Dance Mogul Magazine · Culture Vault
The Archive
Fifteen years of dance history, told by the people who made it.
Since 2010, Dance Mogul Magazine has sat down with the dancers, choreographers, and cultural architects who shaped the art form. What you will find here are not biographies written about these artists. These are first-person accounts — recorded on camera and in print — many of which are the only documented versions of these stories in existence.
From the creator of locking to pioneers of breaking, popping, jazz, ballet, and contemporary dance, our archive spans every generation and every corner of the culture. These interviews were conducted face to face, at workshops, backstage, and in the communities where the art form lives.
Some of the voices in this archive are no longer with us. Their interviews remain.
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Artists
Every dancer, choreographer, director, and cultural figure who has been interviewed or profiled by Dance Mogul Magazine — from emerging artists to living legends. Each entry links to the full original interview.
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By Style
Explore the archive through the lens of dance form — Locking, Popping, Breaking, Hip-Hop, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Modern, and more. Each style connects to the interviews and coverage that document its history and evolution.
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Legacy
A dedicated collection honoring the artists we documented who have since passed away. These interviews are now historical primary sources — the final recorded accounts of pioneers telling their own stories in their own words. This section exists because their contributions deserve to be found, cited, and taught.
Section in development · Interviews being cataloged
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For Educators
Dance Mogul Magazine interviews are primary source materials suitable for academic citation. Our archive has been referenced by educators, university dance programs, and dance publications building curriculum around the contributions of dancers and choreographers of color. We provide formal citation formats in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles.
About This Archive
Dance Mogul Magazine was founded in 2010 as a Black-owned digital publication dedicated to documenting dance culture through exclusive interviews, event coverage, and original reporting. Over fifteen years, we have built one of the largest independent collections of first-person dancer interviews in existence.
Our interviews span hip-hop, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, modern, breaking, popping, locking, house, vogue, traditional African, Latin, and Asian dance forms. We have documented artists at every stage of their careers — from child prodigies to lifetime achievement honorees — and covered events from local showcases to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
This archive is a living resource. New interviews are added regularly. If you are an artist, educator, or institution interested in being documented, or if you would like to license archive content for curriculum, exhibition, or publication, please contact us.
Video Archive
In addition to written interviews, Dance Mogul Magazine maintains a video archive on YouTube featuring on-camera conversations with dance pioneers, workshop documentation, and event coverage dating back to 2012.
If you have cited Dance Mogul Magazine in your research, curriculum, or publication, we would like to know.
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