Justice Dance Performance Project Blog
May 22, 2025
Art Saves Lives It is not an understatement. I see it in all the work that we do at JDPP. A significant example comes to […]
April 17, 2025
Making Memory: Marjorie Agosín (June 15, 1955 – March 10, 2025) On March 10, 2025, Marjorie Agosín, a Chilean Jewish poet, novelist, and essayist who […]
March 20, 2025
Moving Really Does Matter by Kathy Borteck Gersten This month’s blog is contributed by Kathy Borteck Gersten, JDPP’s Associate Artistic Director and the Director of Moving […]
February 20, 2025
Still Rising by Mellissa Craig (This month’s blog post is contributed by Mellissa Craig, dancer, teacher and activist at JDPP and throughout Hartford, JDPP’s ArtsReach […]
January 16, 2025
To Stand Strong JDPP singer/songwriter Leslie Bird created a special song for our Bridging Boundaries programs more than a decade ago. It is a song […]
December 19, 2024
What We Do Matters From my experience as a dance maker, teacher, and social change activator, I know that movement, the arts, and performance have […]
July 6, 2023
Last month we held our second Moms & Kids special visit. The visiting room at York CI was filled with excitement and love as children […]
July 6, 2023
Thoughts about Freedom July 4—Independence Day—is a day when we in America celebrate our freedom. Somehow the spirit of this day has never rung completely […]
August 7, 2023
To breathe again! After days of dense clouds filled with hot, humid air and smoke residue, followed by torrential rains, we can finally breathe and […]
September 5, 2023
Our Bridging Boundaries programs resume in-person this month. We are excited to return to Manson YI for two 10-week Dads & Kids sessions after a […]
September 5, 2023
As I look at the growing pile of books read this past summer, I am aware of the silver lining of having a broken foot. […]