CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Dance and Healing

    I am currently conducting research on organizations and dance teachers who use Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) or who use dance/movement for healing purposes. View a preview of this research HERE.

  • A Dark Comedy Play

    An all-female cast and crew gather together to begin workshopping a new, revelational, play about feminism and diversity. Just as rehearsals start, a burgeoning pandemic jeopardizes the entire production! As this deadly virus emerges, so too do tensions in the company. In this dark comedy about apocalyptic “Wokeness”, hidden prejudices amongst liberal women threaten to engender just as much suspicion and betrayal as a global pandemic.

  • End of Life Care Ethnography

    Along with four other ethnographers, I have been working for the Southwest Folklife Alliance documenting the experiences of end of life caregivers in Arizona. The project is currently featured at an exhibit at the Arizona State Museum, “Walking Each Other Home: Cultural Practices at End of Life” . An excerpt from my ethnography can be read HERE. Listen to recordings from interviews with caregiver Deborah Young HERE.

    Photo courtesy of Kathleen Dreier Photography

WRITING

Karenne Koo is the founder of DanceSequences, an inclusive dance company based in Tucson, Arizona. Here, she discusses working with various groups whose bodies are often considered damaged, weak, or easily exploitable, and the healing potential of even the smallest movement.

DANCE AND HEALING PROJECT PREVIEW