by Dance To Be Free | Jun 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
DTBF was invited to Nebraska’s Correctional Center for Women (NCCW) to speak on stage at the first EVER live streamed Tedx Talk in prison – ( Link Here. ) I shared the stage with 7 women serving life sentences. Again, my assumptions about what these women... by Dance To Be Free | Jun 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 2018, DTBF has danced with incarcerated women from across the Pacific to the heart of the South! We have met all sorts of characters and had our myths busted right and left. From Hawaii to Mississippi I was scared about how I would be treated or welcomed in such... by Dance To Be Free | Nov 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Malaika is a DTBF graduate from our Teacher-Training in West Memphis, AR. She was a delightful student who kept in touch once she got out and shared her story with us here: Where do I start? Free. That’s a powerful word right there. How amazing it is to be free.... by Dance To Be Free | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
During one of my first teacher trainings I learned that one of our students killed a baby she had nannied and would not be getting out of prison until 2048. When I started dancing in Denver two years ago, I told myself that all of the women I was meeting and dancing... by Cassy Bustos | Mar 23, 2017 | Inmate to Amazing
Four of Dance 2B Free’s Teacher-Training graduates have been released from prison and are now dancing in their half-way houses in Boulder and Littleton, CO. Cassy Bustos who was released four months ago recently joined and led our Flash Mob at the Boulder... by Dance To Be Free | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Cassie and Tiffany, Dance 2B Free’s most recently released prisoners have maintained our program at their assigned half-way house in Littleton, CO.They were inspiring and strong leaders while serving time at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, CO. They... by Dance To Be Free | Nov 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
What was it about La Vista that made this teacher training extra special……the guard behind the glass in the reception area telling me how much she wanted to come to the Saturday class and dance? Or was it the raw excitement of the women inmates who were returning as... by Dance To Be Free | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dance 2B Free Updates! By Gayle Nosal 1. The experience in Nebraska at the NCCW was over-the-moon marvelous. The warden: welcoming. sweet. supportive. hugging. had lunch with us! The rec center head, Shar Most: even more of all of the above about the warden. Shar... by Dance To Be Free | Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
On Sunday, June 19th at the Denver women’s correctional facility (DWCF), we walked into the gym and into a wall of tension from one of the inmates Michelle; Michelle has danced with us from day one and just completed the teacher-training. Her face was stone cold... by Dance To Be Free | Jun 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our two weekends in Pueblo’s medium-security women’s prison were beyond our expectations. We had only experienced 3 in-person classes since D2BF began one year ago. Our relationships with the inmates were nothing like the ones we had established with the... 