Anti-Racist Dance Pedagogy, A Growing Resource

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Articles and Essays:

• Amin, Takiyah Nur. “Beyond Hierarchy: Reimagining African Diasporic Dance in Higher Education Curricula,” The Black Scholar. 2016.
• Dixon Gottschild, Brenda. "'Racing' in 'Place': Dance Studies and the Academy." Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University, 2015.
• Khanna, Neetu. The Visceral Logics of Decolonization. Duke University Press, 2020.
• Mabingo, Alfdaniels. "Intercultural Dance Education in the Era of Neo-State Nationalism." Journal of Dance Education. 2018.
• McCarthy-Brown, Nyama. Dance Pedagogy for a Diverse World: Culturally Relevant Teaching in Theory, Research, and Practice. McFarland: 2017.
• Mc-Carthy, Brown, Nyama and Selene Carter. "Radical Response Dance Making Dismantling Racism Through Embodied Conversations." International Journal of Education in the Arts. 20.3 (2019).
• Monroe, Raquel. “‘I Don’t Want to do African…What About My Technique?:’ Transforming Dancing Places into Spaces in the Academy.” Journal of Pan African Studies. 2011.
• Robinson, Dylan. “Welcoming Sovereignty” in Performing Indigeneity. Playwrights Canada Press, 2016.
• Savigliano, Marta. “Worlding Dance and Dancing out there in the World” in Worlding Dance. 2009.
• Tuck, Eve and K.Wayne Yang. “Decolonization is not a metaphor.” Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education, and Society. 2012.
• White, Jessica. "Deconstructing Embodied White Supremacy Through Dance Movement Therapy Community Engagement Project." Lesley University Digital Commons, Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 2019.,>
• Wray, S. A. (2019) Embodiology® - A Hybrid Neo-African Improvisation-as-Performance Practice distinguished by Dynamic Rhythm. In Midgelow, V. (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Improvisation. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Wray, S. C. (2018) Embodiology® Neo-African Knowledge Production. In, Identity and Choreographic Practice. Serendipity Artists Movement, Leicester (2018).
• Wray, S. C.(2016) Just after the Pulse, Rhythm Takes All: The Inside Habitat of Improvisation. In Adair, C., Burt, R. (Eds.) British Dance: Black Routes. London, England: Routledge.
• Wray, S. C. (2014) “A 21st Century Dance Manifesto.” In, (eds.) Guarino, L., & Oliver, W. Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches, Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, pp.12-18
• Wray, S. C. (2014) “Jazz Dance as Export in France and the United Kingdom.” In (eds.) Guarino, L., & Oliver, W. Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches, Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, pp. 249-260.

Working Documents, Resources, and Centering BIPOC voices:

• New York Public Library, Dance Division Lib Guide on Systemic Racism, Protest, and Dance
• Black Dance Scholarship by Black Dance Scholars - a list of citations collectively compiled
• Decolonize the Dance Classroom - working google document
• Seventh Generation Thinking in Dance Education - google document
• Seattle Dances – Recognizing Systemic Racism in DanceSeattle Dances – Recognizing Systemic Racism in Dance
• Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics and Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance
• White Jazz Dance Educators - Call to Action
• Teaching While White
• Creative Equity Toolkit: Resources for Cultural Diversity in the Creative Sector (Diversity Arts Australia/British Council)

Social Media, Film, and Podcasts:

• @thomaspagedances (instagram) - Racism and the Contemporary Dance World
• Dance Union podcast
• @StreetDanceActivism (instagram)- Global Dance Mediation for Black Liberation
• @chicagoblackliberation (instagram) - An Artists Guide For Not Being Complicit with Gentrification
• @mobballet (instagram) - Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet
• Black Ballerina Documentary

Resources list (in Spanish and Portuguese) compiled by Grupo de Estudios de Danzas Argentinas y Latinoamericanas (GEDAL) from the University of Buenos Aires, and Anamaría Tamayo-Duque from Colombia HERE