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

Expanding Who Dances En Pointe

Roberto Vega Ortiz and Theresa Knudson of Ballet22, a ballet company in the Bay Area that seeks to break gender normative traditions, talk about how they hope to change representation in the ballet field by presenting mxn en pointe.

September 20, 2021  |  Read Article