017
A choreographic public dialogue on violence. Offered within the frame of Ergonomica – An international conference on dance and architecture in the urban space.
Location: Casa OAR in Bucharest, Romania
Sunday, November 5th, 2017
Presented by 4Culture and WASP Working Art Space and Production, Bucharest, Romania. Created in collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv
IMPACT17: A transdisciplinary symposium on the transferability of methodologies between artistic, scientific and social structures.
A working lab on the potential of choreographic practice as a tool in complex societal conflicts.
November 1-5, 2017
PACT Zollverein Choreographisches Zentrum NRW, Essen, Germany
may 2017
Working Lab: On creating choreographic public dialogues. Bratislava, Slovakia
4-day workshop with artists and dialogue practitioners from around Slovakia, combining conflict engagement and choreographic practices to build a framework for an upcoming series of choreographic public dialogues.
May 1-4, 2017
Convened by the International Arts Research Center Novy Priestor. Supported by the Goethe Institute in Bratislava, Slovakia.
April 2017
Workshop: Situational transformation in choreographic practice. Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia
Workshop exploring how categories of decision-making are engaged and environments are transformed through choreographic practice.
April 27th, 2017
Supported by the Goethe Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Choreographic Public Dialogue: THE EXCHANGE. Bratislava, Slovakia
Choreographic public dialogue on violence, created in collaboration with the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv
Location: Church and Monastery of the Poor Clares/Kostol Klarisiek, Klariska 5, Bratislava 811 03, Slovakia
April 29th, 17:00
Supported by the Goethe Institute in cooperation with Nu Dance Fest, Milan Šimečka Foundation, Open Society Foundation, Sensorium, Nový priestor, VŠMU a PDCS
Interactive Talk/Open Lecture: Choreography and Conflict. Berlin, Germany
Location: Uferstudios, Studio 9, Uferstraße 23, 13357 Berlin
April 24, 18:00
Inter-University Center of Dance, Berlin (HZT)
March 2017
Workshop: Gloria Kaufman School of Dance. University of Southern California
Choreographic thinking and practice in social action.
Gloria Kaufman International Dance Center, University of Southern California
March 20th- 31st, 2017
Gloria Kaufman School of Dance, USC
Choreographic Public Dialogue: The Exchange. Ankara, Turkey
Choreographic public dialogue on violence
Goethe Institute, Atatürk Bulvarı 131 06640 Bakanlıklar - Ankara, Turkey
March 30th, 2017. 19:00
Goethe Institute
Talk: “A Curiously Moving Talk with Dana Caspersen”. University of Southern California’s “Visions and Voices” program.
An experiential presentation on Caspersen's work with choreographic public dialogues.
Location: Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center, University of Southern California
March 22nd
USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
february 2017
Performance: Appearing as the Woman in the Historical Costume in William Forsythe’s “Artifact” with the Boston Ballet.
Boston Opera House
February 23- March 5, 2017
January 2017
Fellowship Residency at New York University’s Center for Ballet and the Arts
Residency period focused on the creation of a new choreographic public dialogue examining structural racism: UNDER |STAND.
Location: New York City, USA
January 14 - January 28
November 2016
Seminar: New York University’s Center for Ballet and the Arts
Interactive seminar on the new choreographic public dialogue on racism UNDER | STAND by fellow Dana Caspersen.
Location: New York City, USA
November 1st
NYU's Center for Ballet and the Arts
October 2016
Live webcast: Changing the Conversation: The Principles of Conflict Resolution. Encore presentation.
Online training module on conflict resolution for California State University's Systemwide Professional Development program.
Location: CSU’s Got Talent, California State University.
october 12th
Fellowship Residency at New York University’s Center for Ballet and the Arts
Residency period focused on the creation of a new choreographic public dialogue examining structural racism: UNDER |STAND.
Location: New York City, USA
October 2016 - January 2017
September 2016
Workshop: The Citizen Artist Incubator. Austria
Workshop examining the intersection of social action, conflict resolution and artistic practice.
Location: The Citizen Artist Incubator. Laxenburg Castle, near Vienna, Austria
September 19-20
Featured Speaker: Lincoln Center’s Global Exchange Art X Conflict
Interactive seminar: What can choreography reveal about conflict?
Location: Lincoln Center, NYC, USA
September 16
June 2016
Choreographic public dialogue on individual and global violence
mechanisms.
June 11th, 19:00
Lecture: Conflict and Choreography
Location: Dance Congress 2016, Hannover, Germany
June 18th, 11:30 am
Workshop: Choreographic Practice as a Instrument for Conflict Resolution.
Location: Dance Congress 2016, Hannover, Germany
June 18th, 16-18:30
May 2016
Live webcast: Changing the Conversation: Principles of Conflict Resolution
Location: CSU’s Got Talent, California State University’s Systemwide Professional Development program.
May 17, 1 pm EST
April 2016
Public Dialogue: Violence: Recode
A choreographic public dialogue on structural violence
Location: ZENTRALWERK, Dresden, in cooperation with friedrichstradtZentral e.V.
