Speaker: Rachel Carrico, Author of Dancing the "Politics of Pleasure at the New Orleans Second Line"
Bio: Dr. Rachel Carrico (she/her) believes that art serves an essential function in the lives of all people, including as a tool for justice. Her recent book, "Dancing the Politics of Pleasure at the New Orleans Second Line" (University of Illinois Press, 2024), received an Honorable Mention for the Dance Studies Association's de la Torre Bueno First Book Award. "Dancing the Politics of Pleasure" features a chorus of participant voices to reveal how dancers’ choices allow them to access the pleasure of reclaiming self and city through motion and rhythm while expanding a sense of the possible in the present and for the future. A serial collaborator, some of Carrico’s favorite collective projects include: co-founding Goat in the Road Productions (New Orleans); advising and co-directing film projects (Buckjumping [Lily Keber]; If Cities Could Dance [KQED]; Light Rock and Bounce [Neighborhood Story Project]); and parading each year with the Ice Divas Social & Pleasure Club. She holds a Ph.D. in Critical Dance Studies from the University of California–Riverside and an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU, and is an assistant professor of dance studies at the University of Florida.
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