From Buskin on BART to Teaching Turfin

Published: Jan. 11, 2024, 11 a.m.

b'"Turfin\' is a way of life for me," says Telice Summerfield, a dancer who has the ability turn a BART platform into a stage where she can glide, tut, bend and bone break on beat. She exchanges energy with onlookers; they get entertained and she gets empowered. The dance is an art. It\'s also a political act, as she takes up space at will.\\nToday we discuss how the hyphy movement opened her eyes to the arts as a child, how her experience at UC Berkeley exposed her to inequalities on campus as a young adult, and what dancing on BART has taught her about sociology.\\xa0Now that Telice is a known name in the dancing world, she also gives us some insight on her plans to take the culture even further.'