PAIGE BARNES

Paige Barnes is a dance artist and East Asian Medicine practitioner. Born in Alabama, and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Paige moved to Washington state to attend college. Her coursework led her to Ecuador where she met choreographer Pablo Cornejo, with whom she trained and performed internationally. After returning to the U.S., she received her BA in Dance from the University of Washington, formed Locate Performance Group with Pablo Cornejo, and co-founded Open Flight Studio. Paige later became a certified practitioner of the GYROTONIC® method, training under Magali Messac. After fifteen years of dance making, teaching, and performing, Paige sought a deeper understanding of the body. In 2016, she received an MS in East Asian Medicine from Bastyr University. Now, Paige works to merge and forge new pathways between her dance and medical practices.