Who?

Charlotte Stehmeyer is a movement artist based in the greater Salt Lake City area. She hails from the rural town of Nevada City, California, where her roots of community and inclusion took hold. She is currently obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance through the University of Utah, and is the recipient of the The Endowed Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program Fellowship (BTSALP) for the 2022-2023 academic year. Stehmeyer has developed a distinctive performance style, emphasizing narrative immersion and embodiment through the emotional and physical body. Emphasizing the body as a means of activism; rejecting ignorance and absorbing presence. Thus allowing her to work with numerous names in the Salt Lake area, such as Molly Heller, Melanie George, Roxanne Grey, Rachel Barker, Satu Hummasti, Daniel Cliffton, Pamela Handman, Eric Handman, 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) with dance educator Chara Huckins, as well as, Ensign Elementary School and Orchard Hills Elementary School – reaching grades Kindergarten through 6th grade.

She is grateful for her breath, for her body, for her family, for Mother, for music, and for you.