Tag Archive for: Dance

Gliding From Past to Present
A Q&A with Deneane Richburg of Brownbody

Amanda Koonjbeharry: Dancing Out of the Dark
I am able to liberate myself from constructs and systems that don’t serve me and that often oppress me and others.

Dancing My Body’s Truths
I am still the process of discovering what love looks like for me. As a woman, I was told what love was supposed to look and feel like, without any input from my own spirit and body.

Dance Pioneer: Loyce Houlton
It has been 25 years since the passing of Loyce Houlton, who made a significant contribution to the cultural landscape of Minnesota and the world of dance.

How Dance Moves Me
I sometimes surprise myself when I am able to do a dance move I didn't think I would be able to do.

Healing Sexual Violence With Body Movement
Patricia Cumbie (photo by Sarah Whiting)
I come from…

Rosy Simas Facilitates the Weave of Healing
Many Native people believe that intergenerational trauma for all people is not simply a psychological concept, but a physical one — that traumatic events in our ancestors live on in our bodies, blood, and bones.

Happy Dance
What creates our private body image? So much started for…

Having a ball with Bollywood
Dancing comes naturally to Divya Maiya, who was trained…

Polly Norman: ‘Dancing Through Glass’
An artist who turns manic depressive disorder into an asset

Shall we dance?
Kairos Dance Theatre encourages residents in elder-care facilities…

The body electric
At Suzanne River’s school, students come to know their bodies from the inside out


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