Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Sharon Picasso - Season 4, Episode 47

Sharon Picasso (she/her) is a Minneapolis, MN based movement, performance and transdisciplinary creative Artist and Founder/Artistic Director of Picasso Projects and Lupa Studio. Her work as a freelance performance and dance artist lives parallel to her work as a choreographer since 1995. Sharon’s creative and collaborative practice has expanded into design including sound, light and installation. Paramount in Sharon's collaborative process is cultivating an inclusive, respectful and sustaining creative environment where value is placed on the wholeness of an individual. Her performance work provides the privilege of collaborating with a wide variety of artists, most recently Rosy Simas Danse, Deborah Jinza Thayer/Movement Architecture, Jennifer Glaws/Jagged Moves, Pedra Pepa/Viva La Pepa, Jess Forest, and Paula Mann/Time Track Productions. Sharon Picasso studied Theatre and Psychology at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and earned a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from The Boston Conservatory.  Sharon is a recent recipient of a 2022 McKnight Dancer Fellowship. Sharon is grateful to have been consistently performing and collaborating as a freelance dance artist for decades. The relationships cultivated through the moving performing arts have offered her diversity in artistry, growth and renewed energy. She considers her long-time collaborative relationships and community as the greatest rewards of her craft.Sharon is a guest artist performing in ‘Honey’ at Red Eye Theater - choreographed by Scott Stafford. July 15-17 @7pm.   www.picassoprojects.com