Abstract
In 2010, University of South Florida Dance Professor Andrew Carroll was approached by The Florida Department of Health to develop a dance video intended to depict correct procedures of effectively cleaning a hospital room. Carroll, a former soloist with The Philadelphia Ballet, was intrigued to use dance in an interdisciplinary fashion. To date, Professor Carroll has now produced nine dance videos on behalf of medical or social justice issues including bullying, suicide awareness and human sex-trafficking among others that have been used globally by organizations eager to use the video format to educate and advocate on behalf of their respective issues. The videos were lauded for their ability to capture and engage interest, as well as providing a conduit for discussions, and have been the subjects of presentations at Arts in Society conferences. Professor Carroll’s interest in bettering society and demonstrating how the arts impact community continued when he became certified as a Dance for Parkinson’s teacher and established Tampa’s first program. Carroll then produced a motivational video to document the benefits of dance as seen through the lens of his Parkinson’s participants. This project was a subject for presentation at the Arts in Society Poland conference in 2023. Professor Carroll has now expanded his creative research agenda promoting dance and community to produce another motivational video geared towards Dance for Down Syndrome. It continues to create a new landscape as to “who can dance?” The paper highlights the creative aspects of these projects and the outcomes which ensued.
Presenters
Andrew CarrollAssociate Professor, School of Theatre and Dance, The University of South Florida, Florida, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life
KEYWORDS
Dance, Dance Video, Down Syndrome, Dance To Create Community
