Homecoming – Body-Based Wellness

Homecoming is a body-based wellness practice emphasizing movement versus conversation. Designed by IBPOC (Indigenous, Black and People of Colour) wellness professionals to take place within an affinity space* for IBPOC artists, this series of six, weekly, one-hour online sessions explores the correlation between movement and emotion.

With the promotion of emotional, intellectual, physical, and soulful/spiritual integration in mind, Homecoming seeks to aid in movement healing and improving well-being.

Homecoming is offered in partnership with the Adulam Foundation.

Questions about Homecoming? Contact us!

homecoming@dtrc.ca

Thank you for your interest. This program has concluded.

We are no longer accepting applications or registration.

Please watch our social media channels for information about DTRC’s upcoming programs and services.

If you have any questions, please contact nationaloffice@dtrc.ca.

FREE

Open to all professional dancers who are legally entitled to work in Canada, and to Canadian professional dancers working abroad, including DTRC members. See registration form for full eligibility criteria. Must be at least 18 years of age.

DETAILS

Registration and full series commitment required. Weekly sessions over six weeks, January through March 2023. One English and one French cohort of 5-10 participants each. ASL/LSQ and captioning provided upon request.

Cohort 1 (ENGLISH):
- Weekly on Thursdays, 6–7:30pm EST
  Jan 19, 26
  Feb 2, 9, 16, 23
- REGISTER BY:
  Jan. 12/23
Cohort 2 (FRENCH):
- Weekly on Wednesdays, 6-7:30pm EST
  Feb. 15, 22
  Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22
- REGISTER BY:
  Feb. 8/23

Please note: This program is offered in an IBPOC (Indigenous, Black and People of Colour) affinity space*. By registering you confirm that you identify with one of these peoples. If you have any questions, please reach out to us: homecoming@dtrc.ca.

*Affinity spaces are intended to bring people together over a commonality and share the mutual benefits of their identities. Affinity spaces strive to form safe and brave contexts that offer support, healing, and connection.

DTRC’s Partnership with The Adulam Foundation

The Adulam Foundation is our community partner in providing the Homecoming program. Adulam commits to fostering transformative change for the betterment of individuals, families, and communities through directly engaging in service delivery and education and promoting participation while enhancing the lived experiences of the communities served.

The Adulam Foundation

Facilitator Community Guidelines Register for Homecoming

Facilitators

Cohort 1 (ENGLISH)

Facilitator: Nylda Gallardo-Lopez

Nylda is a pan first-generation settler in Turtle Island, the child of political refugee parents of Araucania, Mestizo, Taíno, and Near East Ancestry. Nylda is a forever student humbled and grateful to have experienced over 20 + yrs as a professional break dancer, movement facilitator, activist, and youth mentor. As a certified life skills coach, and a practicing consultant, their process is informed by Ancestral mediumship/embodiment, community empowerment, and intentional joy practices. Nylda is passionate about sharing the abundance of decolonial knowledge and practices that were passed down by their family and many elders to address trauma, chronic illness, and grief, with movement, rituals, and ceremonies.

Cohort 2 (FRENCH)

Facilitator: Amy Sylla

Située à Toronto, Amy est une professionnelle de la diversité, l’équité et l’inclusion (DÉI) pendant le jour et est une danseuse, mannequin et animatrice de podcast le soir! Originaire de la France et d’origine africaine, elle utilise ses expériences de vie, artistique et professionnelle, pour raconter ses histoires et exprimer des récits par le mouvement. Dotée d’une personnalité pétillante, sa passion est d’engager des publics multiculturels dans des discussions et des interactions significatives tout en offrant un espace sûr permettant aux participant.e.s de se sentir respecté.e.s, valorisé.e.s, entendu.e.s et stimulé.e.s. Son objectif est d’amplifier les voix marginalisées, de leur donner les moyens de faire la différence dans leurs communautés et de montrer comment la danse peut être un outil de pleine conscience pour exprimer les sentiments et libérer le stress.

