https://dance.gmu.edu/ en https://dance.gmu.edu/news/2023-02/podcast-ep-47-black-dance-housing-past-and-present <span>Podcast - EP 47: Black Dance: Housing the past and the present</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/481" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Damian Cristodero</span></span> <span>Wed, 02/15/2023 - 10:11</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/president" hreflang="und">Gregory Washington</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Lawrence Jackson says colonialism brought an end to authentic African dance. But the associate professor of dance at George Mason University, who in 2011 co-authored and edited a special edition on Black dance in the Journal of Pan African Studies, explains to Mason President Gregory Washington how Black dance keeps those African cultural traditions alive and is an affirmation of identity and independence. And did you know that tap, jazz and ballroom dancing have African roots? Jackson explains.</p> <p><iframe allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="150" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&amp;i=yyqw5-1391129-pb&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=&amp;rtl=0&amp;logo_link=&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;size=150" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Black Dance: Housing the past and the present" width="100%"></iframe></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/826" hreflang="en">Access to Excellence podcast</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/841" hreflang="en">Podcast Episode</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/831" hreflang="en">podcast</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/341" hreflang="en">Dance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/836" hreflang="en">Cultural Dance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/821" hreflang="en">Black African Heritage</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/811" hreflang="en">black artists</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:11:34 +0000 Damian Cristodero 871 at https://dance.gmu.edu