We center the voices of Black dance artists, providing opportunities to self-determine the languages and lenses that define our work. Since the inception of DWB in 2012, they have supported more than 30 emerging Black artists as Fellows, incubated more than two dozen new works, published a landmark digital journal and held countless intergenerational convenings for community members to share, connect and simply be.

Dancing While Black operates at the intersection of aesthetics and organizing. Central to the work is building partnerships – with presenters, organizers, curators and artists. In our first five years, Dancing While Black established ongoing partnerships with BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, NYU’s Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, the Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center, PURPOSE Productions, Urban Bush Women and Junebug Productions.