In Practice: Adia Whitaker & Àse Dance Theatre Collective: Having, Knowing, and Saying No to Fear

Photo by Orfesas Skutelis “You shouldn’t be in a sonogram thinking, I’m going to have a little brown and black boy, and they’re going to try to kill him.” This […]

On Choreographic Thinking

“Dance is not a way of depicting, but a way of thinking”1 —Tere O’Connor I recently took a dance composition workshop with New York artist Jeanine Durning that really made […]

Community Calendar

Bodies of Empowerment: April Classes

Bodies of Empowerment has free classes every month taught by amazing teachers offering many different styles of dance. It’s a place where you can explore movement, meet new people, sweat, […]

In Conversation with Latanya Tigner and Colette Eloi

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 […]

Zaccho Dance Theatre: Ancestral Awakenings: An Afrolistic Documentary Screening & Community Workshop

Join Black Futures Resident Artist Nekia Wright for a special communal experience at the Zaccho Studio on Mother’s Day. The event will begin with an opening ritual followed by a […]

10 in 10 with Jessica Recinos

You are reading excerpts from Andréa Spearman’s recorded conversation with Jessica Recinos. 10 in 10 theme music: Bright, upbeat pop music that you may hear in a teen-centered drama series. […]

Taking Up Space: A conversation between two dancers combating anti-fatness

ALL bodies deserve respect regardless of size, skin color, ethnic background, gender, sexuality, age, health or ability status.

dancing close to home

My mom lives alone, about a thirty minute drive away, in the condo complex where my two sisters and I grew up. There’s a sprawling rosemary bush out front, planted […]

In Conversation with Melecio Estrella

In Conversation, a series of interviews exploring exchanges about dance and different folks’ relationship to dance. As we examine home and place and what community means, these questions presented themselves. […]