April 29-30, 7 pm (19:00)
February 2016
Symposium: “Reflection and feedback–(Re)thinking modes of artistic learning.”
The Practice of connection: a conversation with Dana Caspersen and Amy Raymond.
Dance Education Biennale, Cologne, Germany.
February 21, 10 am-6 pm
Workshop: The practice of connection
Dana Caspersen and Amy Raymond at the Dance Education Biennale, Cologne, Germany.
February 17-20
January 2016
Presentation: development of the choreographic public dialogue project, “Violence: Recode” in Boston.
Collaborative Programs Meeting at the Boston Society of Architects.
Hosted by Julie Burros, Chief of Arts and Culture for the City of Boston.
January 20, 2016
October 2015
Talk: “How to start an epidemic of non-violence”
Webmonday, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
October 12, 2015
June 2015
Talk: Choreographic Conversations: organizing ideas physically in public dialogue processes
Featured speaker at the University of Cologne’s conference, “Where the Magic Happens: Education after the dissolution of artistic borders.”
Cologne, Germany.
June 12, 2015
May 2015
Talk: TEDxHackney: “Conflict is a place of possibility”
Dana Caspersen | TEDxHackneyWomen. London, England.
May 30, 2015.
Workshop and talk: Conflict and the Body
A laboratory for the project “Violence: Recode” University of Roehampton. London, England.
May 28-29, 2015
Workshop: Changing the Conversation in Conflict
MA CoDE, Master’s Program in Pedagogy College for Music and the Performing Arts, Frankfurt, Germany.
May 7-8, 2015
Research Lecture: Choreographic methodology in public dialogues processes
University for Music and the Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main,Germany.
May 8, 2015
April 2015
2 Open Lectures: Developing the “Violence: Recode” Process
Academy of Visual Arts in Frankfurt Germany on Violence: Recode, a public dialogue model that uses motion and visual translation strategies developed in collaboration with the Academy.
April/June 2015
March 2015
Public Dialogue: VIOLENCE : RECODE
A choreographic public dialogue on structural violence.
Designed and directed by Dana Caspersen in collaboration with students from Lyndon State College. Commissioned by Lyndon State College, Vermont, USA for Lyndon’s Year of Social Justice.
Talk and book reading: Choreographic Conversations
A presentation by Dana Caspersen, including readings from her book, “Changing the Conversation” and an introduction to the choreographic public dialogue project: “Like This…”
Location: The Athenaeum Public Library, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, USA.
March 6, 7:00 pm
January 2015
Book Release: Changing the Conversation; The 17 Principles of Conflict Resolution
Written by Dana Caspersen.
A Joost Elffers Book. Published by Penguin Books.
January 27, 2015
October 2014
Talk: Choreography and Conflict
Presentation by Dana Caspersen to the plenary of the Annual Conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution: the “New Voices” project.
Cincinnati, USA.
October 9, 2014
March 2014
A choreographic public dialogue on immigration.
Designed and directed by Dana Caspersen.
In cooperation with KURINGA, Berlin/ the Academy of Visual Arts, Frankfurt/ Tolerantes Eberwalde/ the Integration Commissioners of Mitte and Hellersdorf.
Berlin/Eberswalde, Germany
March 17-24, 2014
Talk: 25 Years in Frankfurt: A Performer’s Perspective
A talk with Dana Caspersen as part of the colloquium: Theory and Practice in William Forsythe’s Work.
De Singel Theater. Antwerp, Belgium
March 16, 2014
Workshop: Changing the Conversation in Conflict
A talk with Dana Caspersen as part of the colloquium: Theory and Practice in William Forsythe’s Work.
De Singel Theater. Antwerp, Belgium
March 16, 2014
June 2014
Workshop: Thinking Conflict Differently
For the Master’s Program in Pedagogy, College for Music and the Performing Arts, Frankfurt, Germany
November 2013
A choreographic public dialogue on violence.
Location: Catamount Arts Center, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, USA
November 22, 2013
June 2013
Talk: The Forsythe Company at Work
A talk with Cyril Baldy, Dana Caspersen, and Ander Zabala. Moderated by Tamara Vajagic of Roehampton University.
Location: Sadler’s Wells Theater. London, England
June 20, 2013
February 2013
Workshop: Thinking Conflict Differently
A workshop with Dana Caspersen on changing the conversation in conflict.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Organized by Amy Raymond and Sagi Gross.
November 2012
Workshop: Thinking Conflict Differently
A workshop with Dana Caspersen on navigating conflict.
Frankfurt, Germany
October 2011
Public Dialogue: Knotunknot– Immigration
A choreographic public dialogue on immigration.
Designed and directed by Dana Caspersen.
In cooperation with NH Projektstadt and the City of Raunheim.
Raunheim, Germany
January 2011
Public Dialogue: Knotunknot
A choreographic public dialogue on immigration.
Designed and directed by Dana Caspersen and William Forsythe.
A commission from the BHF Bank Foundation as part of the socially- oriented arts project, Frankfurt Positions.
Frankfurt, Germany
