Dancer Thoughts

The DSA officers are joined by 2019 UH Dance graduate, Tempest McLendon, who shares her insight and personal experiences with navigating personal and artistic identity as a dancer. The dancers discuss the pros and cons of labels, grappling with overlapping identities and stereotypes, and ask the question: do artists have a responsibility to make political/social commentary in their work?

The DSA officers are joined by 2019 UH Dance graduate and former DSA president, Jessica Figueroa. The dancers talk about life in the industry after graduation and offer some empowering advice on how step into your career with confidence.

The DSA officers are joined by 2019 UH Dance graduate Allen LaPoint, who brings his perspective and advice on dance MFA programs. Listen in for the pros and cons, how to choose a program, what the workload is like, and what to expect from life as an artist scholar.

The DSA officers are joined by guest and fellow UH dancer, Arin Alston, to talk about representation in dance in today’s political and social climate.

As the countdown to Halloween begins, the DSA officers reflect on their weirdest supernatural experiences and most chilling scary stories that haunted them as kids.