Jessie Owens is a performing artist, choreographer, and structural integration practitioner. She is the founder of ERGO/movement, a collaborative performance project based in Burlington, Vermont. She holds a BA in Dance and German Studies from Smith College and an MA in Health Arts and Sciences and Embodiment Studies from Goddard College, where her focus of study was on fascia and embodied adaptability. Jessie is passionate about fascia, our body’s most sensory-rich organ, and through this connective tissue, she explores the spaces where the art, science, and spirituality of the moving body intertwine. Jessie teaches embodiment and myofascial release practices, leads retreats, and is the owner/practitioner at Fulcrum Structural Integration and Myofascial Release. From 2002 to 2012, she performed with Burlington’s Spielpalast Cabaret, and was the group’s art director and co-producer from 2005 until 2013.

Nicole Dagesse is a Vermont native whose rural upbringing in the forests and fields is a direct inspiration for her movement style and choreographic desires.  Combining her training in Modern Dance, Contact Improvisation, and Aerial Dance, Nicole approaches each new site with inquisitive play and rigorous movement research.  Nicole earned her BFA in Dance and BS in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she was immersed in the creativity of the local dance scene.  Nicole cites Wire Monkey Dance as a major influence in her work.  It was while playing on the scaffolding that her 3-dimensional movement patterns began to develop, and her love of partnering work took flight.  After several years dancing in the Boston area, Nicole felt it was time to continue her dance education as an artist and teacher, and moved to Boulder, Co.