Shakiri Lead Artist Shakiri (she/hers) is a Goldie and Isadora Duncan Dance Award winner who has been a performer, choreographer, and arts educator in the Bay Area for over thirty years. A company member of the internationally acclaimed Zaccho Dance Theater, she has choreographed for Berkeley Rep, danced with Dance Brigade and her own company Shakiri/Rootworkers, among others. Integral to Skywatchers for more than seven years, she is a vibrant choreographer and co-director with broad and deep personal, familial, and creative Bay Area roots. Sarah Morrisette Lead Artist Sarah Morrisette (she/hers) is a theater artist, music maker, educator, and social worker who recently relocated to the Bay Area to join the Skywatchers team. Through creative arts, she aims to dismantle barriers, build empathy, and create networks of care and belonging in order to build equitable, sustainable communities. She is a facilitator of the methods of Augusto Boal and has designed and facilitated workshops in Chile, Brazil, Pakistan, India, Mozambique, and throughout the US. As co-founder of Backyard Youth Theatre, she is frequently called to a
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