Dancing Toward Dignity with Rodney Eric Lopez

About this episode

Delonte Egwuatu discusses with Rodney Eric Lopez how dance can rebuild trust and restore dignity in communities.

Send a text What if the fastest way to rebuild trust in a room is to dance? I sit down with educator and salsa maestro Rodney Eric Lopez to unpack how movement restores dignity, unlocks presence, and turns awkward groups into brave communities. He begins with a raw account of being publicly shunned by a religious community, then shares how a later church—built on crossing boundaries of race, class, gender, orientation, and age—helped him heal and see how discomfort can be a teacher. Fr...

People in this episode

Host: Delonte Egwuatu

Guest: Rodney Eric Lopez

Topics covered

• trust
• dance
• community
• healing
• discomfort
• education

Keywords

• trust
• dance
• community
• healing
• discomfort
• salsa
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: religious community, church

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