Dance Education in an Era of Racial Backlash: Moving Forward as We Step Backwards

The field of dance education is not immune to conflicted discourses about race in the United States. This article investigates the subject of race, education, and dance, and problematizes current postracial discourses in postsecondary education. It examines the implications of race and ethnicity in a number of critical areas, such as faculty and student populations in dance, dance content and curriculum, access and equity, and the ways in which dominant ideas continue to situate dance practices, primarily in a Western theatrical paradigm.