Iyun Ashani Harrison

Journal Article Dance Chronicle · January 1, 2023 In her scholarship on pedagogy, Gloria Ladson-Billings describes COVID-19 as a call to re-set education using a more culturally relevant pedagogy. As ballet teachers and researchers working in higher education and pre-professional settings, we teach a form ... Full text Open Access Cite

HONORING THE LEGACY OF ANTIRACIST BALLET TEACHING & LEADERSHIP AS MODELED BY BLACK AND BROWN-OWNED, BLACK AND BROWN-LED, AND BLACK AND BROWN-SERVING DANCE ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter · January 1, 2023 This chapter highlights practices of Black and Brown-owned, Black and Brown-led, and Black and Brown-serving dance organizations and their success in fostering antiracist spaces in ballet and developing Black and Brown professionals. Iyun Ashani Harrison p ... Full text Cite

ANTIRACISM IN BALLET TEACHING

Book · January 1, 2023 This new collection of essays and interviews assembles research on teaching methods, choreographic processes, and archival material that challenges systemic exclusions and provides practitioners with accessible steps to creating more equitable teaching env ... Full text Cite

INTRODUCTION

Journal Article Antiracism in Ballet Teaching · January 1, 2023 The three-part introduction traces the path of the anthology’s development and lays the foundation for ideas that appear in the twenty chapters that follow. Editors Kate Mattingly and Iyun Ashani Harrison begin by describing conversations that led to this ... Full text Cite

BALLET’S FUTURITIES: Insights from Choreographers, Educators, and Scholars

Chapter · January 1, 2023 The final chapter shares conversations arranged and conducted by Iyun Ashani Harrison and focused on ballet’s futurities. A transition between each conversation, called The Break, features an interview conducted one-on-one due to scheduling constraints. Th ... Full text Cite