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Notes from New Orleans is a peek inside the life and culture of the Crescent City.

Young Dance Troupe Confronts Gentrification And Displacement

Dancing Grounds
The dancers of DG Uprising.

Simply the word gentrification is enough to spark heated debate, especially in a city as steeped in history and as fiercely loyal to its neighborhoods as New Orleans. A young dance troupe is addressing the issue in a singular way. NolaVie’s Brian Friedman invited Jeremy Guyton, youth program director for Dancing Grounds, as well as Akelah Sabreen, a student in the program, into the studio to discuss their upcoming festival, which is called Dance for Social Change.

 

Visit ViaNolaVie for a related article written by Brian Friedman.

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