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The Art of Roller Skating: “Style” Roller Skating as American Folk Art
As part of the Anacostia Community Museum’s Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, grantee Tasha Klusmann will present her research of Roller Skating culture in DC:
Program Room – Narrative –10am- 11:30am
The Art of Roller Skating positions Black roller skating as a vibrant American folk-art tradition, deeply rooted in regional innovation and intergenerational kinship networks. The program draws from the National African American Roller Skate Archive to present a compelling mix of historical research, archival images, cultural analysis, and short-form documentary footage. Central to the presentation is “Style,” a tempo- based genre of roller skating created and sustained by Black skaters across
distinct regional communities.
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