Kate has her arms in front of her face, one hand opening in front of her face and the other arm ending at the wrist. She wears a black shirt that says "The future is accessible." Her hair is in a bun.

Rethinking Disabled Leadership in Dance

Kate Marsh, a disabled dance artist, researcher, and an assistant professor at Coventry University in the UK, reflects on how the discourse on disability has evolved during her career.

February 6, 2025 | Read Article

Image Description: A photo of Vanessa on stage with her walker named Pluto. She is wearing all black and has a white mesh head piece that looks like an abstract Venus fly trap. Her walker has a costume on that is a white fabric looped around the purple metal parts of her walker. In the background, there are six dancers in a wide stance leaning back.

The Urgency of Accessibility in Higher Education Dance Training

Bradford Chin, a disabled dance artist, DEIJ/accessibility consultant, and audio describer for dance based in Chicago and San Francisco, argues why higher education needs to make dance training more accessible for students with disabilities.

May 6, 2024 | Read Article

Sown from Culture, Flourishing in Community

Etienne Cakpo, a dance artist originally from Benin and the director of Gansango Music and Dance Company in Seattle, shares how his classes at the University of Washington have positively affected many of his students and how there is abundant cultural value in learning the dances of Africa.

February 28, 2022 | Read Article

Rujeko smiling with her arms to the sides teaching a class with students behind her.

“It’s A Discipline Like Any Other Discipline”

Rujeko Dumbutshena, a Zimbabwean-born dancer, pedagogue, performer, and Assistant Professor in the School of Theatre and Dance at the University of Florida, discusses how she has seen major shifts in how Afro Diasporic dance is valued within college dance curriculums over the past couple years since the Black Lives Matter protests.

February 21, 2022 | Read Article

Rethinking My Dance Education

Emmaly Wiederholt ponders how her pre-professional training might have been augmented by more exposure to Afro diasporic forms, and how some college dance programs are finally making that shift.

February 17, 2022 | Read Article