Promoting Acceptance of All Sizes

Amy Marie, a dancer and model in the Bay Area, shares her experience forging a path for herself and how she has come against prejudice for being a bigger person as well as for not being big enough.

November 22, 2021  |  Read Article

The Power of Fat Girls Dancing

Cathleen Meredith, founder of FATGIRLSDANCE in New York City, describes how she created a viral dance movement that promotes the visibility of fat dancers everywhere, as well as how negative stereotypes about fat people are untrue and cause physical and emotional harm.

November 15, 2021  |  Read Article

Seeking Body Liberation, Not Body Positivity

KT Kusmaul, founder and director of Body Home Fat Dance in Portland, OR, shares how she built a space for fat dancers to feel safe and welcome, and why she seeks body liberation, not body positivity.

November 8, 2021  |  Read Article

Let’s Take an Honest Look at Fat Phobia in Dance

It's time for the dance world to come to terms with its rampant fat-phobia and really mean it when we say, "All bodies can dance."

November 4, 2021  |  Read Article

Innovating Kathak Dance

Kathak dancer/choreographer Charlotte Moraga and sarod musician Alam Khan discuss their upcoming work "Mantram" and how they are innovating within the kathak tradition.

October 11, 2021  |  Read Article