Educational Performances

DFD offers educational performances that raise awareness of asthma and feature an excerpt of the
repertory work For C.J.

Each performance is followed by a discussion that focuses on issues of medical and environmental
racism related to disparities in asthma care. This dialogue also highlights pathways to improving health
outcomes for urban youth of color, who are disproportionately affected by high rates of death due to
asthma.
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The educational performance closes with an added layer of awareness and engagement by inviting
participants to learn dance movements associated with each of these pathways to provide an embodied
experience as a means to increase the impact of the message behind the work.