Martheya Nygaard’s morning class at Dance Gathering in December 2019. Photo by Corey Haynes.
Hosted by Agora Artists and facilitated by dance career counselor, Suzie Jary, Dallas Dancers Forum invites dancers, teachers, organizers, and administrators to dialogue about the Dallas dance ecosystem. This community organizing event offers various ways to contribute to the conversation including large and small group discussions, creative games, and a box for anonymous comments. The forum's dynamic format will keep our minds and bodies engaged as we explore questions about what Dallas dancers want and need. We want to hear from you! The forum will run from 2pm until 5pm with coffee and light refreshments. You are welcome to join us for any portion of the event.
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Sun. March 1 | 2-5pm | FREE
Meet our Hosts:
Allow us to introduce ourselves. We are Agora Artists
Agora Artists is a new arts service organization run by dancers, for dancers. We are focused on providing programming and resources that contribute to a supportive ecosystem for dance in DFW. Through workshops, forums, and other creative resources Agora Artists aims to assist individual dancers in maintaining an active and sustainable creative life.
Welcome to the Agora
Meet our Facilitator:
Suzie Jary
Suzie Jary, MSW, LCSW-S, TEP, received the Dance Council of North Texas’s Mary Warner Award for Service to Dance in 2014 for her work with Career Transition For Dancers, CTFD, a national not for profit organization that assists dancers in choreographing their futures. Her professional association with CTFD spanned over 20 years. While in New York City, at the agency’s headquarters, she held roles from Staff Counselor and Group Facilitator to Director of Client Services. Suzie returned to her hometown, Fort Worth, in 2008 and served as National Outreach Consultant traveling throughout the US presenting workshops for CTFD. Recognized as a specialist in the issues facing performing artists, she has been a guest speaker at Symposiums in Lausanne, Switzerland and The Hague, Netherlands. Suzie’s initial contact with CTFD was as a client while she was dancing on Broadway in David Merrick’s 42nd Street. Her dance background included performing locally at Casa Manana, the Fort Worth Opera and with Ballet Concerto to continuing on to perform in dinner theatre, summer stock, national tours, Broadway and Europe.
Suzie holds a Master of Social Work from Hunter College in New York and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Supervisor and a Board Certified, Trainer, Educator, Practitioner, TEP, of Psychodrama and Group Psychotherapy. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at Weatherford College in the Substance Abuse Counseling Program and was recently named Faculty Member of the Year.