Barron ‘17 was recently featured in the new documentary PS DANCE! THE NEXT GENERATION

Alumna Shakia Johnson Barron ‘17 was recently featured in the new documentary PS DANCE! THE NEXT GENERATION, a documentary showing what happens when students are empowered to become the teachers. Barron is a choreographer, performer, and dance educator whose work is rooted in the African Diaspora, focusing on Hip-Hop, House, and other African diasporic dance forms. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at Mount Holyoke College. As a dance educator, Barron has spent four years teaching at the Bates Dance Festival and taught community classes at Jacob's Pillow. Barron is a DEL (Dance Education Laboratory) faculty member who has facilitated multiple professional Development workshops around the integration of Hip-Hip dance and history in the curriculum. 

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