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Jul. 26, 2022 - The extraordinary dance of Donald Byrd
7/26/2022 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
A Seattle dancer-choreographer uses movement to embody our era.
Donald Byrd does not shy away from hard conversations — he embraces them with his whole body.
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Jul. 26, 2022 - The extraordinary dance of Donald Byrd
7/26/2022 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Donald Byrd does not shy away from hard conversations — he embraces them with his whole body.
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Featured in Crosscut's Black Arts Legacies, dancer, choreographer, Donald Byrd, has had a remarkable career.
He became known for combining punk rock with classical ballet and tackling social justice themes head on.
His acclaimed, Harlem Nutcracker, was a reimagining of the classic Christmas tale from the perspective of a black family.
Byrd is the recipient of the coveted Doris Duke Artist Award.
- Being in Seattle has taken a substantial amount of time for me to do here the kind of dance that I really want to do.
It has been really tough for a lot of reasons.
But sometimes you go like, "Oh, maybe I don't have to always frame things in blackness."
Well, it doesn't matter whether I wanna frame them in blackness, they get framed in blackness for me anyway, so I might as well just embrace that.
- I'm Starla Sampaco.
Find Black Arts Legacies on crosscut.com.
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