You are listening to Part 1 & 2 from Andréa Spearman’s recorded conversation with Latanya Tigner and Colette Eloi. To read the transcript of Part 1 of the conversation, click here.
Mentioned in Part 1 recording:
Artists and Organizations
- Dimensions Dance Theater (Rites of Passage program)
- San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
- EL WAH Movement
- Deborah Vaughan
- Ruth Beckford
- Bayyinah Bello
- Michelle Martin
- Ebonie Barnett
- Thomas Talawa Prestø (Talawa Technique™, Tabanka Dance Ensemble)
- Shawn Merriman
Dances
- Wolosodon
- Yanvalou
- Mayi
- New Orleans second line
- Manjani
- Roger Rabbit
- New Orleans bounce
- Hyphy
Books and TV
- Soul Train (TV show)
- Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
- Dancing Wisdom by Yvonne Daniel
Mentioned in Part 2 recording:
Artists and Organizations
- Traci Bartlow
- Anisa Rasheed
- Too $hort and E-40: “E-40 and Too Short battle it out on ‘Verzuz,’ and Bay Area wins”
- Diamano Coura West African Dance Company
- Blanche Brown
Dances
- Orisha dance
- Zinli
- Mutwashi
Books
- The Black Dancing Body by Brenda Dixon Gottschild
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This conversation appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of In Dance.
