{"id":15497,"date":"2022-02-17T22:13:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T22:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=15497"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:21","slug":"release-mobballet-symposium-mia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/02\/17\/release-mobballet-symposium-mia\/","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE: MoBBallet Symposium \/MIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n

For Theresa Ruth Howard:<\/span><\/p>\n

Nora Lyons \/ <\/span>Nora@NLComms.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nora Lyons Communications<\/span><\/p>\n

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For Sanctuary of the Arts:<\/span><\/p>\n

Roberto Santiago \/ <\/span>SantiagoArtsMedia@gmail.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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MoBBallet Symposium \/MIA<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>M<\/b>otivation. <\/b>I<\/b>nnovation. <\/b>A<\/b>ctivation.<\/b><\/h2>\n

NATIONAL DANCE\/ EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Scheduled for August 7 – 13, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0at Miami\u2019s Sanctuary of the Arts\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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Fourth Annual Symposium Centering the Needs and Experiences of Black Ballet Dancers Will Expand to Include Choreographer Track, and Offerings for Local Miami Community<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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February 15, 2022 \u2013 <\/span>Theresa Ruth Howard<\/b>, diversity strategist and founder of <\/span>MoBBallet.org<\/span><\/a>, announced today initial details for the fourth MoBBallet Symposium, which centers Blackness in ballet but welcomes all. This year\u2019s symposium is planned to be held in person at the <\/span>Sanctuary of the Arts<\/b><\/a>, located in Coral Gables, Florida, in Miami-Dade County. Select sessions will also be offered virtually.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hosted by Sanctuary of the Arts and entitled MoBBallet\/MIA \u2014 which stands for this year\u2019s themes of <\/span>motivation<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>innovation<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>activation<\/span><\/i>; and gives a nod to the host city of Miami \u2014 the symposium will provide elite dance training mentorship, professional development and training for dance educators, scholarly and community dialogue in addition to networking opportunities. Although the ballet tracks are designed specifically for Black identifying dancers, all other aspects of the symposium are open to all!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This year the symposium will introduce a program for choreographers of color, and include an open class track to serve the Miami-based dance community and create an intercultural experience for local dance artists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cMoBBallet\u2019s programming is constantly evolving in relation to the needs of the ballet field, and our community within it,\u201d said Howard. \u201cMoBBallet Symposium\/MIA will integrate our pre-pandemic in person programming with our digital programming, which was curated as a pivot during lockdown. To have all the elements of what MoBBallet does in one physical space and to be hosted by Sanctuary for the Arts, whose campus in Coral Gables extends into the heart of the Bahamian community, is truly thrilling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe message and the mission of Sanctuary for the Arts and MoBBallet are in perfect alignment, so it was an organic decision to host the symposium,\u201d said Rafi Maldonado-Lopez, Principal Managing Director of Sanctuary of the Arts. \u201cTo expose the participants as well as our highly diverse community to the spectrum of dance, education and scholarship centered around Blackness speaks directly to the African-Descendant communities of Greater Miami which include Caribbean, Central and South America and specifically Coral Gables. These are some of the important conversations that we, as a community, need to be engaging in.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Symposium will offer:<\/b><\/p>\n