I am happy to share that my essay, “Irish Dance on Repeat: Archiving the Dance and Dancing the Archive,” was just published. The essay was commissioned by Our Steps, Our Story: An Irish Dance Legacy Archive, created and produced by Jean Butler in partnership with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public […]
I am quoted in this story about philanthropy in Prince George’s County, as a member of this year’s cohort for the Emerging Impact Leaders Fund (ELIF) of the Greater Washington Community Foundation. Check out all the good work that is happening in our county! “I’m excited to learn more about this world of philanthropy,” incoming […]
Salem, Montserrat. March 2015.
Photo by Pablo Regis de Oliveira.
On March 16, 2022, I was a featured guest on The Chris Scott Show on 105FM Down Community Radio in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. We chatted about the link between the Irish and the island of Montserrat, as well as my background in dance and dance research. It was a fun time, have a listen!
I’m excited to announce that Pablo Regis and I have received folklife apprenticeship grants from Maryland Traditions, the traditional arts program of the Maryland State Arts Council. The funding supports the sharing of traditional arts skills from a master artist to a learner artist during a one-year teaching period. I will be working with percussive […]
Cavalo marinho with Fabinho Soares. Photo credit: Paço do Frevo.
I’m excited to share that my chapter “Dances of Resistance and Social Inclusion in Brazil: Frevo and Popular Dances of Pernambuco” has been published in the Springer Handbook for Social Inclusion. From the abstract: The term “dances of resistance” refers to dances around the world that are involved in strategic processes of liberation, activism, or […]
I am happy to announce that we have officially launched EducArte, Inc., a new 501(c)3 non-profit organization that aims to build a vibrant cultural arts community through educational programs, bringing together artists, students, and audiences in music and dance. We have a wonderful board and our first event will take place tomorrow on Facebook Live […]
Photo credit: Kelvin Andrade
In the spirit of keeping this blog updated, I have a few things to share. Last year was busy and productive. It is amazing that I had just arrived in Recife two years ago, and now the articles about that research are finally being published. What a process! A Dance of Resistance from Recife, Brazil: […]
I am excited to announce that I am involved in a project that has been awarded a 2019-2020 NextLOOK residency at Joe’s Movement Emporium in partnership with The Clarice. With Brazilian musician Pablo Regis and dance artist Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, we will be creating a new work exploring performances of “Otherness” through the music and […]
Guerreiros do Passo at Praça do Hipódromo, Recife. April 2018. Photo credit: José Henrique Lustosa Roriz.
I have been spending the past 5 months in Recife, Brazil studying frevo dance, with only one month to go! This project is made possible by a postdoctoral U.S. Scholar Fulbright grant. To find out more about my research, check out my blog: frevo.thekatespanos.com. Photo credit: José Henrique Lustosas Roriz
I’m very excited to be heading to Recife, Brazil on a six-month postdoctoral Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant! I will be studying frevo, a dance and music genre from Recife and the state of Pernambuco, to continue my research on “dances of resistance” and the role of dance, music, and carnival/festival in cultural identity formation. I […]