Articles from the ‘Interviews’ collection

Soyinka is wearing all black with a black head wrap. She stands at a microphone with one hand on her heart and one hand outstretched.

Using Breath to Connect with Spirit

Soyinka Rahim, a Grassroots Spiritual Practitioner and the founder of BIBOLOVE in Oakland, CA, shares how her dance history informs her work as a spiritual facilitator.

Two dancers wrestle while three performers in the background look on, one playing a saxophone.

Using Dance to Understand the Effects of Police Violence

Dominic Moore-Dunson, a choreographer in Akron, OH, explores in his current work “inCOPnegro” how he will one day talk with his young son about police violence toward the Black community.

A row of four illustrations of dancers in different poses.

Considering and Supporting Difference

Jess Lowe at One Dance UK discusses “Considering Difference – Making Dance Accessible,” a resource that seeks to bring awareness to access barriers in dance spaces, and to suggest actions that promote independence and inclusion.

One shimmering human is held aloft by six others, legs straight and sharp, arm wearily reaching toward light, all wearing sequin costumes of gold, silver, black, blue, and purple.

Democratizing Dance

Pioneer Winter, choreographer and artistic director of Pioneer Winter Collective, an intergenerational, queer, and physically integrated company based in Miami, Florida, shares his belief that dance should not be exclusionary.

Several blurry dancers writhe on the floor with what appear to be strings connecting them.

Butoh and Neuroscience

Colombian neuroscientist Dr. Luis Roberto Amador López, theoretical physicist Dr. José Jairo Giraldo Gallo, and butoh choreographer Brenda Polo research the effects butoh has on the brain and emotions in their project “Black Hole.”