{"id":384,"date":"2019-11-18T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/supplychainstrategynow.com\/?p=384"},"modified":"2025-06-11T10:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:07:48","slug":"3-tips-for-dancers-who-want-to-explore-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/supplychainstrategynow.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/18\/3-tips-for-dancers-who-want-to-explore-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips for Dancers Who Want to Explore Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tAre you passionate about social issues, but unsure of how to incorporate them into your work? Yasemin Ozumerzifon, director of community action at Gibney in New York City, offers advice to beginners:\n<\/p>\n
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Scott Shaw, Courtesy Gibney\n<\/p>\n
\n\tChoose a particular cause. \u201cWhen we\u2019re addressing something really large and systemic, it might be hard to know where to start,\u201d Ozumerzifon says. \u201cThere are so many issues in the world, but find that passion or key connection to whatever you want to address.\u201d Whether it be climate change, race or gender-based violence, start your project with a conversation, a new partnership or a phrase of choreography. \u201cIt\u2019s okay to start small. You\u2019re still making a difference,\u201d Ozumerzifon says.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t\tOzumerzifon notes that dancers are already experts at taking care of their bodies and at building community with those they work with every day\u2014two critical skills when it comes to social action. But you can\u2019t expect to do the job alone. \u201cArtists, lawyers, social workers\u2014anyone you can think of\u2014all have a part to play,\u201d Ozumerzifon says. Think outside the dance studio and leverage your network. \u201cWe can\u2019t play all the roles, and working by ourselves is so much harder.\u201d\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Scott Shaw, Courtesy Gibney\n<\/p>\n
\n\tYour work towards a cause doesn\u2019t only have to happen onstage. \u201cWhether we\u2019re explicitly doing socially engaged work as artists, or if we\u2019re holding rehearsals or teaching, we can be leaders in our communities at any moment,\u201d Ozumerzifon says. Ask yourself if you\u2019re promoting the world you wish to see by the way you interact with your peers, colleagues or students. \u201cAre we building and listening to one another?\u201d Ozumerzifon asks. Social change begins with your day-to-day interactions.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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