Community Guidelines

We gather in a spirit of mutual support and respect for each other. We acknowledge the diverse learning journeys we are all on.
We listen to learn. We accept and expect non-closure.
We leave our assumptions at the door in order to facilitate a non-judgmental space for dialogue.
We don’t assume pronouns, gender, or other identifiers based on someone’s name or appearance.
There is zero tolerance for those promoting violence on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, or ability. Anyone inciting harm towards other participants will be removed at the discretion of our technical team and moderator.

Questions about Homecoming? Contact us!

homecoming@dtrc.ca

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Eligibility Criteria

To participate, the dancer must be at least 18 years of age, be actively looking for dance performance opportunities, and:

have at least one professional dance performance within the past four years; or,
be an emerging dancer who has undertaken specialized training (see below) within the past two years.

We recognize that communities define what “professional” means in their own context. Thus, the term “professional” is defined differently by different cultures and dance practices. The DTRC acknowledges this and seeks to be inclusive of all communities by using the following definition of “professional dancer.”

For the purposes of establishing eligibility for Access Counselling, a professional dancer is one who meets at least four of the following criteria, one of which must be 1, 3, or 5:

Has a history of public presentation including, but not limited to, live, digital, filmed, and/or live-streamed performance. The dancer actively practices their art and aspires to devote more time to artistic activity.
Has received specialized training and/or acquired knowledge and experience appropriate to the dancer’s chosen discipline. This includes, but is not limited to, educational institutions, apprenticeship training with a practitioner or teacher recognized within the relevant dance tradition, and/or self-directed training within the established practices of the person’s cultural traditions. The dancer continues to further their skills through practice and ongoing artistic development.
Identifies as a professional and is recognized as such by peers in the relevant dance tradition (artists working in the same artistic practice).
Devotes a reasonable proportion of their professional time to promoting or marketing including, but not limited to, auditioning, seeking sponsorship and engagements, or similar activities appropriate to the nature of their artistic practice.
Has received compensation for their artistic work at a level consistent with other professionals working in a similar artistic practice. Compensation may include, but is not limited to, fees, salaries, sales, royalties, commissions, barters, in-kind exchanges, grants, honoraria, and/or prizes and awards that reasonably can be considered an integral part of the remuneration that the dancer receives from professional activity.
Has a record of income or loss relevant to the history of their work and appropriate to the span of their dance career.
Has a membership in a professional association appropriate to their dance practice, whose membership and categories are limited under standards established by the association.

National Office

The Lynda Hamilton Centre
Suite 303
1000 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4W 2K2

Phone: 416-595-5655

nationaloffice@dtrc.ca

Office Hours:
Monday to Friday
– 10am to 5pm

*Wheelchair accessible

Quebec Office

5584 chemin de la Cote-de-Liesse Mont-Royal
Montreal, QC
H4P 1A9

bureauqc@crtd.ca

The Quebec Office is open on a part-time basis, according to a variable schedule. Please email the office to book an appointment.

BC Office

The BC office runs as a virtual office and is open on a part-time basis, according to a variable schedule.

bcoffice@dtrc.ca

Regional Reps

Alberta
Paige Wichers
abrep@dtrc.ca

Manitoba
Eugene “GeNie” Baffoe
mbrep@dtrc.ca

Atlantic
TBA
atlanticrep@dtrc.ca

Toll-free: 1-800-667-0851

Territory Acknowledgment

We acknowledge the lands, waterways, languages, and Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island – First Nations, Inuit and Métis – who have been living on these lands since time immemorial. As we carry out our work, digitally and in person across many distinct territories, we offer our recognition and respect to all the peoples and places that are connected through our engagement together. We, at the Dancer Transition Resource Centre, commit to the ongoing work and learning required of all of us to address past and persistent harms. We continue to deepen our understanding and we welcome dialogue as we strive to move into better relations with Indigenous peoples and with the land.