Stance on Dance

Kozue Kasahara, a Japanese dance artist based in Los Angeles, shares her experience dancing under iconic Black female dance artists like Lula Washington and Karen McDonald. https://lnkd.in/gPyxERvF

Leslie Satin, a choreographer, dancer, writer, and teacher in NYC, describes her book, "Dancing with Georges Perec: Embodying Oulipo," and how she considers the work of experimental 20th-century French writer Georges Perec from a dancer’s perspective. https://lnkd.in/d_dd6YGq

Elaine Talamaivao, a Polynesian dancer and educator and the director of Tala Mai Moana in Southern California, brings her lived experience with Samoan, Hawaiian, and Māori cultures to her community. https://lnkd.in/g2tUksZQ

Based in Upper Michigan, Woodland Sky Native American Dance Company tells historic stories using traditional Native American songs and dances with the?goal of educating audiences about Native American stories, culture, and values. Owner and manager Michelle Rose Reed shares its role in educating audiences about Native people today. https://lnkd.in/gVxKiVP4

Peruvian dance artist Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodríguez teams up with Lenora Lee Dance in San Francisco to present "A Bridge to Now," a collaboration between US and Peruvian dancers expanding perspectives on immigration in the Americas by looking at the legacies of racialized labor exploitation and anti-immigrant sentiment in both countries.? https://lnkd.in/gkvcUQU8

Rosie Trump, a choreographer, dance filmmaker, and dance educator based in Reno, NV, as well as the founder and curator of the Third Coast Dance Film Festival, shares how she approaches choreography and dance film through a feminist lens. https://lnkd.in/gugmRQsZ

Melissa van Wijk, director of Born Dancing in New York City, shares her trajectory and how she came to believe that all dance students should be learning that disability belongs in dance. https://lnkd.in/gXn3bQvP

Gladys Agulhas, a dance artist, choreographer, and dance facilitator who has pioneered disability dance practices in South Africa, created her own ways of working with blind and Deaf artists and people with other disabilities, as well as parents of children with disabilities on how they can find self-care through dance.?She reflects on the state of inclusive dance in her country. To learn more, visit Stance on Dance.? https://lnkd.in/gzAKMJiZ

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, from breaking literal barriers to breaking attitudinal barriers, and yet how today’s dance education landscape is experiencing economic cuts. https://lnkd.in/g4bzRe8H

Elisabeth Motley, a New York City-based choreographer, scholar, and teacher, describes how her work is concerned with disability as a framework for creative practice.? https://lnkd.in/gmNunkrK