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Ashayla Byrd (she/they) is a DC-based dance artist and writer who is dedicated to amplifying the voices of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ folks. Originally from Virginia Beach, Ashayla is eager to explore the richness of DC’s dance and writing communities!

Feel free to check out the pieces I have written most recently!

"Tariq D. O’Meally: A Community Healer & Architect of Opportunity"	"Protecting Our Heads: An Escape to Mark Caserta’s 'Planet Bone'"	"In Process with Shanice Mason & Jamison Curcio: The Black Woman As Blueprint"
"We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Mentorship as part of The BlackLight Summit"	"Come Home to Yourself – A Preview of SLMDances at Dance Place"	"More on that later.. – Motion X Dance Company at Atlas, Intersections"
"In This Case, Seeing Is Believing.. Grupo Corpo at the Kennedy Center"	When the Spirit Moves.. – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Kennedy Center	I've Been Here Before...Or Have I?
Sanctuary! Sanctuary! Sanctuary!	"The Breeze and The Sunbeam: How Two Friends Made Halo-Halo"	Write Your Future, Volume II - Editor's Note

W R I T E R

"Tariq D. O’Meally: A Community Healer & Architect of Opportunity"

"Protecting Our Heads: An Escape to Mark Caserta’s 'Planet Bone'"

"In Process with Shanice Mason & Jamison Curcio: The Black Woman As Blueprint"

"We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Mentorship as part of The BlackLight Summit"

"Come Home to Yourself – A Preview of SLMDances at Dance Place"

"More on that later.. – Motion X Dance Company at Atlas, Intersections"

"In This Case, Seeing Is Believing.. Grupo Corpo at the Kennedy Center"

When the Spirit Moves.. – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Kennedy Center

I've Been Here Before...Or Have I?

Sanctuary! Sanctuary! Sanctuary!

"The Breeze and The Sunbeam: How Two Friends Made Halo-Halo"

Write Your Future, Volume II - Editor's Note