"WASHINGTON, DC - On Saturday, November 22, protestors expanded and crunched their bodies, arms rising and falling with flicked wrists, as they marched in front of the Kennedy Center with stoic expressions. Passersby would be excused for mistaking it for an official performance, but the show outside the nation's art center was actually a " dance protest " organized in response to President Trump's rising authoritarianism."
"While DC was buzzing with action across the city at the Remove the Regime march and fold-in event at the Lincoln Memorial, the Kennedy Center offered a powerful backdrop for resistance. Days before, the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works launched an investigation into cronyism and corruption at the Kennedy Center under the leadership of Richard Grenell, whom Trump appointed as the institution's interim president in February."
"Since Grenell took over, dozens of Kennedy Center staff, including the entire dance programming team, have been fired; diverse programming has been cancelled; and despite its reputation as a leading center for accessible art, staff were banned from wearing masks."
Protesters gathered at the Kennedy Center on November 22, performing a "dance protest" with choreographed movements to oppose rising authoritarianism. The demonstration connected to wider Remove the Regime actions across DC and was staged after the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee opened an investigation into alleged cronyism and corruption at the Kennedy Center under interim president Richard Grenell. Since Grenell's February appointment, dozens of staff including the entire dance programming team were fired, diverse programming was cancelled, and staff faced a ban on wearing masks. Organizers from Hands Off the Arts and Movement Movement led participants through the Nelken-Line choreography by Pina Bausch.
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