ADTA 2018 Keynote Plenary Panel: Power and Privilege Within the ADTA

The ADTA 2018 Keynote Plenary Panel: Power and Privilege within the ADTA was comprised of three parts: historical perspectives, education and theory and practice. Three dance/movement therapists provided critical analysis of these areas based on their experiences, the experiences of those before them, and the experiences of those around them. Section one addressed historical perspectives as it relates to power and privilege within the ADTA from the various cultural dance roots that utilize dance for healing, ceremony and ritual. The second section focused on education. This section of the keynote presentation conducts a power sensitive analysis to sociocultural issues often presented in the classroom setting. The third section addressed theory and practice. Participants were invited to shift focus to see what happens when language opens up. Theory and practice was examined through emergent strategy, which looks at how complex systems arise from relatively simple interactions.