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Abby Tarpey
The “Eye on Dance” special gave Dunleavy and fellow dance faculty member Kikora Franklin, who has been teaching at Penn State since 2003, an opportunity to reflect on how dance instruction has evolved at Penn State, and how dance has always served as a powerful tool for expression.
“Dance has given human beings a way to express themselves creatively, to communicate meaning. It has been a powerful tool of refuge, joy and shared lived experience,” said Franklin, who teaches courses in African dance and dance history. “Tying in with students the history of dance the connecting idea is that dance as art and as expression has linked us through time and space.”