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Jeffrey Page explores Black identity through dance

Emmy-nominated director and MTV Video Music Award winner Jeffrey Page uses choreography to investigate Black identity and political resistance.

Published Sep 10, 2026, 11:45 AM EDT | Lehigh University

Jeffrey Page, an Emmy Award-nominated and MTV Video Music Award-winning director, choreographer and cultural preservationist, frames dance as both entertainment and political resistance while exploring Black identity through choreography. From his childhood in Indianapolis — where he longed to join hip-hop troupes advertised on neighborhood posters — Page centers cultural preservation and the political power of movement in his work.