I worked with David as a fellow academic colleague in the dance program at York…

I worked with David as a fellow academic colleague in the dance program at York. We collaborated on a project exploring how the different perspectives of contemporary dance choreography between a ballroom dancer and a ballet dancer could cohere to present a new experience of contemporary dance presented through a dance video. Through conversations, he also helped me refine my voice in academic writing and realize differences in cultural practice of dance, especially between Russian folk dance and Philippine folk dance.

Regina Bautista – MA candidate, dance, York University; Graduate Associate, York Centre for Asian Research; former company trainee of Ballet Philippines