Dialectic Art: Untrapped is a dance and new media performance where dialogue between dancers and art pieces (conflict, opposition, discovery and unity) are used to explore visual culture, exhibition and visibility to show the use of personal voice, perspective, crafting narrative and deconstructing socially constructed norms and expectations.

Art by Alma Thomas

Pat Avis (American, 1943–2017). Where We At Black Women Art Artists, 1980. Courtesy of the artist (C) Estate of Pat Davis.

Where We At Black Women Artists, Inc. (WWA) was a collective of Black women artists affiliated with the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. 

Art by Lois Mailou Jones

Rising Tides by Samantha French

Art by Howardena Pindell

Dialectic Art: Untrapped was made possible through the 2022 Shenandoah Conservatory Fall Dance Concert: Moving Forces annual performance series, funded by Shenandoah University.