“I Just Wanna Dance” (short film co-conceived, written, choreographed and performed by Abdiel) received the Mov’in Cannes Public Award (2023) for the CANNES COTE D’AZUR DANCE FESTIVAL (2023).
REVIEW – BROADWAY WORLD of “Dance is Life” (co-founded by Abdiel) at the Guggenheim Museum
Abdiel completed their Dance/USA Archiving Fellowship. READ blog posts (4 total)
Publications:
Abdiel Jacobsen, “Do the Hustle: A Saturday Night Reclamation,” in Dance in Us Popular Culture, ed. Jennifer Atkins (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2024), 31-34.
Conferences:
GFPM Annual Conference at Universität Siegen – Siegen, Germany
Theme: “Rock Your Body: Bodies in Interaction with Popular Music”
My presentation: “Party Environments and the Development of the Hustle: How Party Spaces Foster Creativity and Community Connection Past and Present”