Caribbean Studies Network Talk

Inhabiting the Impossible: Constructing a History of Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Puerto Rican Dance

Thursday 21 May 2026 , 5pm
Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, OX2 6GG

Susan Homar is a Puerto Rican dance scholar, critic, and educator, and a retired professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. She has written extensively on contemporary and experimental dance in Puerto Rico and previously worked as a dance critic for major newspapers on the island. Homar is co-editor of Inhabiting the Impossible: Dance and Experimentation in Puerto Rico (2023), a landmark volume documenting the island’s dance history. Her work explores the intersections of performance, identity, and cultural history.

Join us for a captivating talk as Professora Susan Homar guides us through the history of Puerto Rican Dance.

Susan Homar is a Puerto Rican dance scholar, critic, and educator, and a retired professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. She has written extensively on contemporary and experimental dance in Puerto Rico and previously worked as a dance critic for major newspapers on the island. Homar is co-editor of Inhabiting the Impossible: Dance and Experimentation in Puerto Rico (2023), a landmark volume documenting the island’s dance history. Her work explores the intersections of performance, identity, and cultural history.

Arranged by the Caribbean Studies Network and CaribOx.

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Hands holding a copy of a book entitled 'Dance and Experimentation in Puerto Rico'