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Why More Dancing in Classrooms is Necessary (Movement is a Movement) | Aysha Upchurch | TEDxUConn

Harvard Professor, Aysha Upchurch (The Dancing Diplomat), explains why more dance and movement should be encouraged and supported in classrooms everywhere. She breaks down how old restrictive and marginalizing narratives around bodies and dance can and need to be reclaimed and rewritten, unlocking opportunities for deeper learning and engagement in schools for ALL students -- inclusive of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and body types. Aysha Upchurch, the Dancing Diplomat, is a seed planter and soil agitator who creates, facilitates, and designs for radical change. This translates to her working as a sought after performer, instructor and education consultant whose work sits at the nexus of youth advocacy, social justice, and transformative education. She has spoken at national conferences about artfully designing classrooms centered around equity and cultural relevance, the importance of dance and movement in education, and embracing Hip Hop as a powerful literacy and cultural lens in schooling. As a soloist and choreographer, her work weaves together history, narrative and movement to create pieces that share stories of celebration, survival, and liberation. In 2007, she was commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing arts to create Am I On?, and award-winning, evening-length Hip Hop work that explored the space between youth and adult voices, standardized testing, and school shootings. Aysha is a current Boston Schonberg Fellow at The Yard (Martha’s Vineyard) and on faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she is piloting new courses on embodied learning and Hip Hop pedagogy, as well as directing HipHopEX – a collaborative lab for graduate and high school students to explore Hip Hop in education. Whether on the stage or in a classroom, Aysha is on the move to crush borders and show how Hip Hop and movement education are D.O.P.E. – dismantling oppression and pushing education. www.ayshaupchurch.com This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.