photo by Nicolle Clemetson
Mizu Desierto is an artist and educator whose work explores themes of personal truth and transformation through dance.
By focusing on the integration of the dancer’s energetic, kinesthetic and emotional states through movement, she is able to connect with audiences at a primal, non-rational level. Often taking issues of cultural, ecological or feminine identity as her subject matter, Mizu’s choreography exposes the hidden, sometimes absurd, tragic and regenerative aspects of life. Her work has been greatly influenced by Japanese butoh and its evolutions upon the global stage.
Mizu is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Portland’s Water in the Desert , The Headwaters Theatre and The 1 Festival.
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