Update: Our Final Report was published on March 9, 2021—find that blog post here.
Generator has been working on a transformative justice and mediation project for the past year, supported by the Toronto Arts Council’s Open Door program. Transform Dance is a project about finding ways into healing and transformation (both at the individual and at the collective level) within the dance sector in Toronto. In particular, we are interested in addressing harassment (sexual, gender-based and otherwise) and transforming the culture of the dance sector.
This project is still ongoing (due to wrap up in August 2020, when we will be publishing a final report), but given all that is happening in the world right now, all of the harm being vocalized and exposed, and in particular the past experiences of harassment being discussed in the Toronto dance community, Generator has decided to share a draft version of our findings.
Graphic: What makes sexual and gender-based harassment in dance such a complex and persistent problem?