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Black Futures: In New Millennium The Dance Remix Reigns Supreme

Mar 4, 2024 | Dance

As dance music crossed into the new millennium, the metamorphic energy of the ’90s entered warp speed. Genres that had birthed subgenres were now resulting in ever more nuanced microgenres. “Broken beat, dubstep, grime, Baltimore and Jersey Club are still...

This Black-Owned Ballet School Empowers Young Dancers

Nov 20, 2023 | Dance

At the beginning of the year, Alishia Abodunde joined her friend, a former ballet dancer from New York, on a trip to the ballet at the Royal Opera House in London. It was her first time going to the ballet, and she fell in love with it. But as she looked...

In Chicago, Keeping Heritage Of Black Dance Moving

Aug 28, 2023 | Dance, History

On a warm July afternoon, Princess Mhoon, the director of the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project, was sitting in a bustling cafe on the outskirts of the University of Chicago’s campus in Hyde Park. Wearing a purple and orange dress that billowed around her...