Wingbeat Movement Arts

About Wingbeat

Wingbeat is a startup multidisciplinary dance company expanding the horizons of the San Diego dance community. With exquisite artists from a variety of backgrounds, and values firmly rooted in collective liberation, Wingbeat provides performances and community education in aerial dance, modern dance, movement arts, and the creative process.

Our intent is to inspire wonder and curiosity in our community so that imaginations take flight and expand the collective understanding of what people are capable of in our bodies, communities, and environments.

Our mission is to provide venues for our community to explore the creative process and experience the magic of modern dance, aerial dance, improvisational dance, and embodied movement studies, through performances and community education.

Our organizational values include

• Artwork is valuable work; artists deserve a living wage.
• Stories, ideas, and experiences shared by marginalized people are essential to cultivating an equitable society
• Art makes life work living even in the hardest times. All people, regardless of socioeconomic status, should have access to art as both audience and creators.
• Dance is an essential part of the cultural landscape and, as one of the oldest art forms, an essential part of what it means to be human.
• Bodies hold stories, memories, and ancestral knowledge. Movement arts are a culturally necessary medium for sharing the stories and wisdom held in our bodies.
• Improvisation is an art form in and of itself. It makes space for dancers to showcase their own artistry beyond the choreography of directors.
• All bodies are beautiful. We honor the diversity of forms, expressions, and abilities.
• Humans are a natural part of the Earth's ecosystem and we all have a responsibility to work toward a future where we live in harmony with one another and the planet. This will only be possible through a combination of collective liberation and connection with the land.