Artist Stories

Emily Running interviews Eric Nordstrom, dance educator and Dance Wire Ambassador. They talk about:  ✨Dance as a way to understand and process experiences and emotions, to be a little bit more human ✨ Throughout history, masculinity shifts and morphs to support the patriarchy - Louis XIV dancing ✨ Contact improvisation being a practice in presence and being present, reception and receiving information ✨ Stages of identity - transitions throughout a dance career, student, to performer, to teacher  ✨ Funding and space are a yes, and. Dance needs both to thrive, Eric believes they would thrive exponentially with greater governmental support

Jessie Nowak interviews Imani Underwood, artist, performer and Dance Wire Ambassador. They talk about:  ✨ How being able to identify as an artist - beyond the individual titles of dancer, actor, or model - helped her move forward ✨ Owning one's own journey as unique is one of the most powerful things we can do ✨ The mountains and valleys of an artist's journey ✨ Focus on creating genuine connections within the community ✨ The Portland dance scene being very welcoming, integrated, and nurturing

A conversation between Sarita Persaud and Thorey Mountain about her life and career as a dance artist.

A conversation with Rob Hilario and Jessie Nowak.

View full transcript of this conversation at www.dancewirepdx.org

Emily Running interviewing Rebekah Wolfson-Kilayko about her life and career (so far, she's only 14!) in dance.