Researcher’s archival exhibition spotlights 70 years of Black performance history in Canada
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 29, 2022
An exhibit curated by Seika Boye, a researcher at the University of Toronto, is preserving seven decades-worth of Black dance performance history in Canada.
“It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now” is an archival exhibition that highlights the undocumented history of Black dance performance in Canada from the time period.
Boye, whose career began as a professional modern and postmodern dance artist, now conducts research and creative works to ensure this history takes center stage after her students continuously asked . . .
