Accent Dance NYC’s commissioned choreographer Danielle Diniz has an op-ed in amNewYork today about her grandparents, who came from Mexico and Portugal, and why their story resonates so deeply in this moment.

She writes: “Early in my career, I heard a quote that has never left me: “When you can no longer speak, you sing. When you can no longer sing, you dance. That message has never felt more urgent than right now.”