Rachel Carrico
Shannon Flaherty
Rachel Carrico is a founding member of GRP and now an Assistant Professor of Dance Studies at the University of Florida’s School of Theatre + Dance. Her scholarship on second lining, an improvisational dance form rooted in New Orleans's African diaspora parading traditions, has been published in several journals and edited volumes and received several awards. Rachel holds a Ph.D. in Critical Dance Studies from the University of California–Riverside and an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU. She parades in New Orleans annually with the Ice Divas Social & Pleasure Club.