Racism in dance exists. This post is not going to discuss or debate whether racism, discrimination, prejudice, lack of diversity, lack of representation, white supremacy, racial stereotyping and bias exist in the dance world- the answer to all of the above is yes. Even though Misty Copeland is a Principal dancer with ABT. Even though…
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Review: Kyle Abraham’s Pavement
Okay, so I originally filmed a video as my review for this piece, but it somehow didn’t save or got deleted! It took me forever to try to put what I wanted to say into words, so rather than spend forever trying to re-film, I’m going to do this review as a written post! Back…
In The Face of Hatred, DANCE.
Today Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. All throughout the day today, I have been hearing messages of despair, anger and fear. Watching with transfixed horror from the UK, it brings back painful memories of waking up early on a summer’s morning to the news that Britain had voted to leave…