Twenty Years of Investing in Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Dance
Sean Dorsey, San Francisco-based dance artist and the artistic director of Fresh Meat Productions, shares how his company has been elevating transgender and gender nonconforming voices for 20 years.
June 14, 2021 | Read Article
Preserving Street and Club Dance Culture by Many Means
Tatiana Desardouin, director of Passion Fruit Dance Company in New York City, shares how she uses performance, education, and events to preserve the authenticity of street and club dance culture.
May 17, 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
Alexandria Wailes: “Let Us Move!”
"We don’t have time for this inspiration narrative anymore. Let us move!" Alexandria Wailes describes her experience navigating both hearing and Deaf environments throughout her career in the performing arts.
February 22, 2021 | Read Article