West African dance and hip-hop play a key role in the revamped Juilliard track
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alicia Graf Mack about how she's reshaping Juilliard's prestigious Dance Division to make it more relevant than ever.
Nyoka Wotorson has been dancing as far back as she can remember. But it took getting accepted into The Juilliard School's small but mighty Dance Division, and training in its revamped program, to realize that she could turn her passion into a career.
"It took me a second to realize that this is something that I can do and make money and travel the world doing," the 22-year-old told NPR's Michel Martin during a break between classes. "I just woke up from this dream reality that you have to be more than just an artist, when really to be an artist you have to be such a multifaceted human being that even if
