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March 2019
If you were to ask me one year ago to outline my ideal life design it would have looked pretty darn close to what I’m living now. A...

Andrew Pearson
Mar 22, 20192 min read


February 2019
I’ve recently started developing a new project which has me doing a lot more writing than moving. At first this felt wrong, like I was...

Andrew Pearson
Feb 22, 20193 min read


January 2019
What does the body need in order to move? A seemingly simple question that can be difficult to answer simply. I broached this to my dance...

Andrew Pearson
Jan 1, 20194 min read


December 2018
2018 marks my first full year in Los Angeles as a former member of the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company. It is also the first full...

Andrew Pearson
Dec 1, 20186 min read


November 2018
The past month, for me, can be characterized by two interconnected concepts: Chance and Change. Change can be defined as “making the...

Andrew Pearson
Nov 1, 20184 min read


October 2018
“Andrew your arms are a fucking mess.” Said with an eye roll and shake of the head, as if my body’s lack of understanding for this newly...

Andrew Pearson
Oct 1, 20183 min read


September 2018
In reflecting on my one night only performance event presented last week, the most concise summation of the evening is that it was a...

Andrew Pearson
Sep 1, 20182 min read


August 2018
This Summer, I have had the great fortune of teaching a wide variety of class types. Each week has been an entirely different story and...

Andrew Pearson
Aug 1, 20182 min read


July 2018
Celebrating “Independence Day” felt very strange - almost inappropriate - in a time when our country is forcibly restricting certain...

Andrew Pearson
Jul 1, 20182 min read


June 2018
Over the course of the past month, I have attended an intensive workshop with theater-makers from all over the country; I have attended...

Andrew Pearson
Jun 1, 20183 min read


May 2018
Many of my reflections have fallen within the theme of “learning to be okay with not being okay” by finding comfort within insecurity and...

Andrew Pearson
May 1, 20182 min read


April 2018
I’m afraid I haven’t been entirely practicing what I preach. As an educator, I seek to help students find the joy in challenge, the...

Andrew Pearson
Apr 1, 20182 min read


March 2018
I feel like I'm in creative purgatory. I have just fully realized the fruits of my last choreographic labor by being presented by a...

Andrew Pearson
Mar 1, 20182 min read


February 2018
I was recently a participant in a workshop that, at first, I found very difficult to connect with. The principles seemed foreign and the...

Andrew Pearson
Feb 1, 20182 min read


January 2018
In the Queendom of Drag Culture, the terms Mother and Daughter refer to a sort of mentor/mentee relationship. When an established Drag...

Andrew Pearson
Jan 1, 20182 min read


December, 2017
I had a hugely fruitful start to 2017. Artistic and fulfilling opportunities seemed to seek me out with little to no work on my part,...

Andrew Pearson
Dec 1, 20172 min read


November, 2017
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the immense pleasure of witnessing the outstanding talents of international artists Akram Kahn and Lucy...

Andrew Pearson
Nov 1, 20172 min read


Introducing Bodies in Play
October, 2017 Dearest Friend/Colleague/Collaborator, You are recieving this email because you have at some point, in some way, showed...

Andrew Pearson
Oct 1, 20172 min read
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