Lawrence & Miriam Adams Dance History Lecture
Lawrence & Miriam Adams Dance History Lecture
Join Us in Celebrating 40 Years of Dance Collection Danse!
Our ability to record and preserve dance history in Canada was forever changed by the work that Lawrence and Miriam Adams began in 1986 by founding Dance Collection Danse following their Encore! Encore! Reconstruction Project. Programming, publishing, research, and education are threads that have been woven into our sense of dance in this country because of their vision and forethought. Popularizing Canada’s dance history is the foundation of DCD and we firmly believe one can tell a good story rooted in solid research.
Please join us for this annual event
When: Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Time: 7pm EDT
Location: Canada’s Theatre Museum at The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres
189 Yonge St., Toronto, ON M5B 1M4 – Terrace Level Lobby, 3rd Floor
Given DCD’s long working history with Seika Boye, we are thrilled to showcase her research at this landmark event.
Limited space, so be sure to RSVP by clicking the button below…
Seika Boye is a writer, scholar, educator, and artist whose practices revolve around dance and movement. She is an Assistant Professor and Founder/Director of the Institute for Dance Studies at the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto.
Seika has worked as a professional modern/postmodern dance artist across Canada; an archives and publishing assistant at Dance Collection Danse; and a dance writer and editor. She is widely published in various trade and scholarly publications and is co-editor with MJ Thompson of the essay collection Power Moves: Dance, Culture, Politics (2025).
As a movement dramaturg, Seika has collaborated with artists including Natasha Powell/Holla Jazz, Syreeta Hector, Mix Mix Dance Collective, Heidi Strauss/re:research. From 2018-19, Seika was an artist-in-residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Seika curated the nationally touring archival exhibition It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 (2018) and co-curated with Mona Stonefish, Peter Park, Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manning, Evadne Kelly and Sky Stonefish — Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario (2019) which received the Lieutenant Governor’s Heritage Trust Award.
Seika is currently the Beverly Miller Academic Fellow at Canada’s National Ballet School.
