Domesticating, Rewilding, Sacralizing: Modes of Engaging Nature in Everyday Life, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Cambridge, MA, November 1-2, 2023.
20 Days in Mariupol, Post-screening Discussant, The Dodd Center for Human Rights, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, October 19, 2023.
Vitality Project Donbas: Civic Vitality and Psycho-Social Recovery in Ukraine, paper/performance at Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine, University of Ottowa, Canada, September 28-30, 2023.
Somatic Methods for Resilience: A convergence of politics, song and survival in Ukraine, University of St. Joseph, Connecticut, September 26, 2023.
“Resilience in Times of War, A convergence of arts, politics, and survival in Ukraine”, held in conjunction with the exhibition Women at War. Wesleyan University, December 1, 2022. Excerpt here.
“Resilience in Uncertain Times – Ukraine and the World” and Interview of Guest Artist Katja Kolcio at Eastern Connecticut State University, October 14, 2022.
“Force of Breath: The Role of the Body in Community Psychology,” Panel, International Conference in Community Psychology, Naples, Italy, September 2022. (Link to PowerPoint presentation here.)
“Somatic Methods for K-12 Resilience,” Workshop, CT American Association for Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, November 18, 2022.
“Somatic Techniques for Psychological Recovery,” XVI Scientific and Practical Seminar on Current Problems in Practical Psychology in the Volyn Region, Ukraine, Department of Practical Psychology and Psychodiagnostics, Volyn National University in the name of Lesia Ukrainka. November 3, 2022
Plenary Speaker, Dance Studies Association Annual International Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 15, 2022.
Keynote speaker, Conference commemorating Ukrainians who fought for Ukrainian Independence, hosted by Department of Culture, City Council, Central City Library, Dnipro Ukraine, May 24, 2022.
Workshop, 14th Annual International Conference on Psychological Foundations: health, education, scholarship, and self-realization, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk, Ukraine, 7-8 April 2022.
“Dancing Under All Conditions!” Workshop, CT Dance Now Series, Connecticut Dance Alliance, October 4, 2021.
“Bridging Individual and Social Health Through an Interdisciplinary Approach: Mental health, body-mind practice and art”, Mayo Clinic Symposium in Medical Humanities, with Jennifer Rose, Marta Pyvovarenko, Saturday, September 18, 2021.
Implementing a Somatic Methodology in the Ukrainian Rehabilitation System: Developing Stress Resistance in Ex-combatants, IDPs, and Residents of Eastern Ukraine hosted by the United Nations, Peace and Reconciliation Programme, in-person in Kyiv, Ukraine, with on-line participation, April 28, 2021.
Panel discussion « Reintegration of Veterans ATO/OOC in Ukraine » Online Event by UNDP Ukraine / ПРООН в Україні, March 16, 2021.
Congressional briefing “Heroes of Liberty – Enhancing Psycho-Social Care, Resilience, and Civic Engagement of Ukrainian Veterans” Hosted by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur’s Office and Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, Senate Ukraine Caucus, Capital Building, Washington DC, March 11, 2020.
Press Conference: New Research Project on Somatic Methods for Military, with Development Foundation and NATO at America House, Kyiv, Ukraine, August 2019.
Workshop, ‘Decompression: The Art of Returning from War’. Conference on somatic methods as component of decompression in military, hosted by American Embassy and NATO, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2019.
Press Conference, Kyiv, Ukraine, December 7, 2018, Ukrainian Crisis Media Center, announcing ‘Mental Health Without Borders’ research program on effectiveness of somatic methods on soldiers and their families.
Lecture, ‘Somatics and Environmental Awareness’. Hosted by Dnipro Development Agency, Dnipro, Ukraine, June 21, 2018.
