Current Projects for Miss CocoResearch Creation
Coco Moko Jumbie
Stilt-walking engagements within artistic events and community-engaged arts
Blue Devil Sea Mas - Toronto Caribbean Carnival CP24 Interview (August 2023) J'Ouvert fete - August 2023 WAYO 4th annual Children's Festival 2023 - Water Theme at Jamii Esplanade Luminato Festival partnered with Jamii Esplanade and KasheDance - Welcome Little Amal Walk - June 2023 Kune, Canada's global orchestra performance - hosted by Jamii Esplanade (October 2022) WAYO 3rd Children's Festival 2022 - Jamii Esplanade The Bentway - Moko Jumbie Mas Camp as part of commissioned project of Professor Michael Lee Poy (July 2022) Dance Workshop/Classes
Collegium of African Diasporic Dance 2024 - North Carolina, USA
BODY GEOGRAPHIES Unloc' de riddims in meh body: talk and movement workshop Sept and Oct, November 2022 Coco Collective's DA REUNION - purchase tickets: adult dance series (in-person) YENSA Festival - Guinean Dance workshop on August 28, 2022 (2:30pm - 4pm) in collaboration with Lua Shayenne Dance Together Festival (in-person) July 9, 2022 - Toronto Dance Theatre -community classes along with Choreographic research with the TDT ensemble for RBC Public Episodes December 13-17, 2021 Winchester Street Theatre University Talks, Panels and Keynote
Dance Collection Danse - DCD Dialogues (March 21, 2024)
Moderator for artist panel at York University Dept of Dance & Harriet Tubman Institute's screening of Zab Maboungou's Being In the World (November 2023) National Dance Education Organization - Increase your impact (National Award Winners panel) - Denver, Colorado (September 2023) Navigating Documentation/Archiving the Arts from an African diasporic perspective panel - Mapping Ontario Black Archives (MOBA) - Artists and Archivists in Dialogue (Sept 2023) Congress 2023 - Black Canadian Studies Association Black Artistic Expressive Cultures I | Cultures d'expression artistique noires York University , Harriet Tubman Institute Tubman Talk series "Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Action" - April 6, 2023 dance Immersion -Connectively Moving Our Dance: Building African Diasporic postsecondary dance education panel - Jan 25, 2023 KEYNOTE - Anti Racism in Dance Education - Manitoba Dance Educators Association (Winnipeg, MB) October 2022 Dance Studies Association Conference 2022 (Vancouver, BC)- Dance Education, Dancer Wellness and Equity session (October 15, 2022) It's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now - Spotlight research presentation Simon Fraser University Galleries - Audain Gallery, (Vancouver, BC) October 14, 2022 Konversations panel with KasheDance - Carnival: Music, Mas and Movement (July 24, 2022) York University Libraries panel -"Reflecting Back & Looking Forward: 10th anniversary of the Undergraduate Research Fair Congress 2022 - Black Canadian Studies Association Conference Black Performance in Canada as Artistry and Activism Panel Global Arts Symposium at Ohio University, March 2022 York University - Black History Edit-a-thon panel 2022 AfroVanConnect - Black Spaces Symposium July 2021 (Journey to Allyship panel) DTRC -On the Move 2021 Solidarity in Dance Education - March 2021 Canadian Public Arts Funders - Feb 2021 Anti-Black Racism in the Arts, CPAMO - July 16, 2020 York University, Harriet Tubman Institute Tubman Talk Series "Climate of the Black Dance Creative" - March 12, 2020 Pre-show lecture demonstration - November 16, 2019 TO Live - Uptown Moves (Meridan Arts Centre) Panelist, Cultural Pluralism Arts Movement Ontario The Gathering: Black Arts Mentorships - May 21, 2019 Panelist, ON the MOVE conference 2019 and 2020 Dance Transition Resource Centre, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts Performances
Performance with Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble - Toronto TD Jazz Fest (June 2023)
Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences -Congress 2023 hosted by York University - Swag Stages (May 2023) YENSA Festival - Atsia Circle - August 2022 Canada's National Ballet School - Block Party - June 2022 Toronto Dance Theatre's Listening Party - Sept 2021 Afrofest 2019 - July 6th- 2:30pm mainstage Rhythms of Canada - June 30, 2019 at 7:45pm with Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble |
Archives
PREVIOUS DANCE CLASSES
Dance Together Festival (in-person) August 7, 2021 - Arts in the Park Anywhere 2021 Vibe Arts - Move & Groove July dance classes (online) Arts in the Park Anywhere 2021 Google Waterloo and Toronto - Feb 2020 Artists in Motion apprenticeship training program - Feb 2020 Leh we dance and be free - Feb 9, 2020 KasheDance fundraiser - June 30, 2019 - Winchester Street Theatre (80 Winchester St, Toronto) West African with live drumming - 1:30pm to 2:30pm The Durham School for Ballet & Contemporary Dance (Masterclass for Summer Intensive) - August 2018 Beginner Traditional West African with Miss Coco (as of July 29 - October 30, 2017) The Underground Dance Centre, 224 Richmond Street West downtown Toronto, Ontario M5V1V6 Saturdays 3:30pm - 4:30pm Sundays 8:00pm - 9:00pm FALL 2016/WINTER 2017 Afrobeats, Afrofusion and West African (Saturdays 2:30-3:30pm) A New Daei Dance School 1 Nelson St W, #11b lower level (by Main Street in downtown Brampton) Brampton, ON SUMMER 2016 African Dance with Miss Coco | 3 classes - $36 $15.00 drop-in Children (6-13 yrs): July 10, 17 , 24 (Traditional) Youth (14+ yrs and up): Aug 14, 21, 28 (Afro-Soca) (Sundays) 11:30am- 12:30pm SuzyMari Fitness Studio, 100 Westmore Dr, Unit 27, Toronto, ON (Rexdale) Summer African dance class (July 5 - Aug 23, 2016) Tuesdays: 6:30-7:30pm | $20 drop-in or save $20 by signing up for all 8 classes A New Daei Dance School 1 Nelson St W, #11b lower level (by Main Street in downtown Brampton) Brampton, ON PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS SUMMER 2017 AFRO DANCE WORKSHOP - August 19, 2017 Traditional West African - 4PM Joy of Dance Centre, 95 Danforth Avenue $15 Perle Noire's Afreecan Dance workshop - June 24, 2017 Traditional African with Miss Coco Murray (2:00 - 3:30pm) & Afrobeats with Greg H Side (4:00-5:30pm) - 2 classes $25/ 1 class $15 Toronto Dance Theatre, 80 Winchester St, downtown Toronto SPRING 2017 May 19 and June 2, 2017 -My Own Canvas collaborates with Miss Coco for Afro Yoga (Combining West African dance with yoga) Cost: $15 7:30pm -9:30pm Hershey Sportszone Complex 5600 Rose Cherry Place, Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 4B6 WINTER 2017 Black History Month: Then & Now, Celebrating 150 years February 28, 2017 (Dance workshop facilitation) | FREE Warden Woods Community Centre FALL 2016 Culture Days 2016 | FREE YAAP: I.AM Community Arts Festival- Traditional African Dance Saturday, October 1 - Workshop (MacDonald House, 121 Centre Street- Thornhill, ON) SUMMER 2016 Durham Caribbean Festival 2016 | FREE AFIWI Groove community class - June 25 (1:45pm) Ajax Downs - 50 Alexander's Crossing, Ajax, ON Animate our Waterfront Toronto 2016 | FREE July 16 and 17 (10-11:30am) : Lauren Harris Square/Bayview Ave South Hillside Festival 2016 | FREE July 23 (2-3pm) Dance & Drum Tent, Guelph, ON PAST TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS City of Toronto, Parks & Recreation: Oakdale & Chalkfarm CC (13 years) Scarborough Arts - Kaleidoscope Program Roots & Branches dance program (2 years) Dance Immersion & Ngoma Ensemble: Youth Arts Program (2 years) Children Youth & Dance Theatre, Dance faculty member (2 years) AFIWI Groove, Dance faculty member (4 years) D'Lyfe, Guest faculty member (2 years) PAST PERFORMANCES 2018 PERFORMANCES
ONQ Entertainment - December 2017 AWOGA Ontario fundraiser/dinner with Jean Augustine (keynote) - September 23, 2017 Ubuntu Music Fest - April 22, 2017 Bring on the Sunshine African Festival (Kitchener, ON) - February 2017 Roots en Route Festival (Hamilton, ON) - September 2016 Toronto's Natural Hair & Beauty Show - September 2016 Celebration for restoration of Oro African Methodist Church (Oro-Medonte, ON) - August 2016 Historica Canada's "An Evening Celebrating Black Women in Canada" - February 2016 |