Black Dance Festival at Dance Exchange (recap!)

The Platform Black Dance Festival was founded in 2023 as an Independent Study Project which focused on challenging racial bias and unequal standards for Black choreographers in the dance world. The festival aims to provide a supportive platform for Black dance artists to create and exhibit their work.

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Dance Photos

September 4, 2023

Christal Brown at the Kennedy Center

Christal Brown at the Kennedy Center during her "What We Ask of Flesh" residency in 2023.

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Artist Talks

Kennedy Center Christal Brown

May 19, 2023

Jane Franklin Dance at Black Rock Center for the Arts by Luella Christopher

Jane Franklin’s Dance: “NEXT” Black Rock Center for the Arts Dance Festival April 14-16, 2023 Germantown, Maryland May 20, 2023 By Luella Christopher, Ph.D. The April 16th exhibition by Jane Franklin Dance at the conclusion of a three-day dance festival at Black Rock Center for the Arts presented an opportunity to view the work of...

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Dance Reviews

Jane Franklin Dance Luella Christopher

May 14, 2023

ICONS Choreographic Institute Showcase 2023 at Atlas

ICONS Choreographic Institute Showcase World Premieres by Millicent Sue Parker, Noa Kamiya, Angel V. Ramirez, & Faith Rokowski The Atlas Performing Arts Center Lang Theater May 13, 2023 By Sylvana Christopher, BFA in Dance & Choreography from The Ohio State University, ICONS Graduate* Four courageous and bold one-act works premiered at The Atlas Performing Arts...

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Dance Reviews

Atlas DC Sylvana Christopher ICONS

October 7, 2022

Anti-Trans Spitfire Audio Co-Founder Christian Henson emboldens Hate in the Composing Community

You would think, in the year 2022, we would have accomplished the great feat of tolerance and acceptance by now. Especially when it comes to the act of choosing your own life and freedom of body autonomy, yet there remains the encroachment of the bored, tired and aging conservative mind. It is especially disenchanting to...

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Christian Henson