Laura June Albert (she/her) is a researcher, cultural producer, and artist. She is a seventh generation European-Canadian settler based in unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil- Waututh) territories, colonially known as Vancouver.

Laura June's research investigates the experiential body as a liberatory landscape for anticolonial and anticapitalist self-determination and liveness. She is deeply interested in intersections in pedagogy and embodiment: learning through the body about body-based ways of knowing. Consent and access are core values in her work. Laura June holds an MA in Contemporary Arts Studies from SFU, and has worked as a performer, instructor, and lecturer in over ten cities.

A NOTE FROM NADIA

I’m thrilled to interview a very dear friend and colleague Laura June Albert. We met many moons ago, creating an inter-arts performance for the fondly remembered Sista’hood Festival in Vancouver, Canada.  Laura June’s movement pedagogy has taught me so much about facilitation and leadership. This is a pedagogy that questions the reaching of the eyes, the dominance of the head, the doing of the hands…and returns with the body as a wise and living place with its own authority and with gravity as its partner. This podcast is an invocation of “authenticity” that is profound and constant. While Laura June’s research is particular to dance and movement, I believe any facilitator will find these questions deeply relevant and stimulating. I can’t wait to hear what you think. Laura June has generously offered Toolsi six instructional videos, so you will also be able to move and play with this extraordinary practice.