By A’Keitha Carey
Kieron Sargeant. Courtesy Photo.
Professor Kieron Sargeant invited me to the 15th annual COCO Dance Festival in Trinidad and Tobago as the Dance Writer in Residence, a position made possible by the Skidmore College Travel to Read Grant. Kieron and I spoke in June about the possibility of me reviewing his work at the Festival. During the conversation, we addressed the state of dance writing in the United States, which included 1. the lack of quality dance pre/reviews that articulated the breadth, depth, and nuances of dancers/dances of the African Diaspora and 2. the complete avoidance and erasure of the work of these artists by local/regional reviewers. Read more.
