Ola Skanks: Delayed Recognition of a Dance Artist Ahead of Her Time

University of Toronto Press
2021

This essay chronicles my research relationship with choreographer, teacher, educator, and activist Ola Skanks. Canadian-born and of West Indian (St. Lucia and Barbados) descent, Skanks was a groundbreaking dance and fashion design artist who combined modern, Western art forms with traditional dances of the Africa diaspora.
https://utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/cjh.56-3-2021-0111