Gaga & Permanent Records Roadhouse
Los Angeles-based writer and dancer Benjie Salazar evokes exploring movement in a studio during a rainstorm in their poem “Gaga & Permanent Records Roadhouse.”
Dance as Social Action
Ana Maria Alvarez, director of Los Angeles-based CONTRA-TIEMPO, reflects on some of the company’s history and influences as well as how the company draws on dances from the Afro-Latine diaspora.
Building A Future for Kathak Dance
Rukhmani Mehta, cofounder and co-artistic director of Leela Dance Collective in Los Angeles, describes how she instigated The Leela Foundation to promote the viability of kathak dance and Hindustani music in the US.
Always Making and Being Made
Brittany Delany, a dance artist in Los Angeles, shares the many ways her life intersects with the performing arts, and how she views her work as always making and being made.
Creativity and Resilience
Raélle Dorfan, Executive Director of Dance Resource Center in Los Angeles, discusses the creativity and resilience of the dance community in the face of COVID.