Dancers are speaking out about an agency call for dance artists to perform, unpaid, at the Super Bowl halftime show. The lawsuit alleging decades of abuse at UNCSA highlights the pervasiveness of sexual misconduct in dance education. The hosts mark 100 podcast episodes with a little dance down memory lane.
Show Notes
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Links referenced in/relevant to episode 100:
-Los Angeles Times coverage of the Super Bowl halftime controversy: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-01-23/72-hours-of-work-over-9-days-for-free-predominantly-black-participants-just-no-say-critics-of-super-bowl-halftime-show
-Dance Magazine article on the UNCSA lawsuit: https://www.dancemagazine.com/unsca-lawsuit/
-New York Times feature on the suit: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/arts/dance/north-carolina-school-of-the-arts-lawsuit.html
-Chanel DaSilva's Dance Magazine story on abuse in dance education: https://www.dancemagazine.com/sexual-abuse-dance/
-Accompanying Dance Magazine feature on ways to address the problem: https://www.dancemagazine.com/sexual-abuse-dance-education/
-Pointe story on grooming: https://pointemagazine.com/grooming-and-sexual-abuse-in-ballet/
-Youth Protection Advocates in Dance: https://www.ypadnow.com/
-Dance Education Equity Association: https://www.danceequityassociation.com/
-The Dance Safe: https://thedancesafe.com/
-National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline: https://www.rainn.org/about-national-sexual-assault-telephone-hotline (800.656.HOPE)
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