Dance ‘flash mob’ with a deeper meaning appears at BSU’s quad [Video]

BOISE, Idaho — Dancers from Open Arms Dance Project performed a flash mob on the quad at Boise State’s Campus Tuesday. 

Open Arms Dance Project, based in Boise, started 16 years ago and became a non-profit organization in 2020. 

The project features dancers of diverse bodies, ages and abilities. The dancers have collaborated with BSU students throughout the semester. 

The event is part of the learning experience for the Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies’ Body Politics class. One of Tuesday’s dances featured the story of Monarch Butterflies. 

The goal of the project is inclusion and making sure people know every body is dancer’s body, Megan Brandel, the Open Arms dance director told Channel 7. 

“I give the dancers little choreographic assignments so all the movement you see actually comes from them often in our dances,” Brandel …