Shifting Culture Power: Case Studies and Questions in Performance
by Hope Mohr, with contributions from participants in The Bridge Project
Out now from the National Center for Choreography; Available for order on Amazon.com
"Filled with exquisite insights, Shifting Cultural Power demonstrates what we can do to transform curatorial practices toward our shared destinies. Hope Mohr explores the uneven terrain of dance presenting to take on white privilege and attest to the life-affirming rewards of artivism. Written with a smart, raw, confessional tone, this book includes practical strategies for reshaping the terms of live art presenting. Essential reading, and affirmation that how we move through the world matters, onstage and off."
- Thomas DeFrantz (Director, SLIPPAGE: Performance|Culture|Technology; Founding Director, Collegium for African Diaspora Dance)
Part documentation, part workbook, Shifting Cultural Power offers compelling insight for artist-activist leaders. Mohr reflects on her ten years at the helm of the Bridge Project and the organization's shift into distributed leadership. Originally focused on creating critical exchange within the Bay Area dance community, the Bridge Project evolved to become a home for national discourse around the performing arts and activism. Mohr describes a decade of artist-centered curation, the evolution of the operating context, and her decision to move control of the organization to distributed leadership.
Pictured above: Dancers Karla Quintero, Jane Selna, Suzette Sagisi, and Tara McArthur in “extreme lyric I.” Photo by Robbie Sweeny.
Come see the visual artworks resulting from my 6 month residency at Dogpatch Collective! Part of S.F. Open Studios, October 5 & 6, 10-5 PM. 1661 Tennessee Street, #3D, San Francisco, CA. 94107. No reservations required, free and open to the public.