{"id":13,"date":"2013-03-16T20:13:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T20:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:55:30","slug":"about-the-ori","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/page0001-11-e1367360299717.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/page0001-11-e1363462379699-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"page0001-1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>About us and our Statement of Practice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>About the ORI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ORI is an Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) based tap dance community that <strong>creates opportunities for the growth, visibility, promotion and celebration of\u00a0 tap dance and tap artistry<\/strong>\u00a0in the Ottawa region.<\/p>\n<p>We are a <strong>collaborative<\/strong> <strong>and inclusive<\/strong> tap dance community. We believe in the human connection that creates and lifts up this art form.<\/p>\n<p>We embrace improvisation, rhythmic sophistication, the individual and community. We strive to contribute meaningfully to the art of tap dance and its future in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Cultivating a <strong>lively and positive <\/strong>tap dance scene, we:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Celebrate, promote<\/strong> <strong>and practice<\/strong> the art of tap dance and jazz culture;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inspire and nurture<\/strong> the individual artistry of Ottawa\u2019s tap dancers;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partner <\/strong>with tap dance, musicians and other aligned rooted jazz artists and champions to foster our community&#8217;s development;<\/li>\n<li>Are <strong>education and creation-based<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Work with live music <\/strong>whenever possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ORI is a <strong>volunteer led and supported <\/strong>community and operates on a cost-recovery model. The ORI is seeking not-for-profit status.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Statement of Practice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We take great joy celebrating tap dance.<\/p>\n<p>Tap dance is an integral part of jazz culture, which was shaped by the enslavement, oppression, and segregation of Black Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Our practice is grounded in respect for tap dance as an art form, its roots laying deep in the turbulent history of the African American experience and culture. Through our practice, we honour Black tap dancers and musicians on whose shoulders we stand, and for whose sacrifices we are forever grateful.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to strengthen our relationship with the history and culture of tap dance, including through community outreach, engagement, education, creation and performance. We strive to appreciate rather than appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>We foster a safe and inclusive learning and creation environment for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Indigenous Land Acknowledgement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ORI acknowledges that our activities take place in Ottawa, which is located on the traditional unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. The Algonquin peoples have lived on this land since time immemorial. We are grateful to have the opportunity to be present in this territory. We also show our gratitude and respect to them, and to the land for all that it provides us: trees to give shade, water and food to sustain us, and paths to connect us.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more<\/strong> about what we&#8217;re up to on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ottawarhythminitiative\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ottawarhythm\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email us at ottawarhythminitiative@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us and our Statement of Practice About the ORI The ORI is an Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) based tap dance community that creates opportunities for the growth, visibility, promotion and celebration of\u00a0 tap dance and tap artistry\u00a0in the Ottawa region. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/?page_id=13\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":160,"href":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622,"href":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/2622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawarhythminitiative.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}