When the going gets tough, the tough start dancing: That’s the premise behind “Dance of Urgency,” a recently opened exhibit at MuseumsQuartier Vienna that features photos, video and other documentary material relating to the use of dance as political protest or social uprising. The groups featured in the show, largely based around clubs and electronic […]
How One Teacher Uses Dance to Combat Memorial Day Weekend Gun Violence in Chicago
Memorial Day is notoriously one of Chicago’s bloodiest weekends. Last year, 36 people were shot and seven died that weekend. In 2017 and 2016, the number of shootings was even higher. When Garley “GiGi Tonyé” Briggs, a dance teacher and Chicago native, started noticing this pattern, she was preparing her second annual Memorial Day workshop […]