Nutella K, from New York City, understands the significance of Black culture and the connection dance has to the DNA of Black dancers. She explained the history of how the culture was created and why we had to build it from scratch.

“We created Black culture because we are not American. We came from somewhere, we were placed here, and because we didn’t understand our culture, we didn’t have a direct connection and a relationship to our culture; we came here and created a culture of our own,” Nutella said. ” So that within itself is significant. But even though we might not necessarily have direct alignment to where we stem from, it’s in our DNA.”

As the dancer continued, she described the culture, how it derived from Africa and the significance of dance to Black people.

“And so when you think of culture, you think of dance, food, style; these are all things that embody it. And when you go back to say—Africa, and you look at these different tribes,” Nutella said. “Dance is a part of the celebration and part of their lifestyle. And although I had never been to Africa a day in my life, but I can understand the body likes the movement. And that’s the significance that dance has to the culture because dance is culture.”

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