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Moving Lessons: Relearning Our History as Dance Educators

Eleanor Goudie-Averill

H’Doubler didn’t teach from a codified movement technique, and valued improvisation and discovery above all.

Photo: Courtesy of Halifu Osumare

A Fluid Constant: Dr. Halifu Osumare’s Dancing in Blackness

Leslie Bush

Dr. Halifu Osumare’s memoir weaves personal stories together with histories of Black dance.

Photo: Rachel Neville

An Interview with Iquail Shaheed Part 1: Black Love and Tenderness on Stage

Mira Treatman

At a moment when those narratives of Black death were all on stage, we came in and it was just about love and tenderness.

Photo: Matthew McLaughlin

Embracing Uncertainty

Carolyn Merritt

While tango dancers wait to embrace again, this collective pause offers time and space.

Photo: Amalia Colón-Nava

Holding Dance Institutions Accountable: An Interview with Amalia Colón-Nava

Mira Treatman

No more! We cannot stand for this anymore.

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BalletX Premieres Short Dance Films About Life in Lockdown

Kristi Yeung

Rena Butler’s “The Under Way” stands out for connecting the Underground Railroad and BLM Movement.

Photo: riffnote on Tenor

16 GIFs Experienced in the Break/Room

Ellen Chenoweth

BREAK/ROOM Conversations try to get our field to new places.

Sam Interrante
Photo: J. Bouey

Town Hall Seeks Solutions to Dismantling White Supremacy

Darcy Grabenstein

The Dance Union Town Hall for Collective Action was more than a forum for people to vent their rage and frustration.

Photo: Zornitsa Stoyanova

Shifting Needs

Miryam Coppersmith

“if there’s anything I want to share, it would be the sound of glass being smashed.”