Brooke Kidd – Executive Director and Founder, Joe’s Movement Emporium

Brooke Kidd, Executive Director and Founder of Joe’s Movement Emporium, is a dance artist, choreographer, and arts education advocate. She received her B.A. in International Relations and Dance, Anthropology, and African Studies, and an M.A. in Dance with the thesis “Revitalizing Community through Dance” from American University. For more than 30 years, Ms. Kidd has designed arts programs to engage community, produced large-scale performances, and presented work throughout the region. She received the Alan Kriegsman Award from Dance Metro DC for lifetime achievement and an Individual Artist Award in choreography from the Maryland State Arts Council. Brooke served on the Mount Rainier City Council (2001-2003), has been honored as the Maryland State Arts Advocate of the Year (2015), Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year (2015), and Gratitude Award (2018). Brooke is a member of Leadership Greater Washington class of 2017. Brooke has launched and directed a number of projects with broad community stakeholders, such as Joe’s project “Mapping Racism,” in partnership with the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, which documented the historical and present-day impact of restrictive deed covenants in Brentwood and North Brentwood. She recently produced the play, Out of the Vineyard, written by Psalmayene 24 about freedom making in Maryland that invites conversations about structural racism.

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