Leslie Parker Dance Project, LLC 

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Mission:  to move Black culture into the future using dance art.

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Approach: utilizes a multidisciplinary point of view for making dances that engage 

audiences and communities as witnesses/observers/participants with diverse knowledge, therefore, creating opportunity for risk-taking and for reflection from a Black and African American lens collectively. 

 

 Practice:  to adapt ancestral knowledge within a contemporary context so that the work moves beyond dance technique only to in part transform, to acknowledge, to decolonize and to claim personal narratives  and lived experiences authentically.

 

Values:  taking the necessary risk that centers Collaboration + Dialogue + Action  to cross-pollinate across sectors as a means to further anti-racism for survival and beyond. LPDP  strives to elevate visibility of Black, Native and POC stories and to encourage holistic well-being, equity and humanity.