Lafotographeuse interviewing Little Shao & William K on stage during New Dance Media Panel @ Notorious IBE Festival (2012)

Class critique after Sketching with Street Dancers Volume 2 @ High 2 Art School Program/Queens Council on the Arts (2021)

Big Tara @ the Museum of Graffiti (Bond St & Broadway) tour stop during the inaugural 2nd Birthplace walking tour (2023)

Wildkard and Mr. Ocean being interviewed by Mickela Mallozzi in the South Bronx (2021)
Audience during the Love Underground program at NYP Library for the Performing Arts (2023)

Kinetic Resistance: Street Dance as Protest virtual panelists' pre-meeting (2020)

Installation view of The Other 8 Hours photo exhibit @ Harriet's Alter Ego (2008)
Group photo after Club Etiquette workshop (2023)

Show& Prove panel @ Black Portraiture{s} II: Imaging the Black Body and Re-staging Histories at Villa La Pietra, NYU Florence campus (2015) (L-R) Dr. Imani Johnson, Chicava Tate, Dr. Naomi Bragin, Fritz Zamy & Lafotographeuse
Louis Kee moderating Love Underground: The Culture of House Music at NYP Library for the Performing Arts cafe (2023)

Vic Wu presenting his photo series during the 1st Show & Prove Hip Hop Studies Conference @ NYU (2010)

Club Culture Foundation emergency grant recipient, LayeRhythm's 1st event after the pandemic shutdown (2021)










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Kut The Rug Institute works with performing + visual artists, culture bearers, philanthropists and nonprofits focused on Street Dance to set goals; forecast industry trends & shifts; identify and rectify business, management and administrative challenges that manifest as obstacles to growth.
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Kut The Rug Institute accepts commissions from artists, non profits, galleries, universities, museums, municipalities, school districts and scholarly journals to conceive, curate, project manage and/or administer interdisciplinary projects.
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Kut The Rug Institute collaborates and contracts with universities, k-12 educators, historical societies and news organizations to organize & present accurate and nuanced history and contemporary trends around Street Dance forms, practitioners, communities and cultures that are indigenous to New York City.
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