Two dancers dressed as patients lay on the floor while a third dancer dressed as a nurse leaps above them.

Dancing the Private Lives of Pilipinx Nurses

Kularts director Alleluia Panis, composer Joshua Icban, and dancer Jonathan Mercado discuss their upcoming production, Nursing These Wounds, a site-specific dance performance investigating the impact of colonization on Pilipinx health and caregiving through the lens of Pilipinx nurses’ history.

October 10, 2022 | Read Article

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.

October 3, 2022 | Read Article

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.

September 26, 2022 | Read Article

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.

September 19, 2022 | Read Article

Sydney in tendu derrier in a studio wearing leotard, tights, and a skirt.

Syndey: Struggles and Triumphs

Sydney has been checking in every year for 10 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she continued to dance with Avant Chamber Ballet and relished in the personal struggles and triumphs of becoming a professional.

September 12, 2022 | Read Article