yaTande Whitney V. Hunter
July 1, 2026
Tenured Associate Professor of Dance at Boyer College of Music and Dance
Achievements
The Journal of Somaesthetics: "Unearthing AfrOist Body Governance (ABGs): A Dialogue." Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025)
Presentation: "Nguvu Circle," aand "RootWrrk: Beat and Resonance" for the International Association of Blacks in Dance 2026 Conference and Festival in Atlanta, GA.
Received the Independence Fellowship: Dance, titled: "Journey of a Thousand Dreams."
Performed "Prelude: Site of Becoming" at the Denizen Arts Project, September 2024. This is the opening movement of a larger work, "Journey of a Thousand Dreams" (Fall '25).
Publication: The “Ring Shout”: A Corporeal Conjuring of Black-Togetherness.
Co-Curator: "Futuring the Past: Contemporary Explorations of Traditional Performance Practices in Technology" at the The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) 2021 National Conference
Presentation: "Agbadza: Return! Go, Take!" at the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance 4th Bi-Annual Conference.