Lineages and Circles...
These wonderful artists, activists, and organizations have shaped my work in
unique and beautiful ways... I am grateful! (ps. this is a growing list)
To learn more, click on their images and you will be directed to their websites wherever possible.
unique and beautiful ways... I am grateful! (ps. this is a growing list)
To learn more, click on their images and you will be directed to their websites wherever possible.
An online open access, peer-reviewed, scholarly dance journal exploring the work of socially engaged artists. Founded in 2015.
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Creative home for Lela Aisha Jones; houses Dancing for Justice Philadelphia and The Requisite Movers; creates intimate movement-based spaces for artists, educators, researchers, organizers, activists, advocates invested in cultivating a more nurtured, insightful, and harmonized society.
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Created to continue the conversation on the U.S. racial divide and its potential for ongoing, contemporary, and grave injustice. DFJ Philly is grounded in a collective understanding that Black life is tied to all life. (Coming Soon... Dancing for Justice Atlanta)
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A critical and creative thinking laboratory that nurtures women of the African Diaspora, investigating intersections of experimental creative practices, cultural discourse, and technology..
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A nonprofit dance organization founded in 2006 with the mission of pursuing understanding, advancement, and realization of the human experience through dance.
Dr. Kariamu Welsh
Liz Lerman
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Dance artist, educator, and performer exploring intersections of African American identity and West African Dance.
Temple University Boyer School of Music & Dance
Celeste Miller
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Dance artist, educator, performer of West African dance, working throughout Philadelphia, regionally, and beyond.
Alternate ROOTS
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Offers strategic advice for scholars and movement artists of the African Diaspora working in academic settings, and more...
Dr. Jane Alexandre
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