Writing
Articles and Reviews
Karen in the Canadian Encyclopedia
An article charting the life’s work of Karen Jamieson thus far, written by Max Wyman and Mary Theresa Kelly and last edited in 2015. It outlines Jamieson’s educational and dance background, awards received, and the three distinct stages in which her work developed.
Dance Encounters - Leland Windreich Writing on Dance (1998)
A review of Karen Jamieson’s Sisyphus for Dance in Canada, Winter 1985 is included in Leland Windreich’s 1998 book Dance Encounters. The full article cannot be reproduced here for copyright reasons.
Art & Spirit - St. Anselm’s Anglican Church Speaker Series
In 2015, Karen Jamieson participated in a speaker series hosted by St. Anselm’s Anglican Church that invited major figures in the arts to share about their experience and exploration of the spirit of creativity from a non-religious perspective.
Scholars writing on Karen Jamieson Dance
Charlotte Veal, PhD Geography University of Nottingham, UK. Social science research “examines the use of dance in disadvantaged communities in Westernised countries and Africa...investigates how dance is being used with a variety of people suffering from trauma, exclusion and disabilities...” Veal focuses on CONNECT for her dissertation.
Mique'l Icesis Dangeli, PhD Candidate, UBC, Git Hayetsk Dancers, Tsimshian Nation (Alaska). Focuses on Gawa Gyani, KJD’s 7 year Harris Family collaboration: “…work that you've done with the Harris Family…as well as the other Nations and communities is very interesting and admirable, has the potential to make a critical contribution to dance and performance studies literature.”
Alana Gerecke, Professional dancer (EDAM), Doctoral Candidate, Trudeau Scholar | CGS SSHRC | SSHRC Queen's Fellow, Dance & Performance Studies, Simon Fraser University. Research examines site-based, outdoor dance on the North American west coast. A focus on KJD’s 1998 work The River forms the first chapter of her dissertation.
Gerecke’s 2016 dissertation can be found here.
Michelle LeBaron, B.A., J.D., M.A., Professor and Dispute Resolution Scholar, Faculty of Law UBC. Research focuses on how the arts can foster social cohesion across worldview differences. Her work investigates how dance awareness can enhance practitioners' capacities to transform conflict. LeBaron’s focus is on KJD’s “energy body” work in the Downtown East Side.
Hailey McCloskey, Professional Dancer (School of TDT) and Anthropologist (UBC BA). Cross-cultural communication through the practice and art of dance, performance and the concept of witnessing as healing process, and choreography. McColskey focuses on KJD’s work with the Downtown East Side community and Hailey’s blog details her experiences in the KJD mentorship program.
