Amy Steel received her BFA in fiber, sculpture and printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has just completed her MFA in social practices from Portland State University. She met Eric Nordstrom in 2004 while working at the Portland Children’s Museum.

Eric Nordstrom studied dance at Sarah Lawrence College with Sara Rudner. Eric also spent a year living and studying theater in London, England. Eric has taught modern dance at the University of Oregon, NW Professional Dance Project, Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, Grace Arts and currently teaches an on going class at Conduit Dance studio. He enjoys also studying and teaching contact improvisation in Portland and New York. Eric’s background includes numerous dance performances. Most recently he has had the pleasure of performing with Keith V. Goodman: Dance Gatherer and currently is a company member/dancer of Oslund+Company based in Portland, OR.

Move. A Movement Exchange
Dance is a way for people to connect. Movements like words carry an emotional resonance. Through exchanging movements we are exchanging thoughts, ideas, and feelings. For IEG, we would like to exchange movements with visitors. Movements could be as simple or as complicated as the participant feels comfortable with. A movement could be a gesture such as a high five or handshake, a dance move, or a simple movement of the head, neck, or torso. The idea is to truthfully capture a moment with movement. Therefore, we would like have a variety of movement scenarios so that at any given moment a sincere connection can be made with a wide range of participants.
Some options include:
• Spontaneous exchange of movement between Amy/Eric and one or more participants.
• Participants could choose to spin a wheel to help generate a movement idea. The wheel would have different
movement ideas such as ‘move left arm fast’, ‘right leg slow’.
• Same as above using wheel movement.