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Thick Like Me… is a nonprofit dance collective dedicated to body liberation. We center and celebrate thick Black women+ dancers ✨💜🌟

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So many dance productions to see 😍

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Celebrate dance in October 🎉

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Thick Like Me is a national volunteer-run dance collective and nonprofit founded by three Ohio State Dance alumni: Alex Christmas-Stapleton (PhD), Davianna Griffin (Green) (MFA), and Jazelynn Goudy (MFA).

Founded by and for thick Black women dancers and scholars, Thick Like Me presents Into Focus: A TLM Ambassador Showcase on Sunday, October 18 at 4 PM ET via Zoom. The event is the official premiere of our virtual gallery, celebrating five Ambassadors and co-founders who spent six months building community, creativity, and peer support through the Thick Like Me Ambassador Program. The gallery seamlessly weaves body liberation theory and artistic practice to increase access, visibility, and opportunity for thick Black women dancers. We never want price to deter our community, so tickets are pay-what-you-can.

@thicklikeme.dance @dralexdance @daviannamoves @ambitiousjaze

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✨ IT’S TIME TO COME INTO FOCUS ✨
For the last 6 months, our TLM Ambassadors have been building something powerful…community, confidence, and connection as thick dancers. Now it’s time to celebrate everything they’ve created together.

Join us for “Into Focus: A TLM Ambassador Showcase” 🎬 a virtual gallery event honoring the growth and artistry built through the Ambassador Program.

This program was never just about the 6 months. It was about building peer support networks rooted in care and sparking creative collaboration. The formal program may be wrapping up, but the Thick Like Me family is just getting started. 💜

📅 October 18, 2026 🕓 4:00 PM EST 📍 Zoom

Come witness the journey. Come celebrate the process. See our ambassadors come Into Focus.

Link in bio to RSVP 🔗

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Seeds of Mourning | Seattle International Dance Festival ‘26

my hardest and most rewarding work to date. processing grief, the loss of my sister, all through movement and community.

big thanks to @seattleidf for the opportunity to present this work.

to my talented dancers @deshawnmorton253 & @hanamcarlson y’all supported my vulnerability and held me up (literally) through this layered process.

to my dramaturg and homegirl @dralexdance thank you for helping me stay on track and make the work of my dreams

thank you @thicklikeme.dance for financially supporting a thick Black woman’s work 👏🏾👏🏾

and thank you to my community that came to the show, sent kind words, or donated. Your support brought me to tears and showed me the power of community.

stay on the lookout… we ain’t done with this one yet ✨✨

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Exercise of the Day: The Hundred 🔥

Me pretending I’m not dying at pump 47 while I calmly say “breathe, you’re almost there.”
Almost where?? We still have 53 to go. 😭

The burn is real, the results are realer. Let me know how it goes for you in the comments.

#pilates #exerciseoftheday #pilateslife #corechallenge #thickgirlpilates

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BIG NEWS. 🎉 I've been selected for the James Ray Residency Touring Project to create "Seeds of Mourning," premiering at the Seattle International Dance Festival, June 2026.
A dance about grief, hope, healing, and I need YOUR support to bring it to life.
💛 DONATE → LINK IN BIO
Love to Thick Like Me (my fiscal sponsor) and the dancers of Mo'Motion Dance Project for making this possible. 🌱

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🗣️🗣️ New PASS THE MIC with @thicklikeme.dance Listen now on Apple & SoundCloud •• “Sizism is really harmful to everyone, and it doesn’t have to be that way. Just cause that’s the water we’ve been swimming in, it doesn’t mean that we’re incapable of un-learning that and making space for something else.” - @dralexdance Dr. Alex Christmas // Jazelynn Goudy @ambitiousjaze Davianna Griffin @daviannamoves + @thickgirlpilates

Photo by Ricarrdo Hunter-Valentine @bhood.dance

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Celebrate two years of body liberation & boldly loving thick Black women dancers with us. 💫 This virtual gathering honors the sisterhood, healing, and joy that keeps Thick Like Me moving. We can’t wait to be in community with you and continue our work. 🖤 @thicklikeme.dance

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🚨Thick Dancers to the Front🚨

@thicklikeme.dance is hosting our very first Ambassador Program! 💜 We’re looking to build community and create avenues of success for thick dancers. Thick Like Me is all about Body Liberation and centering the experiences and gifts of thick Black women. Too often the talent, potential, and experiences of thick dancers are overlooked. We are told to shrink and disappear from dance spaces. No More!

The Thick Like Me Ambassador Program is a free 6-month opportunity designed to foster a connected network of thick dancers across the US and provide intentional support for us to thrive. The Thick Like Me Ambassador Program is generously supported by the @drpattyslegacyfund and dedicated to improving representation and supporting systemic change that supports thick dancers ✨

Know someone who would be a great ambassador? Tag them below and we’ll send them more information!

Applications for the Thick Like Me Ambassador Program are open now through March 31st. 🔗 in @thicklikeme.dance Bio

#ambassador #thicklikeme #bodyliberation #representation #thickdancer

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We’re beyond excited for tomorrow’s First Friday!

Scroll to see who we’ve invited to center us in dance and discovery as we move, heal, and release 💗

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CHANGE AGENT and put MY name on it. 🏆✨
I am so honored to be recognized by @nycmarymount & @mmcdancedept for the work I’ve been putting in centering equity, representation, and African-diasporic practices in spaces that weren’t always built for us. 💛🖤
As the only full-time faculty (until recently with now Melanie George as my Chair) specializing in Africanist Aesthetics and Black Dance Forms/Technique at MMC, I came in with a mission: to reform curriculum, bring in diverse voices through guest artists, and create space where our art forms are honored ON THEIR OWN TERMS. Not as an add-on. Not as an afterthought. As the foundation. 🌍🔥
And yes, I made MMC history with the first faculty hip-hop work and bringing Adesola and more after…👟💥
This award also belongs to every student who trusted me, every community member who poured into me, and my co-founders @daviannamoves & @dralexdance because @thicklikeme.dance is proof that body liberation and belonging ain’t just a vision, it’s a movement. 🌸
Inclusive excellence isn’t a talking point. It’s built through representation, accountability, and intentionally centering the people who’ve been pushed to the margins. Every. Single. Day.
I don’t take this lightly. I keep going for the culture. 🙏🏾

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