Jeffrey Peterson began his life as a movement professional in marching bands before making his way to jazz dance and Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis. In this interview with Jeffrey we discuss the ecstasy of large group unison and the push towards perfectionism.

We also discuss how Jeffrey has worked with personal uniqueness as an antidote to perfectionism and to a way to find yourself in group unison. This beautiful conversation has connections to teaching dance, developing as an artist and how we find ourselves again and again in the movement arts.

Bio: Jeffrey Peterson received his CLMA from Integrated Movement Studies in 2013 and also holds an MFA in dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and aBFA in dance from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Peterson is the Program Director and Assistant Professor of Dance at Winona State University in Winona, MN. With 17 years of experience in higher education, he’s previously taught at Gustavus Adolphus, St. Olaf, and Muhlenberg Colleges, among others. His research on the intersections of L/BMA and jazz dance pedagogy has twice been presented at NDEO, in addition to the Somatic Dance Conference (NY) and the Moving From Within Conference in southern Germany.

Embodied People is sponsored by Integrated Movement Studies

Embodied People is co-hosted by Sarah Donohue and Colleen Wahl

Art by Erin Law

Sound by Jordan Rosen