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Street Dance Activism "Collective Dreaming"

Tue, Oct 10

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Street Dance Activism "Collective Dreaming"
Street Dance Activism "Collective Dreaming"

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Oct 10, 2023, 7:30 PM EDT – Nov 14, 2023, 9:00 PM EST

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About the event

Dr. Shamell Bell is a mother, community organizer, dancer/choreographer, and documentary filmmaker who received her PhD in Culture and Performance from UCLA’s World Arts and Cultures/Dance department. Dr. Bell is currently a visiting faculty at Dartmouth, teaching in the department of Theater and the African and African American Studies program. Bell received her M.A. in Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego and B.A. with Honors in American Studies and Ethnicity specializing in African American Studies at the University of Southern California. Her work on what she calls, "street dance activism" situates street dance as grassroots political action from her perspectives as a dancer, choreographer, healer, and scholar. Shamell’s research examines street dance movements in South Central Los Angeles through an ethnographic and performance studies lens.Bio:

Her dissertation project "Living is Resisting: An Autoethnography and Oral History of Street Dance Activism in South Central Los Angeles" is a hybrid of written…

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