Reflections on “Dance for mmm”
Jhia Jackson and Jocelyn Reyes, two San Francisco Bay Area dance artists, reflect on a series of conversations they organized with seven artists they admire about how each artist adapted to the conditions of the pandemic.
May 10, 2021 | Read Article
Creating More Access to Cultural Dance Forms
Kyra Newton, founder of Blissful Dance in Calgary, discusses how cultural dance forms like West African, Bhangra, and flamenco could be expanded through accessible pedagogies and digital formats.
May 3, 2021 | Read Article
Rethinking Inclusion and Performance
Bay Area multidisciplinary artist Eric Kupers discusses the impetus for the Inclusive Performance Festival, how “inclusion” is an ever-expanding term, and why new ways of thinking about performance are more needed than ever.
April 26, 2021 | Read Article
Finding Their Voice, Forging Their Way
Bay Area-based dancer/choreographer Raven Malouf-Renning shares their experience finding their voice as a fat and non-binary performer, as well as their involvement helping to organize "Wandering in the Wilderness" as part of the Inclusive Performance Festival.
April 19, 2021 | Read Article
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