
The mother of African dance at 80. Why Senegal’s Germaine Acogny is so influential
Acogny was one of the first African dance makers to openly disrupt the European norm of a white, rail thin, weightless female dancing body.

Acogny was one of the first African dance makers to openly disrupt the European norm of a white, rail thin, weightless female dancing body.










Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.