thINKpieces

Photo: Maria Jose Bejarano

Triggering Empathy Through The Body

Lauren Putty White

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and bodily practices as tools for peacemaking, reconciliation and community building.

Photo: JinkiCambronero

We Are Their Bones

nikolai mckenzie ben rema

Disentanglement from colonial mindsets begins with telling ancestral stories and truths, starting at their coordinates withou

Photo: CONTRAPUNTO, Huelles vivas del zapateo afroperuano

Contrapunto: Dancing between Decolonization and Positive Ethics

Leila Mire

Colonialism, a multi-faceted discourse, appears differently within peoples' histories around the world.

Photo: Nuha Maharoof

Dancers, Let’s Talk Palestine Part 2: Ignorance is Bliss Until It Isn’t

Leila Mire

In acknowledging our past we must also reckon with those we have failed in our pursuit of liberation.

Photo: Leila Mire

Dancers, Let’s Talk Palestine Part 1: Honor the Dancestry

Leila Mire

As artists, our priority should be shifting narratives to resist oppressive regimes.

Photo: Kara Nepomuceno

Loose ribbons

Kara Nepomuceno

A “more socially just future” reaches beyond drastic changes in ballet’s foundations.

Photo: Paul Virtucio; courtesy of Ananya Dance Theatre

Unpacking the buzzword “Decolonization”

Anito Gavino

Art is a vessel for creative expression, a space of freedom. Yet, here I am, a dancer, dancing to liberate myself from dance

Nicole Bindler

Intentional Reemergence: dreaming the aftertime

Nicole Bindler

I realize that being in a community takes practice, and I am out of practice.

Photo: Leila Mire

A “Life in Dance” or a White Lie

Leila Mire

For POC dancers, “success” in elite institutions demands compliance above all else.

Photo: Kenwyn Samuel and Hook & Loop

VISIBILITYtalks: Hook & Loop

Kenwyn Samuel

First in a series of video conversations in collaboration with Philadelphia-area artists on the Disability Spectrum.