Studio Stories: CANDY BOX Dance Festival special with Alys Ayumi Ogura - Season 6, Episode 87

Alys Ayumi Ogura (she/her/hers) is a storyteller through her
movement, voice and quirky humor. Her dance training began in
Japan, where she learned from the now late Mika Kurosawa, the
famed godmother of Japanese contemporary dance. She earned a BA
in Theater Studies from Westmar University, and her theater
training concluded with her earning the “most outstanding
student” award from the school’s Theater and Dance
Department.
Her choreographies and performances have been curated for the
Walker Art Center’s Choreographer’s Evening by Megan Mayer, and
for BodyCartography Project’s/HIJACK’s Future Interstates. Ogura
has worked since 2010 in the Twin Cities’ thriving arts
community. As a way of giving back to the Twin Cities arts
community, Ogura serves as a DanceMN steering-committee member,
and she supports MN Artist Coalition efforts. She most recently
performed in Generic Minneapolis, by Emily Gastineau, and she is
set to be part of the April Sellers Dance Collective’s summer
residency/tour. Ogura is a former Arts Organizing Institute
fellow (2017-18) through the Pangea World Theater, and a 2021
Naked Stages fellow, managed by Pillsbury House Theatre and
funded by the Jerome Foundation.