Patrycja Humienik

“Dance is medicinal,” writes my pen pal, Patrice, from solitary confinement. According to the Prison Policy Initiative’s 2017 report, Patrice is one of over 2.3 million people in the clutches of the U.S. criminal justice system. Dances for Solidarity-Denver is the local chapter of a national initiative sharing dance through letter writing with people in solitary confinement, who are excluded from prison programming. We share a 10-step movement sequence through letters, and our pen pals add to the list. We are working on a collaborative performance project with our pen pals in solitary confinement.