2020社群藝術論壇 (FCA 2020)

Dan Baron Cohen is a community arts educator and eco-cultural activist of Welsh- Quebecois origin, who lives in Marabá City, Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon. After completing doctoral research in Oxford University, Dan collaborated with young people and their post-industrial communities at risk in northern England and South Wales, and with conflicted communities in the North of Ireland. In 1998, a visiting professorship launched collaborations with landless, indigenous, trade-union and university communities across Brazil. He has dedicated his past 22 years to developing a ‘transformance pedagogy’ (sustainable transformation through performance), in collaboration with relevant networks in Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe. Since 2004, Dan has applied ‘transformance’ techniques to develop community security, solar powered media, and community cooperatives; to recover medicinal plants; and to nurture a new paradigm of integrated education through performance.

Between 2001-12, Dan contributed to the Latin America Network of Arts for Transformation and the International Council of the World Social Forum. Between 2004-10, Dan was President of the International Drama-Education Association (IDEA), co- founding/chairing the World Alliance for Arts Education (2006-10), collaborating with UNESCO, and co-founding the Brazilian Network of Arteducators. Today, Dan prioritizes ‘Rivers of Meeting’, an 11-year paradigm project in the Afro-Indigenous community of Cabelo Seco, which has won national and international awards for nurturing youth collectives whose artistic-cultural leadership builds sustainable community.

Dan has published essays, poems and the books: Theatre of Self-Determination (Derry, 2001), Alfabetização Cultural (São Paulo, 2004), Harvest in Times of Drought (Belem, 2011), and 8 ‘Pedagogical Calendars’ on Rivers of Meeting. His international community- based collective sculptures in Brazil ‘The Castanheiras of Eldorado dos Carajás’ (1999), and ‘The Other 500 Years’ (2001), are known as theatres of self-determination.

A trained dancer and performer, Malaysian dancer Suhaili is the director of Aurora School of Dance, Malaysia’s premiere dance school built to foster excellence in students by providing a rigorous, diverse and nurturing environment. Her work and determination earned her numerous awards.


Suhaili has toured; being invited to


– Various dance festivals such as T.H.E Dance Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival.


– World Islamic Eco ‘Dance for Community Healing’ Economic Forum WIEF (Bandung)


– TEDx Talks (Kuala Lumpur and Universiti Malaya)


– OMI Dance (NYC) and KOBE Dance box (Japan) art residencies


– Attended Workshops and teaching around the globe ; USA, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines and Korea.

She has also taught movement and dance classes at ASWARA, Sunway University, Yayasan ChowKit KL, KDU University, Enfiniti Academy and private schools such as Sri Cempaka and Alice Smith Secondary School.

Suhaili premiered her first full length dance work ‘Flatland’ at the Kuash Theatre, nominee for 2014, 11th Boh Cameronian Arts Awards winning multiple awards . Since then, she has created many group or solo based works such as Eclectic Shift and Nasi Ekonomi; growing young emerging dancers and devoting herself to create much bigger impact and awareness through performance art and educational talks. Suhaili is also the brand ambassador for Under Armour Malaysia, Sanctband Global (resistive exercise bands) and Parklife Restaurant. Her partnerships with these brands allows her to continuously give back to the community by training and supporting young talents at the grassroots level. Her new studio ‘Barre-d’ opened to the public in January year 2020 promoting dance and holistic fitness influenced by ballet, contemporary and pilates.

Nga Chee, Chan (Tristan) qualified and registered as an Art Psychotherapist in the UK. She is a recognised supervisor and a professional member of BAAT. She has experiences working with children and adolescents with severe mental health issues and special education needs. In recent years, she begins working with cancer patients and their families, also offers art therapy in bereavement issues. She has achieved the title ‘Certified In Thanatology’ from Association for Death Education and Counselling (USA). Tristan participated in different research projects and presented in local and international conferences to promote art therapy. She was the former vice president of HKAAT, and the writer of ‘Embracing Imperfect: Wild Art Therapist’.

Dr Matt Jennings is Lecturer in Drama at Ulster University. Originally from Sydney, Matt has worked as a performer and teacher in Australia, Ireland, the UK, Italy, France, Netherlands, Morocco and South Africa. Based in Northern Ireland since 2001, he has worked extensively in the field of arts education, community arts and applied drama. Since 2009, Matt has been providing training in communication skills for health professionals, using applied drama techniques. In 2010, Matt completed a PhD on the impact of community drama as an aspect of conflict transformation in Northern Ireland. He has been co-convenor of the Applied and Social Theatre working group of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA, UK) and co-curator of the International Community Arts Festival in 2017 and 2020 (ICAF, Netherlands).

