Black Popular Culture Scholar, Dance Educator, Choreographer
I write & dance
for my Ancestors, for I have empowered myself to be their Wildest Dream!
Winner of the
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2019 Selma Jeanne Cohen Prize in Dance Aesthetics
- 2019 American Book Award
- 2020 Dance Studies Association’s Distinction
in Dance Award for Artistry, Scholarship, and Service to the Field.
(See Online award ceremony here )
“Osumare affirms the spiritual and tangible power for dance to teach, energize, heal, and inspire all peoples on this human journey.”
—Joselli Audain Deans, consultant, Black Ballerina
