Privilege in Dance Education: A Discussion for Students and Teachers

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article introduces privilege and explains how it operates within dance for a high school or college level readership. By discussing how privilege is the flip side of oppression, this article explains why privilege is invisible and does not feel like privilege. Illuminating economic, race, and gender privilege as it relates to the dance discipline and dance education, this article offers questions that students can ask about their own privilege in dance, describes what privilege is and is not, and helps students apply the concept of privilege to their dance education.