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Jun. 22, 2023

Suchi Branfman Named a California Creative Corps Fellow

Suchi Branfman

June 22, 2023

Suchi Branfman Named a California Creative Corps Fellow

The project is designed to facilitate community conversations through dance, storytelling, and personal narrative in the Desert Hot Springs region.

June 9, 2023

Suchi Branfman Receives 2023 Lucas Arts Fellowship

Selected artists receive three months at the Lucas Arts Residency over a period of three years.

April 5, 2023

In the Media: Suchi Branfman Speaks to Los Angeles Times About Latest Dance Initiative

“How do we create work that invites people into understanding that we’re not separate from folks who are incarcerated, that we are implicated in their incarceration?” Branfman asks.

December 28, 2021

In the Media: Suchi Branfman Receives City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship, Broadway World Reports

Dance faculty Suchi Branfman received a City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship for the 2021–2022 year, Broadway World reported.

November 19, 2021

In the Media: Suchi Branfman Discusses Choreographic Work on Match Volume and in Dancer Citizen

Dance faculty Suchi Branfman discussed her choreographic work, including her Dancing Through Prison Walls project, on the podcast Match Volume, hosted by Steven Vargas. Branfman’s project is based on her five-year […]

November 12, 2021

In the Media: Los Angeles Times Features Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls in List of Weekend Event Highlights

The Los Angeles Times highlighted dance faculty Suchi Branfman’s Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls in its list of upcoming weekend events.

April 16, 2021

Senior Spotlights: Selina Ho and Claire Joseph Dance for Justice, Beauty, and Expression

For Joseph, graduation from Scripps will lead her to a master’s program in Irish literature at Trinity College Dublin, in Dublin, Ireland. Ho will begin her post-grad job as a data analyst at the Vera Institute of Justice in April, a nonprofit devoted to criminal justice reform.

April 14, 2021

In the Media: Suchi Branfman Explores Pandemic-Era Dance and Choreography in The Nation

Dance faculty Suchi Branfman explored the power of dance and choreography during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Nation magazine. Branfman’s Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic, a COVID-19 era performance of her 2019 performance Dancing Through Prison Walls, premiered as a Zoom event in April 2021.

March 25, 2021

Virtual Performances of Suchi Branfman’s Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic Scheduled for April

Choreographer and Scripps faculty Suchi Branfman’s Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic, a COVID-19-era version of her 2019 performance Dancing Through Prison Walls, will premiere as a Zoom event in April.

August 31, 2020

Suchi Branfman to Discuss Collaborative Dance and Choreography at Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Dance faculty Suchi Branfman will be part of an online discussion about collaborating with members of the incarcerated community for “Undanced Dances through Prison Walls during a Pandemic.” The dances in this project were choreographed inside the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) in spring 2020.