Intersectional Age Studies Seminar Series<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging, University of British Columbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lecture Title: Negotiating Dance Dramaturgies of Aging<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Event Time in North America:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monday, February 23, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5:00-6:00 PM PT \/ 8:00-9:00 PM ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Event Time in Japan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday, February 24, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10:00-11:00 AM JST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dance is an art form deeply shaped by age. In many Euro-American theatrical dance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
traditions, performers are deemed to peak professionally by their mid-30s and often retire in their<\/p>\n\n\n\n
early 40s, making performance in later life rare. Conversely, in Japanese performing arts, age<\/p>\n\n\n\n
reflects accumulated experience and does not necessarily signal diminished creativity. This study<\/p>\n\n\n\n
revisits four of my dramaturgical works in professional contemporary dance across Japan\u2013US,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China, Thailand, and Japan\u2013Singapore\u2013Germany to examine how intercultural dance dramaturgies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of aging negotiate divergent age cultures. From my perspective of an aging female Japanese dance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dramaturg, aging is a process through which embodied history informs performance aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dance dramaturgy serves as a comparative framework that historicizes dance culture and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
culturalizes dance history, enabling dialogue between contrasting age paradigms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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