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Ruka White

@rukasaar

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Artistic Director: Boston Conservatory at Berklee Commercial Dance Intensive 🪩
“We have nothing to prove; but everything to share!”

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Peek-a-boo 👻

A little body. A little democracy. 💪🏾🗳️

Don’t forget to flex your voting rights. 😉

#PeekABoo
#ThirstTrap
#vote2026 by @rukasaar

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¿Te has movido hoy?

#movement
#justdance
#dailybread taken in Dorchester, Boston by @rukasaar

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Reflections…of a time

#movementartist by @rukasaar

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The 2nd International African Diaspora Dance Traditions Conference performance entitled, Embodied Legacies.

Friday, August 7th
Teatro Experimental, Escola de Dança at the Universidade Federal da Bahia!

Slides 1-2: Monte Murphy performing his solo, "Him, Him, Hymn".

Slides 3-5: Baba Stafford & Company performing "Directionally Challenged"

Slides 6-8: Imogene Williams performing her solo work "Land of the Free: The American Nightmare"

Slides 9-10: "Relational Practice" was performed by Living Story Lab

Slides 11-13: "We Are The Harvest" was performed by Camille Weanquoi's company

Slides 14-15: RukaDance performing "In Search of Heaven"

Slides 16-20: Ballet Creole performing "Ritual"

#iaddtc #iaddtc26 #africandiasporadance #africandiaspora taken in Escola De Dança - UFBA by @rukasaar

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To my baddie bestie…you are my favorite inspiration.🤩

…and opponent!😂

#friendship
#fsu
#yellowrose
#hood
#inspiration taken in Escola De Dança - UFBA by @rukasaar

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#summervibes☀️
#Morro de São Paulo
#rocks taken in Morro de São Paulo by @rukasaar

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by @rukasaar

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While the 2026 International African Diaspora Dance Traditions Conference (IADDTC) might have ended. The learning didn’t.

Some knowledge isn’t meant to be written down, said @movingspiritsinc , it’s carried in rhythm, exchanged through movement, and remembered by the body.

Drumming. Capoeira. A town square.
Diaspora recognizing diaspora.

The body remembers what history tried to erase. 🖤🥁

#Capoeira
#summervibes☀️
#BlackDance
#danceasresistance taken in Salvador, Bahia, Brasil by @rukasaar

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One time I caught the MOON 🌙 and she kept me! taken in Salvador, Bahia, Brasil by @rukasaar

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Some highlights from a magical time!
#iaddtc26
#rukadance
#Brazil
#salvador
#bahía taken in Salvador, Bahia, Brasil by @rukasaar

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2 months ago

Last night's performance for the International African Diaspora Dance Traditions Conference was inspiring! Thank you so much to all of the artists who shared their wonderful work and talents onstage, and thank you to everyone who came to witness such wonderful work.

Slide 1: The celebration that took place after the show onstage!

Slides 2-3: Monte Murphy performed his solo work "Him, Hum, Hymn" outside the theater for our audience.

Slidses 4-6: Baba Stafford and Company performed Baba's piece "Directionally Challenged".

Slides 7-8: Imogene Williams performed her solo work titled "Land of the Free: The American Nightmare".

Slides 9-10: Living Story Lab performed their work "Relational Practice".

Slides 11-13: Camille Weanquoi's company performed her work titled "We Are The Harvest".

Slides 14-16: Ruka White shared one of his solo works.

Slides 17-18: Ballet Creole performed "Ritual".

Slide 19: All performers gathered onstage for a final bow at the end of the performance. taken in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by @rukasaar

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❤️ You’re Invited

If you’re in Salvador, I’d love for you to join me for a special performance of my newest work, Em Busca do Céu (In Search of Heaven) by RUKADANCE.

This piece is a deeply personal exploration of the many ways we search for the Divine across the African diaspora. Inspired by my upbringing in the Black church and my journey through world religions, it asks a simple question:

What if, regardless of how we worship—or whether we worship at all—we’re all searching for the same thing?

Love. Freedom. Connection. Heaven.

📍 Teatro Experimental, UFBA
School of Dance – Campus de Ondina
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Friday, August 7
6:00 PM

I would be honored to share this journey with you. I hope to see you there. ❤️ taken in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by @rukasaar

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