Pioneer Winter Collective

Our major objective is to democratize performance. This involves being highly intentional about who we make work with, what our process looks like, who our audiences are, and how we engage with them. We do not separate art making from community making, and all activities are braided in support of this mission by bringing real bodies and lived experience to the forefront. The work we create expands the definition of all that dance is and can be, so all bodies survive, thrive, and are witnessed. The effects of constant erasure based on race, body type, age, gender, and ability are evident - and this goes for both the artists as well as the audience.

With support from Give Day Miami, we will be better positioned to respond and demonstrate the ways diversity, equity, and inclusion have changed dance ecologies that exist between traditional production, touring, and research spaces.

As an organization rooted in social practice and community, Pioneer Winter Collective strives to create performances that challenge norms, embrace diversity, and promote social justice and equity. Our intergenerational and physically integrated approach to dance-theater allows us to create innovative and thought-provoking performances in a variety of spaces, from public venues and museums to schools and film.