As dance institutions begin to address systemic racism, we need a better metric to measure their progress. An epic oral history of COVID at "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" reveals the harmfulness of just-dance-through-it culture. The dance world is very, very good at creating Bernie Sanders memes. Multi-disciplinary maker Trey McIntyre joins to discuss his innovative digital dance venture, FLTPK.
Show Notes
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-48
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 48:
-Theresa Ruth Howard's Dance Magazine article on tokenism vs. representation in dance: https://www.dancemagazine.com/tokenism-vs-representation-2650025235.html
-The New York Times' oral history of COVID at "Moulin Rouge!": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/theater/moulin-rouge-broadway-coronavirus.html
-Bernie dance memes:
https://twitter.com/ChloeAngyal/status/1352373909535023105
https://twitter.com/minnieap0lis/status/1352117978628816896
https://twitter.com/michaeladwy/status/1352061793401778182
-FLTPK website: http://fltpk.com/
-Trey McIntyre's dance Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/treymcintyredance/
-McIntyre's photography Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/treymcintyrephoto/
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