This Side of the Curtain: Ukrainian Resistance in Uncertain Times. Conceived, choreographed and directed by Katja Kolcio. Panel and performance on resistance and social action in Ukraine. Panelists: Mustafa Nayyem (MP Ukraine), Yurko Didula (founder of BUR, Ukraine), Daniel Hryhorczuk (UIllinois Public Health). Performers: 8 Wesleyan students, composer/bandurist Julian Kytasty, Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble of Hartford. Commissioned by Creative Campus, with sponsorship of the New England Foundation for the Arts, the Dance Department, the College of the Environment and the Ukrainian Self-reliance New England Credit Union. Memorial Chapel, Wesleyan University, February 20, 2018.
Paper. “The Force of Breath: Somatic mind-body methods for alleviating the effects of trauma on victims of war in Ukraine.” International Scientific and Practical Conference on Psychology of Trauma: Discussion Issues of Psychological Care. Zaporizhya National University, Zaporizhya, Ukraine, April 21, 2017.
Invited Speaker and Workshop.“Working with physical manifestations of experience through body-mind approaches/Робота за допомогою тілесно-мисленнєвого підходу із фізичними проявами, що виникли унаслідок негативного досвіду” Kostiuk Institute for Advanced Study in Psychology, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 18, 2017.
Invited talk. “Chornobyl Effects on Ukraine” Remembering Fukushima, Art and Conversations at the Cathedral conference, curated by Eiko Otake, hosted by Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC, DanceSpace Project, and the Asia Society, March 11, 2017.
Invited lecture and workshop, National Guard Armed Services of Ukraine. Lead two-day intensive workshop in somatic practices training for National Guard Psychologists and soldiers. Kyiv, Ukraine. March 20-21, 2017.
Invited Keynote speaker. ‘Linking Environment with Education and Exchange.” EC LEDS Town Hall with delegation of environmental experts from Ukraine including Ministers of Parliament, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, and The Center for Climate Strategies (US). Ukrainian National Home, Hartford, March 2017.
Ukraine Freedom Dance Project, Artistic Director and Choreographer, Choreographic collaboration with US, Ukraine and Crimea- based performing artists, Dance For Peace Concert, Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Old Lyme, CT, June 2016.
Invited Speaker: “Somatic approaches in working on trauma” Press conference and public lecture at East European National University, Lutsk, Ukraine, June 2016.
Invited Speaker: “Working with physical manifestations of experience through body-mind approaches/Робота за допомогою тілесно-мисленнєвого підходу із фізичними проявами, що виникли унаслідок негативного досвіду” Press conference and lecture at Zaporizhya National University, Zaporizhya, Ukraine, June 2016.
Invited Speaker: Danspace Platform: A Body in Places, “Somatics and Social Change in Ukraine” Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, NYC, March 2016.
Invited Speaker: “Somatics and Social Change” Josef Albers Foundation, International Colloquium on Experimental Pedagogy, October 2016
Invited Speaker: “Somatic Practice and Social Change: Working with Victims of War,” June-July 2015, at:
- Institute of Social and Political Psychology of NAPS Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Development Foundation, Lviv, Ukraine
- Ukrainian Association of professionals for overcoming the outcomes of psychotraumatic events, Kyiv, Ukraine.
To Not Forget Crimea: Uncertain Quiet of Indigenous Crimean Tatars, Panel featuring Arsen Zhumadilov, Ayla Bakkali, Greta Euling, and Performance, Creative Campus Initiative, Wesleyan University, October 24, 2014.
“Interdisciplinary Studies in Dance: Choreographing Research,” Department of Dance, University of Colorado, Boulder, January 2013.
“The Role of Dance in Higher Education: Inquiry and Action,” Wilson Center of Humanities speaker at University of Georgia, January 2012.
Somatics and Interdisciplinarity, National Association of Schools of Dance annual conference 2010.
Movable Pillars: Raising a Foundation for Dance Studies in Academia, talk, Temple University, Department of Dance, Philadelphia, November 12, 2007.
The Ukrainian Collection: History in Sound and Motion, performance/talk, Green Street Arts Center, Middletown, CT, November 4, 2007.
Panelist: Center for Creative Research Public Forum, NYC, December 5, 2005.
“Branching Out: Panel Discussion,” American Dance Guild Conference, New York University, NYC, 2001.
