Collection: tD Deepens Conversations around Decolonization
In 2020, I sought out a way to interrogate the
Collection: tD Deepens Conversations around Decolonization
In 2020, I sought out a way to interrogate the
Announcing Artists for the Decolonizing Dance Writing: International Exchange Project
Congratulations to Emmanuel Cudjoe (Ghana), Juan Felipe Miranda Medina (Peru),
Jingle Jangle: What It Feels Like to See Yourself at Christmas
Try googling “favorite Christmas movies” and you may be bombarded
It Is What It Is: Tiny Pretty Things in Black and White
I recoil at my own skepticism knowing conversations around racism
Decolonizing Dance Writing: The Necessity of Evolution!
We could shrug our shoulders—the generic reaction of the ambivalent—when
Where Do Our Dancing Black Boys Go to Cry?
I am hyper-aware of my Blackness in all spaces. This
Decolonizing Dance Writing: Body Stories and the Bedrock of Dreams
Dance has the power to allow one to surrender to
Decolonizing Dance Writing: Who is Writing for?
Writers write their truths, unleashing their biases on pages and
The Deafening Silence of Dance Organizations
Brenda Dixon Gottschild’s The Black Dancing Body changed my life. I was
Affirming Black Dance … Unapologetically: An Interview with Kevin Iega Jeff
In a recent conversation with a colleague about aesthetics that
Imagine sitting on your front porch exchanging pleasantries with a
IABD: Grant Puts Action Behind the Narrative
When Denise Saunders Thompson, the President and CEO of the International Association
Dance/USA and The Promise of Equity and Inclusion . . . Two Years Later
Since my immersion into the pool of academia, I’ve found
Traditional modern dance techniques like Horton, Limon, and Graham continue
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Dancing Oral Histories
Through all the years I’ve viewed his works, Bill T.
Rhizomas: A Lesson in Contrast
Foreign to me I must admit. Butoh. Foreign. But my
Classical Theatre of Harlem and Elisa Monte Dance: Creating Spaces and Collaborations in Macbeth
In her 2014 closing plenary for Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference
Queer Artists of Color: Why Their Works Matter
Dressed in an outfit I’d rather forget, and standing amidst
The Ballad of Trayvon Martin: Diary of a Black Man
In the audience at the premiere of The Ballad of Trayvon
BalletX: A Ten-Year Retrospective of Technique and Theatrics
In the fall of 2003, a colleague invited me to
Diavolo’s Architecture in Motion: Dance With Some Extras!
When watching a dance performance, I expect moving bodies performing
Seán Curran Company: A Well-Delivered Package of Post-Modernism
I was first introduced to Seán Curran’s choreography while studying
Elisa Monte Dance: To Another Thirty-Five Years!
The 35th-anniversary concert of New York-based Elisa Monte Dance was
Dance Theatre of Harlem: Still a Beacon of Hope!
When the professional company Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) went
Elisa Monte Passes the Baton to Tiffany Rea-Fisher
John Lennon and Paul McCartney once sang, “Nowhere you can
The First Noel … And I Never Missed The Sugar Plum Fairy!
With the holidays behind us, Christmas trees discarded, and Nutcracker advertisements gone
The Wiz as a Historical Document
On December 3, 2015, more than 11 million television viewers
The Requisite Movers: The Complexities of Black Consciousness
On the website newworldencyclopedia.org, writer John Conrad depicts African dance as
The Color Of The Aged Queer is Pink
Part 1 ended.The end, but not the end.I kept wanting
Tharp and Race: Four Questions
Arts patrons in Philadelphia recently paid tribute to Twyla Tharp
BalletX Brings Fonte’s Beasts Alive at the Wilma Theater
With choreography hailed as highly original and exhilarating by Dance Europe,
Dead Bodies All Around Me: Unarmed
The fallen black man Still. His naked body on display.
Railroaded by Underground Railroad Game
How do you feel when you see the word NIGGER?
There is something to be said about simplicity. It forces
Dance/USA and The Quest for Heterogeneity in Diversity
I believe that to be diverse is to expand our
Conversation With A Curious Choreographer
Revolutionizing the look of classical ballet, American born choreographer William
How Many Spokes Make Up The Pilobolus Wheel?
Since first seeing Pilobolus Dance Theater perform in the ‘90’s,
Stretching the Boundaries of Dance Fusion
Though not a new concept, dance fusion has lent itself
BeginAgain: A Narrative Reinvented
In a dance world where performances can sometimes be inundated
Marley and the City: BalletX Inherits Dance/UP’s Portable Dance Floor
Panel by panel, a space is formed Locked into place
Gem n’ I: Domesticity As Performance
An evening of intimate experimentation revealed Helen Hale and Maggie
Arcell’s Truth Based in Evidence
“I enjoy doing Brown’s works because they are about the
Owning Hip Hop: The Politics of Citizenship
Pictured above and on homepage: Rennie Harris S. Craig Watkins,
When Dance Has a Voice: The Photo Story
On December 13th 2014, the dance community of Philadelphia converged to
Curtaining the exterior of The Philadelphia International Airport is an
By Ellen Chenoweth (right hand) and Gregory King (left hand)
The Many Layers of ev.o.lu.tion
The Koresh Dance Company recently presented their 24th season celebration at
One of the few choreographer’s showcases on the Philadelphia dance
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Gregory King is a culturally responsive educator, performance artist, activist, and movement maker who received his MFA in Choreographic Practice and Theory from Southern Methodist University and is certified in Elementary Labanotation from the Dance Notation Bureau. His dance training began at the Washington Ballet and continued at American University and Dance Theatre of Harlem. He is a former Decolonizing Dance Director and editor at thINKingDANCE. Learn more.