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

Bill Shannon: “Space, Light, Time, and The Human Condition”

"Dance is space, light, time and the human condition." Interdisciplinary artist Bill Shannon discusses art-making and disability as part of the Discussing Disability in Dance Project.

June 15, 2020  |  Read Article

Dancing in the Middle of Two Worlds

Natalie Benally, a dancer with the contemporary Indigenous company Dancing Earth, reflects on her desire to create narratives centered on the contemporary Native experience.

July 11, 2019  |  Read Article

Storytelling Between Worlds

Anne Pesata, a dancer with the contemporary Indigenous company Dancing Earth, discusses how storytelling is used to explore Native culture through dance.

July 8, 2019  |  Read Article

Indigeneity and Identity

An Interview with Dakota Camacho BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Dakota Camacho is a multi-disciplinary artist from Låguas yan Gåni, the ancestral homeland of Matao/CHamoru people (Dominating culture calls this archipelago the Mariånas Islands). Dakota works in spaces of Indigenous performance, musical composition, community engagement, and education. Guiya (they) is also a co-founder […]

March 11, 2019  |  Read Article