Dance Is the Weapon for Social Justice
Vanessa Sanchez, Danys “La Mora” Pérez, and Ana María Alvarez root their dances in the rhythms of the African Diaspora.
Justice in the Movement
Robert Gilliam, Sarah Crowell, and MurdaMommy use dance to tap into the potential of young people and accelerate the world toward justice.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: AXIS Dance Company, Part 1
Archiving & Preservation Fellow Sarah Nguyễn reflects on incorporating people-first and disability-first language in archival description, to balance searchability with flexibility and adaptability.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: World Arts West, Part 1
Archiving Fellow Sumi Matsumoto reflects on her first summer working with World Arts West to develop an archival database that will support a web portal making available the rich archives of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.
Community Builders: Transmission and Legacies of Immigrant American Artists
Immigrant artists are culture-bearers. They dedicate their lives to teaching and creating works of significant artistic and cultural value while building consequential communities in their adopted country.
‘What Are You?’ Dancemaking and the Hyphenated Other
Otherness is pernicious in the dance world. Three artists with indigenous or immigrant perspectives embrace, push against and integrate their identities with social consciousness.
The Election Year, #Dance2Vote and Top Issues Impacting the Dance Community
The dance sector is an economic driver in the U.S. Learn more on reaching elected officials, fall COVID-19 federal relief initiatives, and Dance/USA’s #Dance2Vote campaign.
Choreographing Disability Justice
In the Disability Arts Movement, a growing field of artists produce exciting and probing work, among them are Atlanta’s Laurel Lawson and San Francisco Bay Area’s Antoine Hunter.
Archiving and Preservation During COVID-19: Part 2
How to harness your dance company resources during the global pandemic for engaging audiences and preserving your archival assets. Hear from a dance archivist and a company director.
Archiving and Preservation During COVID-19, Part 1
Now is a great time to assess, manage and utilize your archival and digital assets. Overwhelmed by the explosion in digital content that needs to be preserved? Read on.
