My family never identified as Creole. We always identified as Black. Creole was an integral aspect of our lives, but we embraced it as a way of life; we didn't identify as it. As I create this work my thoughts are circling around my Creole ties and notions of bloodlines and legacy.

Helanius Wilkins discusses why D.C. is a wonderful city in which to build a dance company.

"What is dance?" ...The answer to this probably changes almost every day for me. In this moment my response is: dance is a very...