It’s About Time

A groundbreaking new exhibition that highlights the recorded dance histories of Canada’s Black population from 1900-1970. Curated by @seikaboye

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

The It’s About Time team is remembering the incredible life of Ethel Bruneau who passed away on July 24, 2023. https://t.co/wZuTjNxVgK
Learn more about Ethel and her legacy through the IAT website: https://t.co/rndZo2JYJZ

[Critical Digital Humanities Initiative @UofTDHN]

Professor @seikaboye leads the exciting team project “Look at These Oral Histories!” which brings together two dance history projects. She'll be creating new graphic recordings using #OralHistory interviews from Black Canadian dance artists.

Learn more: https://t.co/1QV5C60i0I.

[Critical Digital Humanities Initiative @UofTDHN]

🎉 Congratulations to the five winning projects of our 2023-24 Emerging Projects Fund competition! These cutting-edge critical #DigitalHumanities projects—which have each been awarded $10K—represent the diversity of DH research at #UofT.

Meet them all at https://t.co/1QV5C5ZKba.

[U of T Black Research Network @uoftbrn]

It’s About Time is a growing archival exhibition curated by @CDTPS_UofT professor @seikaboye that highlights Black performance history in Canada from 1900-1970 🩰 https://t.co/2voTvMocNB #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

[Critical Digital Humanities Initiative @UofTDHN]

Professor @seikaboye’s “It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada” is an exciting exhibit that showcases the archival records of Black dance in Canada. Our team reorganized site content to improve usability and better communicate the exhibit's message.

💻 https://t.co/qm2000A4NT

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

"In response to the exhibition “It's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900 – 1970 and Now,” guest curator Seika Boye has invited a social media response from Isaac Gasangwa, in collaboration with @dancingblackcanada"
https://t.co/mOwxN2g0VI

[CDTPS at UofT @CDTPS_UofT]

Check out #CDTPS Professor @seikaboye in the Black Research Network profile series highlighting her exhibit on Black performance history in Canada.

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

"As part of the programming for “It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900 – 1970 and Now”, guest curator Seika Boye interviewed spoken word artist Teeanna Munro-Whitelock."
See this Instagram post by @sfugalleries https://t.co/F9tXYz8USW

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

Don’t miss this exciting virtual event tomorrow! Click to register: https://t.co/jOd0fIpyip

[danceinstitute_uoft @DanceinstituteU]

1/Hi all! We are thrilled to invite you to our next event, which we are co-hosting on Zoom with the BMO Lab, the Gatherings archival project, and @CDTPS_UofT. Please join us next Wednesday as we welcome our speakers Kate Elswit @somethingmodern and Harmony Bench @harmonybench!

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

Ethel Bruneau, Montreal’s Queen of Tap

📸 Montreal c. 1970, reproduced from the Ethel Bruneau Electronic Archives, Dance Collection Danse

#IWD #IWD2022

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

This #InternationalWomensDay we are celebrating some of the amazing women featured in our virtual exhibition!

Ola Skanks, a notable pioneer in Canada’s African diasporic and modern dance scenes

📸 Ola Skanks Electronic Archives, Dance Collection Danse #IWD #IWD2022

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

Sienna (formerly Kathryn) Brown - professional dancer with Toronto Dance Theatre in the 1970s

📸 David Earle and Kathryn Brown in Earle’s Boat, River, Moon for Toronto Dance Theatre, c. 1972. Andrew Oxenham Photo Collection, DCD

#IWD #IWD2022

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

Black dancing from stage to television screens: Len Gibson, Eleanor Collins, and Austin “Chic” Gibson in an excerpt from a television guide for “Bamboula” (1954).

📸 Len Gibson Electronic Archive, Dance Collection Danse

#BlackHistoryMonth #CanadianDance

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

During #BlackHistoryMonth, we invite you to our virtual exhibition to explore the artists, choreographers, dance forms, venues, and communities that make up the history of Black dancing in Canada!

📸 Thelma Gibson, Marcella Choo Choo King and Janet Gibson, Vancouver c. 1950s

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

Visit https://t.co/sGumj9TMgQ to access the article! #BlackHistoryMonth #CanadianDance

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

It’s About Time curator @seikaboye’s article “Ola Skanks: Delayed Recognition of a Dance Artist Ahead of Her Time” is in this issue ⬇️ Guest edited by @DrCherylT and featuring contributions by Black Dance scholars @emilie_jabouin and @misscocomurray 💃🏽

[CJH/ACH @CJH_ACH]

Now available on @ProjectMUSE our Special Issue on Black Canadian Creativity, Expressive Cultures, and Narratives of Space and Place contains the latest research on #photography, #OralHistory, Black social life in Montréal, and more.

https://t.co/ICaMIomv1L #BlackCanadianHistory

[Jörgen Dance @JorgenDance]

It's about time you visit @dancingblackca's virtual exhibition!

Curated by Dr. Seika Boye, the exhibit explores recorded dance histories of Canada’s Black population from 1900-1970.
https://t.co/C73aZ9CXrn

#BlackHistoryMonth #CanadaDance #TorontoDance

[ayesatta conteh @ayesatta]

I’ll be teaching my students about the history of black dance in Canada. Thank you for this resource🙌🏾🙌🏾 @seikaboye @TDSB_Arts @PeelArts1 @dramadancecode

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

This #BlackHistoryMonth , our virtual exhibition is a great place to find resources for teaching and learning about Black dancing in Canada. Spread the word!

Photo collage of Len Gibson c. 1965, Dance Collection Danse

#BlackHistory #CanadianDance

[It’s About Time @dancingblackca]

Who remembers going out dancing on a Friday night? Images like this one from our virtual exhibition show us how young Black Canadians often participated in social dances 🕺🏿

📸 “Grange Road Dances” Globe and Mail, 1956 #BlackHistory #CanadianDance