The Mitchell Center's Visiting Artist, Christopher K. Morgan, is a choreographer, educator, facilitator, curator and arts administrator. In this Diverse Discourse lecture (recorded in April 2022 at the University of Houston in collaboration with DiverseWorks), Christopher discusses "Integrating Identity in Artistic Practice: Decentralizing Eurocentrism in My Dancing Body."
"As a multi-racial, multi-hyphenate artist I have spent a substantial portion of my career in primarily western influenced art forms that often overshadowed the Native Hawaiian and Polynesian dance forms I learned as a child. For more than 10 years, I have been on a journey to holistically integrate the multitude of identities I hold into my creative practice. As a choreographer, artist, and writer Liz Lerman says “Artists can hold many truths at once.” I draw inspiration from this notion as I re-indigenize my practice, embracing the totality of who I am as human in my artistic practice, and share this ongoing journey in this Diverse Discourse Lecture."
Christopher Morgan is currently Vice President of Programming at Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Previously, he was Director of the Center for Native Arts and Culture (CNAC), Portland, OR.
Diverse Discourse is a program from DiverseWorks that brings national curators, artistic directors, and critics to Houston to present free public lectures and conduct studio visits with Houston-area artists, performers and writers.
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