Analysis Of Art And The Community: Breaking The Aesthetic Of Disempowerment

After reading Art and the Community: Breaking the Aesthetic of Disempowerment I began thinking about where I stood on dance in the community, dance involving non typical dancers and dance as a therapeutic activity. As I was brain storming I realized I had much stronger opinions on these issues, than I realized. As a dancer, when asked what dance is to me I commonly refer to dance being an art form that allows me to express myself in a raw form. In the article Art and the Community: Breaking the Aesthetic of Disempowerment the groups of people Jabado worked with were allowed to express themselves although they are not your typical dancer. Jabado worked based out of West Yorkshire, England where he prioritized groups that were not usually worked