Street Dance x Screen Dance


Street Dance x Screen Dance: A Visual Call & Response


KTR Institute Roles: Curated, co-produced, and moderated the panel discussion 

Collaborators:Black Portraitures

Location: Newark Express/Rutgers University 

Panel Date: Feb 17,2022

Summary: Street Dance x Screen Dance highlighted the sphere of influence between Street/Club Dancer communities and the mass media by exploring how both entities play with movement and exchange it. The panelists described the feedback loop of influence and inspiration between street/club dance forms and movement based visual culture as depicted in broadcast and social media. Street Dance x Screen Dance: A Visual Call & Response KTRi explored insights around how playing, improvising & exchanging movement via a screen has mediated foundational vocabulary in various street dance forms; impacted the portrayal of Street Dance Culture for dance civilians and shaped the sphere of influence of Krump, Lite Feet, Vogue, House Dance and Flexxin.