Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and bodily practices as tools for peacemaking, reconciliation and community building.
Disentanglement from colonial mindsets begins with telling ancestral stories and truths, starting at their coordinates withou
Colonialism, a multi-faceted discourse, appears differently within peoples' histories around the world.
In acknowledging our past we must also reckon with those we have failed in our pursuit of liberation.
As artists, our priority should be shifting narratives to resist oppressive regimes.
A “more socially just future” reaches beyond drastic changes in ballet’s foundations.
Art is a vessel for creative expression, a space of freedom. Yet, here I am, a dancer, dancing to liberate myself from dance
I realize that being in a community takes practice, and I am out of practice.
For POC dancers, “success” in elite institutions demands compliance above all else.
First in a series of video conversations in collaboration with Philadelphia-area artists on the Disability Spectrum.