Tula B. Strong is a Liberian-American artist focused on weaving dance, devised theatre, and Traditional American folk music. She creates multidisciplinary performances that center the everyday and supernatural experiences of folk of color, with a specific lens towards Christian "mysticism" and anti-oppressive frameworks in Black and Black Queer communities historically marginalized from institutional religion. Tula has been honored to have her work receive support and recognition from California Art Council's Individual Artists Fellowship, Inland Film Festival, Charlotte Black Film Festival, Blavity’s BlavityTV, the National Black Arts’ Artist Project Fund, San Bernardino Arts Connection's Arts Innovator Micro-Grant, Californian's for the Arts - IE Region's Artists as Second Responder Award, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute’s DEAR Artist Retreat, & Princeton University’s The Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. As a first generation college student, Tula has earned her MFA in Dance from UCLA, her Masters in Educational Studies from Loyola Marymount University, and her Bachelors from Princeton University. Tula currently serves as a lecturer at Cal State University, Fullerton where she teaches courses on Dance Pedagogy, Choreographic Practice, Dance History, and Black Dance & Performance Studies. Alongside the efforts of LA Based Choreographer Marianna Varviani, she also co-leads LA Dance Calendar: an online platform providing one centralized location to discover all things DANCE in Greater Los Angeles
