Resources
Portland Ballet strives to foster an environment of inclusivity and condemns all acts of racism, hatred, and violence. Portland Ballet commits to train and support the next generation of dancers in an environment that is safe, empowering and equitable.
We have put to together a list of resources—most dance-related—of material to watch, help us learn, and to help take action. We welcome suggestions and feedback, and additional resources we can add.
WATCH & LISTEN:
Georgina Pazcoguin / Dancers of New York City Ballet
Cloud & Victory’s statement from the dance community (Stop Asian Hate)
(Dance Theater of Harlem) DTH On Demand
Collage Dance Collective's virtual platform
Complexions Contemporary Ballet's 'WOKE'
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s ‘WE Dance’
Showing Up for Racial Justice’s podcasts
‘Echoes through Time’ (ch. Chanquito van Hoeve, danced by Daniel Robert Silva)
Jacob’s Pillow Dance — Overcoming 1940s Racism
Spectrum Dance Theater’s ‘SHOT’
Marcelino Sambé’s ‘I Can’t Breath
READ, LEARN, & DO:
Memoir of Blacks in Ballet's Steps to Cultural Recovery
DanceSpirit — How to Support the Black Dance Community, Beyond Social Media
Greater Good Magazine — Anti-Racist Resources from Greater Good
Movement for Black Lives — Mapping our Roles in Social Change Ecosystems
Dance Magazine — Arthur Mitchell talks Race and Balanchine
Read about African American history and activism
Time — 'A Lot Is Still So Much the Same': Misty Copeland on Decades of Racism and Ballet
Ballet Review — Interview with Sylvester Campbell
Dance Moves: An African American Ballet Company in Postwar Los Angeles
Victoria and Albert Museum — History of Black Dance: 20th-Century Black American Dance