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Iris De Brito
Connecting, Leading and Healing through the arts of the african diaspora
MISSION
"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".
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!
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.”
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.
FOLLOW the instagram account @colorism.stories
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.
FOLLOW the open residency, collecting stories on Instagram @colorism.stories
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Choreography / Production: Iris De Brito
Performances: Boom Festival
The Place London
Residence: LARGO
Bailarinas: Marisa Paulo / Ana Vaz
Drummer: Gueladjo Sane
Mentora: Angela Guerreiro
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"
.@ Redbridge International School Lisbon
KS1 + KS2 students