Movement Artist
Picture: Kendall MacMillan
Who?
Charlotte Stehmeyer is a movement artist currently based in Nevada City, California, where she was raised. Deeply rooted in community and inclusivity, her work explores narrative immersion and the expressive potential of the emotional and physical body.
She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance from the University of Utah, where she was awarded the Endowed Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program Fellowship (BTSALP) for the 2022–2023 academic year. Her distinct performance style has led her to collaborate with a range of artists, including Brandon Alley, Kellie St. Pierre Molly Heller, Melissa Yonker, Melanie George, Roxanne Grey, Rachel Barker, Satu Hummasti, Daniel Clifton, and Natalie Desch.
Additionally, her passion runs deep for movement generation and creation. She utilizes dance as a tool of manifestation in creating an accessible space for movement art that can be experienced by all. Creatively, her interest lies in breaking down barriers that traditional concert dance stages uphold – choosing to shed light upon the fact that we are all creative beings with the capacity to critically view art and share ideas. This emphasis bleeds into her dance teaching practices, where Stehmeyer has been able to teach in public education at Wasatch Elementary (SLC) alongside dance educator Chara Huckins, as well as, Ensign Elementary School and Orchard Hills Elementary School – reaching grades Kindergarten through 6th grade.
The Body is Activism.
The body is Undeniable.
cultivation of mind, limb, and soul creates magic,
filling up space,
allowing one to be perceived – heard,
SEEN.
movement as a medium of manifestation,
and breath as paint,
allowing permission to emerge,
LIVE.
connection to being,
cultivating gratitude for this day,
for this body,
for our Mother nature,
GIVE THANKS.
lifting up community,
bodies cannot be ignored,
voices must be heard,
a better future awaits –
PATIENCE.
to create is to invite pleasure,
invite smiles,
invite satire –
the absurd, the strange,
to fully exhale & stretch towards
JOY.
to teach is to absorb,
an exchange of melting & mending,
to observe life in motion –
RELEASE.
Charlotte Stehmeyer 