Teaching Pedagogy and Choreographic Practice: the example of [Re-Re] with Dare Ayorinde

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Teaching has been a large part of Dare's education as an MFA candidate at the University of Illinois: Urbana Champaign. He has therefore experienced how it can be a breeding ground for choreographic systems. This presentation will use the example of his current thesis project [Re-Re], to demonstrate his understanding of the interrelationship between the two practices.

Oluwadamilare (Dare) Ayorinde is a Nigerian - Black freelance performing artist from Teaneck, New Jersey. Since graduating with his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, he has worked with Colleen Thomas, Bill Young, Netta Yerushalmy, Stefanie Batten Bland, Susan Marshall, Kayla Farrish, Douglas Dunn, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, The Trisha Brown Dance Company, Kyle Marshall, and Miriam Gabriel + Carlo Antonio Villanueva. He has presented work at Smush Gallery, Morristown Museum, Stuffed Arts and Monday’s at Judson Church NYC, Participant Inc Gallery, and more. He was Dance on the Lawn's fifth Emerging Choreographer, a Chez Bushwick artist in residence and a New Jersey State Council On The Arts Fellow. In 2020, he was named Top 25 to Watch in Dance Magazine and nominated for an “Outstanding Performer” award by the Bessie Committee. He is a current MFA candidate at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.