Why do you dance? "I became an artist because the arts—dance especially—offered so many of the things I wanted in my life. Creativity, cooperation, optimism, humility, grace. Dance is and allows us to be vulnerable, equal, experiential, curious, beautiful beings always-in-process. You never stop learning. Dance also encourages dialogue, and discipline, strength, and resilience! It teaches patience, and the thing that really brought it all home for me is that it teaches empath