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

Collaborators: CUE Art Foundation & It’s Showtime NYC

Location: The Zoom Room 

Panel Date: Aug 12, 2020

Description:

Organized by Kut the Rug Institute and featuring visual artists, dancers, and scholars from the Vogueing, Breakin’, Hip-Hop, and House Dance communities, this panel discussion will expand and contextualize recent press coverage of Street Dancers deploying Black and gay vernacular dance practices in support of the ongoing protests, actions, and uprisings against police brutality, racial injustice, and white supremacy. Investigating how socio-political opposition is embedded in the practice of Street Dance and exploring the symbiotic relationship between Street Dance, visual culture, and surveillance, guest speakers will discuss dance as a physical, existential, collective, and spiritual form of resistance.