Kut The Rug Institute

Inspired by their 15-year conversation around the history, culture, politics, and practice of Street and Club Dances on the world stage, Brian Polite and Lafotographeuse (née Amanda Adams-Louis) founded Kut The Rug Institute during the COVID-19 shutdown. Kut The Rug Institute is a research-based artistic practice dedicated to developing and distributing creative products and scholarship about Street and Club Dances developed between 1970–the present. Kut The Rug Institute is structured as a cultural think and do tank built to advance the conversation and information available about Street and Club dance forms.