Diana Broker
South San Francisco, California, United States
<p>First and foremost, I love what movement does to and for people. I love to see the reaction of an unsuspecting crowd on Market Street when three dancers appear out of nowhere and jam to the beat of life. I love to see the latest "Ted Talks" on Youtube where a woman who has been in a wheelchair most of her life has the opportunity to walk using the latest robotics technology. I love that dance surpasses the constraints of class, acceptible gestures, race, age, and wealth.</p> <p>I have been a professional dancer in the San Francisco bay area for 6 years. Where I grew up, dance was something that toddlers did on Saturday mornings and performances were "recitals" where the parents needed a few cocktails before bearing to sit through 3 hours of tutus and sequins. And then I went to college at San Francisco State University. My initial narrow idea of modern dance was that of rolling on the dirt covered ground, long armpit hair dragging, muttering incomprehensible jargon. After my first semester in Cathleen McCarthy's beginning modern dance class, I learned a lesson. I realized dance is about the fall and release of limbs, the momentum of our bodies in space, and the discovery of movement not through what looks pretty, but what feels real.</p> <p>After a few years of jumping around to different companies and projects in the San Francisco dance scene, I realized something was missing. I guess I never landed "that job" that would pay me a living wage and carry me through my retirement ( at age 35 most likely!) I have something to say with the skills I've been given and the people I have met. Here it is. Call it a dance company, call it a "project," call it a collective. It really does not matter. My fellow artists and I would like to share something with you. My hope is that someone will feel something as a result of what we put in front of you. </p>
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