I am for Black Life.

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I am for an art that sees a dancer as a human first.

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I am for Black art.

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I am for an art that allows the artist to change and grow.

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I am for an art that performs rage with a smile.

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I am for choose-your-own-journey art.

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I am for physicality.

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I am for the theoretical.

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I am for discomfort.

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I am for Jazz.

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I am for an art that is connected to the world.

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I am for memory.

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I am for an art that acknowledges the spirit.

 

I am for an art that doesn’t insist on its artfulness.

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I am for surrealism.

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I am for “Nah, y’all get to participate” art.

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I am for an art that transfixes the viewer.

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I am for an art that allows the artist/ art form to not be fixed.

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I am for interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary efforts.

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I am for an art that does not need a viewer.

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I am for guiding.

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I am for liberally giving access.

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I am for inquiry.

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I am for the body as a text.

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I am for literacy.

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I am for an art/artist that you cannot always find on social media. 

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I am for living.