Description: Dance To Be Free’s mission is to radically improve the lives of incarcerated people by addressing lifelong trauma through the healing power of dance. Your contribution helps us bring the healing power of dance to people in prison.
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We expanded our mission in January of 2023 to start dancing with men in prison! As of May we will be in 2 male facilities, including Parchman. Check out our graduates below from Central Mississippi Correctional Facility!
The U.S. women’s prison population has exploded in the last 40 years. Many incarcerated women are dealing with trauma and one program aims to help them work through it via movement. Imaeyen Ibanga travels to Colorado to discover what dance can tell us about the carceral system, the people in it, and if the nation can choreograph a better life for imprisoned people.