Creating in the South African Context
Contemporary dance artist Lorin Sookool shares how her South African experiences and identity are central to her art-making.
Contemporary dance artist Lorin Sookool shares how her South African experiences and identity are central to her art-making.
Naomi Goldberg Haas, artistic director of Dances For A Variable Population in New York City, promotes strong and creative movement among adults of all ages and abilities through educational and performance opportunities.
San Francisco-based company Lenora Lee Dance explores the experiences of migrants and justice workers as they fight to change the policies that criminalize immigrants, separate families, and contribute to generational trauma.
Rukhmani Mehta, cofounder and co-artistic director of Leela Dance Collective in Los Angeles, describes how she instigated The Leela Foundation to promote the viability of kathak dance and Hindustani music in the US.
Rhode Island-based somatic practitioner Jules Pashall shares how fat can be used as a resource for performance and transformation.