Dance
DNAWORKS and a Community in Motion: The Dance of Healing
*Trigger warning: references to racial violence When we connect to the past, we can heal the present, and when we do it together, the ripple effects can change the world. Daniel Banks, Ph.D. and Adam W. McKinney, M.A. have been […]
Rihanna’s Successful Cultural Fluidity in her Music from Embracing her Foreign Dialect
It is more than obvious that today’s music plays a major role in cultural fluidity. Rihanna is one of many artists whose music speaks to various cultures while bringing them together. Rihanna’s Background Pop star Rihanna was born on Feb. […]
BLACKPINK Makes Surprising Global Moves
BLACKPINK is a K-Pop girl group who made it big in the United States around 2018 after signing with Interscope Records. The group consists of four young women; Jisoo (vocalist), Jennie (rapper/vocalist), Rosè (dancer/vocalist), and Lisa (rapper/dancer/vocalist). Surprisingly, Jisoo is […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda Brings Hidden Diversity to the Mainstream
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a true force of nature in the arts and attributes a great deal of his success to his parents’ cross-cultural influence.
How to Explore “The Mile-High City” & its Culture
Denver is near the mountains, not in them. The Mile High City is located on high rolling plains, 12 miles east of the foothills — a series of gentle mountains that climb to 11,000 feet. Just beyond is the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, picturesque snowcapped peaks that rise to 14,000 feet (fourteeners as described by locals). Denver might not be in the mountains, but the mountains still dominate the city.
Keka Araújo is Unapologetically Afro-Latina
“I remember when you told black Latinas that they were black and they would want to fight you,” says Keka Araújo, as we discuss the recently fashionable topic of being Afro-Latina. “Some people want to make me biracial. I am not biracial; I am bicultural,” she continues. “I am unapologetically black.”
Nandan: The Yin & Yang of Chinese Cross-Gender Performers
For generations, Chinese culture has traditionally enjoyed and celebrated cross-gender artists. Peking opera is the most well-known of all Chinese operas, which finds its home in Beijing. But in Peking opera, men have played the part of women for centuries.
Meet Maxime: Yuujou surprises finalists for trip around the world (Part 2 of 10)
“I think this project is the best way to physically prove that we are all connected and that there are beautiful humans all around the world.” – Maxime, Yuujou finalist
