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Lynn Brilhante shares her perspective on the jazz dance art form, drawing on her many years of experience as a performer, choreographer, and educator. Follow her journey from her Oakland childhood, through her dance influences, and her sparkling career in dance. Also, glimpse her encyclopedic knowledge of the most celebrated prime movers and how she believes their legacy connects to the present.

ArVejon Jones has a passion for jazz dance and for documenting the contributions of the African Diaspora to the wider culture. This performer and dance educator talks about the influences in his practice and shares his thoughts on cultural appropriation and the erasure of some of the prime movers in contemporary dance. In this direct and unvarnished conversation, AJ pulls no punches in the service of his art.

Listen in on the honest journey of Irene Hsiao, a remarkable dance artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Hsaio tells the honest story of her dance career and where it started in San Francisco. Her curiosity for dance and what it became for her out of a life with little exposure or support is moving and encouraging.

Jodi Lomask has spent a career finding new ways of expression, with the goal of inspiring others to chart their own way. Whether is through her long-running dance company, Capacitor, mixing dance, science, and circus arts, or through her most recent endeavors, Sculptural Fitness (jodilomask.com) or Creative Journey, Jodi seeks to free everyone who comes into her life from the repression that denies their creative selves. Find out if Jodi Lomask’s journey is a reflection of your own.

Robert Moses is one of today's most ground-breaking choreographers. Follow us as Robert guides us on the journey that has informed his life as a dancer and his current work as Artistic Director of Robert Moses Kin. Listen as he opens up about his work and life with uncharacteristic candor.

Jessica Maria Recinos, Pedro Gomez, and Shireen Rahimi discuss the mission of Rising Rhythm - promoting body positivity, mental and physical health, inclusion, and self-empowerment. These three incredible artists and collaborators discuss their individual journeys in the performing arts world and how these paths combine to inform the Rising Rhythm mission and aesthetic.

For 50 years, Eiko and her husband Koma have been pushing the edges of how we define dance movement. Join Eiko as she talks about her beginnings, process, and philosophy for making her choreographic work. Eiko discusses the work she created with Koma, her emergence as a solo artist, and the challenges of making performance art in public or in a non-proscenium environment. She shares how her relationship with dance has changed as she has grown older.

Kristin Damrow shares her evolution as a dance artist, beginning in rural Wisconsin, studying in Chicago, to her present career as a dance educator and choreographer in San Francisco, California. She discusses the challenges and triumphs of following her love for dance and movement, and the mentors that helped pave her path. Damrow muses on the different influences that drive her current process and aesthetic.

Dance artist, community activist, and eloquent storyteller Rick Darnell shares his 30-year professional journey from the rural Southern United States to the northern coast of California. Follow Rick as he illustrates his diverse experiences, including dancing at Bennington College in the '70s to bringing healing and awareness to the AIDS crisis in San Francisco through his professional company's performances. Enjoy his detailed accounts of dance's ability to transform, uplift, and heal.

Scandinavian dance artist Anna Holter takes us on her journey to dance - through the exploding artistic world of the European contemporary dance scene of the 1990s, to today. She highlights her current international collaborative project Moving Isolation – a series of short films with dancers from all over the world, and a project born as a sudden response to the restrictions of the Covid 19 pandemic.