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Iris De Brito
Connecting, Leading and Healing through the arts of the african diaspora
MISSION
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"To broaden cultural leadership skills, highlight the importance of dance and creative thinking in education and help raise standards in dances of the African diaspora".
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VISION
To have a sustainable format in dance education where diversity supports artistic development and professional opportunity.
How
One step at a time. One project at a time.
Through advocacy, education and performance. Creating lasting impact is about the quality and authenticity of our work, including all the bumps on the road!
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HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOU
NEWS & UPDATES
Following the work of "3 Cores Negras" in 2023 I felt that more research was needed to develop my artistic work around the themes of colorism. The general definition of colorism is as below:
Colorism is a term believed to be first coined in 1982 by Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker, was defined by her to mean the “prejudicial or preferential treatment of same-race people based solely on their color.”
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Considering all of the above I've started this open research with the support of CEA (Centro de Experiementação Artistica e o espaço M8TRIARCH em Lisboa to research further the themes of colorism and start to build an archive of stories with family, friends and willing participants.
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FOLLOW the instagram account @colorism.stories
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Please get in touch for a chat, I would love to hear your story and I promise that I'll handle it with care and thought.
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FOLLOW the open residency, collecting stories on Instagram @colorism.stories
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Choreography / Production: Iris De Brito
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Performances: Boom Festival
The Place London
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Residence: LARGO
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Bailarinas: Marisa Paulo / Ana Vaz
Drummer: Gueladjo Sane
Mentora: Angela Guerreiro
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Teaching Dance in the school
curriculum
Teaching African dance as part of the school curriculum is brilliant. For the truly visionary schools that open that opportunity, I'll keep saying it: "Diversity is the key to creativity and to true sustainable leadership"
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.@ Redbridge International School Lisbon
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KS1 + KS2 students