Promoting Fat and Body Outsider Dance

California-based choreographer Megan Briceno discusses how the intolerance she faced as a fat dancer led her to form Shapes and Shades Dance Company, as well as why she is organizing the Fat Body Positive Performing Arts Showcase for the Inclusive Performance Festival.

April 12, 2021  |  Read Article

Drag as an Inclusive Space

Bay Area-based drag performer SNJV shares his involvement with the Inclusive Performance Festival and how his drag is an amalgamation of his cultural experience.

April 5, 2021  |  Read Article

Quantifying Psychological Wellbeing in Dance

Dr. Moitree Banerjee, Dr. Lucie Clements, Kathleen McGuire Gaines, and Erin Sanchez discuss why it is essential to research and quantify psychological wellbeing in dance and how they hope to apply their work toward bettering mental health across the dance field.

March 29, 2021  |  Read Article

Bringing the Private into the Public

Maine-based Sara Juli discusses how she brings taboo topics into the realm of performance through creating introspective autobiographical solos.

March 22, 2021  |  Read Article

Luca Patuelli: “Dance Can Be Organically Inclusive”

"One of things I appreciate about hip hop is that it is inherently inclusive." Luca Patuelli shares how he created ILL-Abilities, an international breakdance crew comprised of seven dancers with different disabilities from around the world.

March 8, 2021  |  Read Article