Rachel Linsky is a Boston based dancer, choreographer, and educator who holds a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography and a B.A. in Arts Administration from Elon University. Rachel currently dances with Connections Dance Theater under the direction of Jenny Oliver, and as an apprentice with KAIROS Dance Theater under the direction of DeAnna Pellecchia. She has recently performed in Waterway/Lightway/ Greenway with Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion, and in Laugh Track at Green Street Studios. Some of her recent choreographic credits include: Christine Evan’s “Trojan Barbie” directed by Kim Shively, Ten Tiny Dances, Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, and the North Carolina Dance Education Organization Conference. This upcoming year, Rachel will be an artist in residence at Chelsea Theatre Works. She is currently a part of the teaching faculty at Urbanity Dance, Chelsea Theatre Works, The Dance Academy of Siagel Productions, and Velocity Dance Company. She also teaches barre classes with Forme Barre Fitness!
Artist Statement
We engage in a wide array of practices to create meaning; some practice religion, some have a family, some study, organize, volunteer, meditate, teach, or train. We all have this one thing, life, and we all value and seek to better understand it. I make meaning of life through dance and movement. Movement energizes me. Movement empowers, pushes, focuses, and grounds me. Movement connects me most deeply to myself and to others. It sends endorphins running through my veins. Movement allows me to shift “What do I have to do today” to “What do I get to do today?”.
I use movement as a way to tell stories. The movement I create and do is intentional, communicative and symbolic. I work from a very natural and intuitive place. I am inspired by our instinctive and emotionally tied movements in human nature. I use choreography as a means to honor and share stories and ideas. Community is built through reaching goals together, teaching one another, and sharing stories through performance.
Dance has given me an artistic mind. A mind which is constantly creating is able to see the world for the infinite thing that it is; it finds excitement and artistic value in the simple everyday observations. I seek to share the artistic mindset with every individual I encounter, whether they do or do not identify as a dancer. I have been privileged to work as a community teaching artist, using dance to empower women who have faced homelessness, violence, abuse, and addiction. This experience has strongly shaped my beliefs that everyone should be given the opportunity to dance. Society as a whole deserves to spend more time moving, grooving and creating. Movement has the power to give voices to individuals, and connect a community.
Movement drives me through each day. We are given our bodies for a reason. If we work hard, we can mold our bodies to do incredible things. We can expand our emotional and mental capacity to create and perform at new depths. Throughout my career as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher I am determined to push my own and others physical, mental and emotional capacity. For me, happiness and meaning come from finding myself in environments that continuously foster growth, and are embedded within a supportive community.
I use movement as a way to tell stories. The movement I create and do is intentional, communicative and symbolic. I work from a very natural and intuitive place. I am inspired by our instinctive and emotionally tied movements in human nature. I use choreography as a means to honor and share stories and ideas. Community is built through reaching goals together, teaching one another, and sharing stories through performance.
Dance has given me an artistic mind. A mind which is constantly creating is able to see the world for the infinite thing that it is; it finds excitement and artistic value in the simple everyday observations. I seek to share the artistic mindset with every individual I encounter, whether they do or do not identify as a dancer. I have been privileged to work as a community teaching artist, using dance to empower women who have faced homelessness, violence, abuse, and addiction. This experience has strongly shaped my beliefs that everyone should be given the opportunity to dance. Society as a whole deserves to spend more time moving, grooving and creating. Movement has the power to give voices to individuals, and connect a community.
Movement drives me through each day. We are given our bodies for a reason. If we work hard, we can mold our bodies to do incredible things. We can expand our emotional and mental capacity to create and perform at new depths. Throughout my career as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher I am determined to push my own and others physical, mental and emotional capacity. For me, happiness and meaning come from finding myself in environments that continuously foster growth, and are embedded within a supportive community.
