ANNOUNCEMENT
Effective 2.20.2020
Dear HCG participants,
After serious consideration and discussion with Soul Music & Performing Arts Academy regarding COVID-19, Holding Common Ground: Pathways to Cultural Exchange in Vietnam 2020 will be cancelled. Our highest priority in this decision pertains to the choreographers, dancers and the community of Ho Chi Minh City as well as the country at large who planned on attending HCG this year. Covid-19 has undoubtedly set major health concerns around the world and the uncertainty of it challenges our ability to set the standard precautions to confidently ensure the safety of all participants.
This year a total of 58 artists would have come together from Vietnam and the United States to engage with the community of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi as well as participants who planned to travel from surrounding countries in Southeast Asia for this seminar. While this was an extremely and devastating decision to make, it is heartening to know that there are other artists out in the world who hold such value in engaging in cultural exchanges and we are truly moved by the work everyone is doing in the field. We are thrilled about the potential of this dance seminar for future years.
On behalf of Soul Music & Performing Arts Academy, co-founder Jeanne Travers and myself, we are grateful to everyone for your willingness to join Holding Common Ground: Pathways to Cultural Exchange in Vietnam 2020 and we hope to connect with you next year!
Much love,
Emily Navarra a.k.a. The Movement Kitchen
