Dominique Dempsey: Dismantling White Supremacy within Dance Communities
Description
“The pursuit of being anti-racist is a living state of being.”
In this episode we speak with Dominque Dempsey. We discuss dance as a means of cross-cultural communications, embodied knowledge, and a soft-power. We also speak about ways to create a level playing field in dance classrooms, the importance of understanding the history of dance forms, and not placing an emphasis on any one style being the foundation of all dance.
About Dominque: Dominique also known as the dancing diplomat is a student- researcher, choreographer, innovator and collaborator. She is currently a senior at American University Double majoring in international relations and dance. She is extremely passionate about foreign policy, international arts advocacy and dance accessibility. Dominique founded AU's chapter of movement exchange which strives to offer accessible dance classes to youth in the local DMV community and to those abroad.
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