Leo

I feel like I’ve had an interesting journey in my life. I don’t subscribe to the “everything happens for a reason” philosophy. There’s nothing wrong with it—it’s just not mine. I think there’s a lot of randomness in the universe. But I do feel like the paths in my life have always opened up for me. That doesn’t mean any of them were easy.

For

The type of dance I do is more metaphorical, an inner narrative. It’s my body being expressive. I think it does mean something, but I don’t want everyone to have the same story. I want them to feel, in their own bodies, that something important is happening. I want it to make them feel something—and they can create whatever story comes from what

Dance never felt like a hobby or an extracurricular activity. It came from a very cellular, soulful place. I took some classes when I was little, but it wasn’t a focused practice. The first real dance class I took was when I was about 8, and I thought, “Okay, that’s it.”

When grownups asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I was 9 or 10

Hula “has provided a way for me to interpret the world that I occupy in the way that I perceive it. It has taught me to develop sensitivity to the trees and shrubs in my neighborhood, to appreciate the life-giving potential of the soil, and to listen to the voices on the wind. It has informed the positive way in which I regard my body, though

“When we are conscious of the life, enriching purpose behind an action we take when the soul energy that motivates us is simply to make life wonderful for others and ourselves, then even hard work has an element of play in it.”

-Marshall B Rosenberg, Non-Violent Communication: A language of life.