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| Rebecca Fitton (photo: Sarah Annie Navarette) |
Rebecca, a mixed-race Asian American person with messy short brown hair smiles. Their hands are in the pockets of a short-sleeve, navy corduroy jumpsuit.
In this episode of Body and Soul podcast, dance artist and administrator Rebecca Fitton (she/they) presents insights from her research into the ways current systems of fiscal sponsorship maintain the status quo of power and fail artists.
Listen to her Body and Soul episode via Spotify, and watch her film, Best Practices (2022).
Rebecca
Fitton is from many places and peoples. She nurtures community through
movement, conversation, and food, strives to equally prioritize her
multifaceted roles as an artist, administrator, and advocate. Fitton
works as Co-Director/Director of Operations and Development for Bridge
Live Arts and as the Director of Studio Rawls for artist Will Rawls. She
has previously produced multi-disciplinary works for J. Bouey, zavé
martohardjono, and FAILSPACE. From 2017-2021, she worked with DELIRIOUS
Dances/Edisa Weeks to coordinate community gatherings focused on
abolition movements. She was a Dance/NYC’s Junior Committee member from
2018-2020 and participated in Dance/USA’s Institute for Leadership
Training in 2021. Their writing has been published by Triskelion Arts, Emergency Index, In Dance, The Dancer-Citizen, Etudes, Critical Correspondence, and Dance Research Journal.
They hold a BFA in Dance from Florida State University and an MA in
Performance as Public Practice from the University of Texas at Austin. rebeccafittonprojects.com
