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The Dance Arts Community Project Mission Statement
"to bring the joy of dance to children and young adults in the Bay Area who lack the access to Ballroom, Latin and other culturally meaningful dance forms"
Role-Dance Teacher(Al Boro Community Center)
Takeaways from The Dance Arts Community Project
(In connection with class knowledge)
Feminist Disbaility Ethics Theory of Bodymind
In a feminist ethics approach to disability, the term bodymind is adopted as a contrast to “body and mind.” This approach looks to disconnect from having our bodies and minds viewed as separate entities and connect to their intertwined being.
Though this term is most commonly used in disability studies spaces, disability ethicists form the point that social constructs and biases can indeed be disabling.
2. Cultural Wealth-Resistance Capital
Resistance capital, as a part of Tara Yosso’s cultural wealth model “is a term that refers to the skills and knowledge that are developed through challenging inequality and resisting subordination. It is a form of cultural wealth that is rooted in the experiences of communities of color in their fight for equal rights and collective freedom.”
Through the dance arts community project, students are able to learn and connect to culturally meaningful dance forms, have freedom of choice with their participation, and utilize their unique ability and disability.
Uplifting Youth Voices and Experiences
Children are too often expected to fit into white neurotypical boundaries of societal expectations before they have learned to tie their shoes.
A dance class should be a place of exploration and understanding of one's bodymind, not just what I, the teacher, think they should learn. Moving or not moving in their own unique bodyminds is an expression of resistance to any hatred or preconceived biases set against their identities.
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