Patrick Deeny is a Senior Fellow of the United Kingdom (UK) Higher Education Academy and an experienced External Examiner for the Higher Education Sector. He has 30+ years of experience as a nurse, nurse educator and nursing consultant with experience in curriculum development and educational programme management at undergraduate and post graduate level for healthcare professionals. He has extensive experience in healthcare simulation especially in the realm of community resilience and disaster response training.

Karl Tizzard-Kleister is a PhD candidate at Ulster University. His research explores how drama-based activity can be used in Nursing education to enhance person-centred care.

黃國才，香港藝術家。1970年在香港出生，美國康奈爾大學建築系學士，英國卻爾西大學雕塑碩士，澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學藝術博士，「藝術公民」及「街頭設計聯盟」的創會成員，前度「Para/Site藝術空間」成員，亦是前香港理工大學設計學院環境及室內設計系助理教授。現為香港藝術發展局視覺藝術審批員之一，一直志於探索藝術家及設計師於社會/政治性議題上的參與可能性。

2012年獲香港藝術館授予「香港當代藝術獎」，2010年獲香港藝術發展局授予「年度藝術家獎」，2003年「香港藝術新進獎」及「優秀藝術教育獎」。其設計的一人居所三輪車屋「流浪家居」於2008年獲選代表香港參加意大利威尼斯建築雙年展。

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於香港中文大學藝術系先後取得藝術學士(BA)及藝術碩士(MFA)。2012 年以藝術 家身份參選香港立法會「體育演藝文化及出版界」。近期曾參與展覽包括:《周俊輝》(2018 年紐約奕來畫廊)、《每個東西上都有一個有效期》(2016 年紐約凱尚畫廊)、《威尼斯集合點》(2015 年威尼斯雙年展)、《香港眼》(2012 年英國薩奇畫廊)、 利物浦雙年展(2012 年)。曾獲獎項包括「香港藝術中心三十週年大獎」、「Sovereign 亞洲藝術獎」等。

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電影及劇場編導演、教育工作者


香港十大傑出青年、香港精神大使, 香港藝術發展局藝術新秀獎(電影)得主，張國興傑出青年傳播人獎， 全港時尚專業女性選舉得獎者。「一毛製作有限公司 」 藝術總監, 劇團「好戲量」主席。

獲西九文化區管理局與香港藝術發展局合辦的「本地藝團領袖人才海外考察及培訓計劃」獎學金前往美國及英國考察。劇場代表作獨腳戲《女兒紅》曾於伊利沙伯體育館公演，獲過萬人次觀看，更於2017年獲邀參與荷蘭INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL上演英語版。賴亦曾於賽馬會創意藝術中心舉辦個人畫展《線。情》。電影方面，賴導演首部劇情短片《1+1》，獲鮮浪潮國際短片展最佳電影、鮮浪潮大獎及 IFVA 公開組金獎，同時入圍第三十屆溫哥華國際電影節、金馬電影學院及柏林電影節Berlinale Talent Campus 。後來推出《1+1》長篇電影《N+N》，入選香港亞洲電影節及入圍多個國際影展並贏得獎項，在香港戲院特別放映，上映期超過一年。
現亦從示教育工作，為浸會大學傳理學院、電影學院及嶺南大學文化研究系客席講師，主講電影創作、創意媒體製作、文化及表演藝術。

70年代在香港學習中國舞，80年代為第一代專業舞者，曾於香港舞蹈團擔任多部舞劇主角。90年代為獨立編舞、教師、舞者及策劃，其創作曾於Tanztheatre Wuppertal Pina Bausch 25及35週年節、法國Lyon舞蹈雙年展、威尼斯舞蹈雙年展、東京舞蹈雙年展，以及紐約、哥本哈根、英國、巴黎及北京等地演出，作品風格遊走於傳統與現代。梅氏兩度獲亞洲文化協會獎學金，到美國學習現代舞。曾獲香港舞蹈聯盟頒發四屆「香港舞蹈年奬」，並於2012年獲頒「傑出成就獎」。2001年獲慧妍雅集選為「傑出女士」。

張嘉容，「水面上與水面下劇場」的藝術總監、編導、成功大學藝術研究所戲劇治療課程教師、中國國家二級心理諮詢師。歷任傳統藝術中心藝術策劃總監、動見体劇團團長、台灣戲曲學院表演藝術科兼任教師，以及台北自閉兒基金會戲劇治療顧問。學歷：台北藝術大學戲劇碩士，高雄師範大學諮商與復健諮商心理所博士班。張嘉容集跨界編導與戲劇療癒工作於一身，致力於探討文化/個人生命課題的複雜度與多義性，創發出「水面劇(Aqua Round Assembly Theatre)」戲劇形式及療癒技術。