Dance with Mindy Meyers

Movement is Mindy’s mother tongue

Mindy started dancing before she started anything else. Thirty-plus years as a professional dancer, choreographer, and teacher have shaped not only her body but the way she sees other bodies, on the table, on the mat, and on the studio floor.

Dance is where she learned that the body keeps a kind of intelligence that words can't reach. Where she learned how a held shoulder changes a whole phrase, how breath finds rhythm, how presence is felt long before it's seen, everything else she does, the bodywork, the yoga, the Vedic Astrology, grew out of that first language.

This page is for anyone who wants to work with Mindy through movement.

Dance with Mindy

Mindy Meyers is a generous performer with 30+ years of professional experience spanning Chicago and Portland. Her range crosses Contemporary, Modern, Improvisational, Avant-garde, Butoh, Tap, Experimental, Interpretive, and Somatic Movement forms, often performing with live musicians and spoken word/poetry artists.

She performs, collaborates, teaches and choreographs and is available for film, photography, festivals, residencies, workshops, tours, site-specific projects, and ensemble work. Mindy continues to offer PTAH, a solo work based on The Egyptian Book of the Dead, that was handed down to her by Chicago choreographer, Nana Shineflug, in various performance settings.

Current Projects:

  • Pacific Academy of Dance, tap / June 7, 2026

  • New Expressive Works Residency / June 19-21, 2026

  • Capturing Butterflies w/ Meshi Chavez/ June 28, 2026

  • PTAH/ Salish Sea Butoh Festival Cabaret / July 29, 2026

  • Verdancy Project / September 19, 2026

  • The Impending Behavior Orchestra/ Rhino Fest Chicago/ October 10, 2026

  • Station Four/ Chicago/ Fall 2026

To inquire about booking Mindy for performance or collaboration, reach out directly via email or send Mindy a text

Current Projects

  • Station Four / Chicago - Fall 2026 @harveytillisphotography

    Station Four / Chicago - Fall 2026 @harveytillisphotography

  • The Impending Behavior Orchestra / Chicago Rhino Fest / Oct 10, 2026

    The Impending Behavior Orchestra Chicago Rhino Fest / Oct 10, 2026

  • New New Expressive Works Residency / June 19-21, 2026 @ads.photography.video

  • New Expressive Works Residency / June 19-21, 2026 @ads.photography.video

    New Expressive Works Residency / June 19-21, 2026 @ads.photography.video

  • Salish Sea Butoh Festival Cabaret/ PTAH/July 29, 2026

    Salish Sea Butoh Festival Cabaret/ PTAH/ July 29, 2026. Photo: Chicago Moving Company

  • Verdancy Project / September 19, 2026

    Verdancy Project / September 19, 2026

  • Pacific Academy of Dance, Tap / June 7, 2026

    Pacific Academy of Dance, Tap / June 7, 2026

  • Verdancy Project / September 19, 2026

Gallery

  • Breakbone DanceCo. Photo: Carl Weidemann

  • Mordine & Company

  • TSMP/The Space Movement Project. Photo: Michael Jackson

  • Breakbone Danceco/Mudwoman/ photo: Carl Wiedemann

  • Film Oregon Coast

    Out of Body ~ Dance Film

  • Chicago Dancer Project/ @williamfrederkingphotography

    Chicago Dancer Project/ @williamfrederkingphotography

  • Verdancy Project / September 19, 2026

    Verdancy Project / September 19, 2026

  • Chicago Moving Company

  • Impending Behavior Orchestra

  • CBDC/Cindy Brandle Dance Company

  • RE/dance

  • Jump Rhythm Jazz Project

  • Concert Dance, Inc.

  • The Barn Theatre

  • Station Four. Photo: Harvey Tillis

  • Williamsburg Music Center, NYC @bpscholz

  • tiny vessels. @adh.photography.video

  • EarTaxi Festival / Wurtz-Berger Duo

  • PTAH / Choreography: Nana Shineflug/ CMC

  • Out of Body ~ Dance Film

  • Chicago Moving Company

  • Breakbone Danceco/ Course of Empire/ Photo: Carl Wiedemann

  • tiny vessels Photo: @adh.photography.video

  • BONEdanse/ This Is a Damage Manual/ Photo: Chrystyne

  • Ear Taxi Festival / Wurtz-Berger Duo

  • The Impending Behavior Orchestra

  • Mordine & Company/ Photo: Mikey Rouix

  • IBO Impending Behavior Orchestra

  • The Impending Behavior Orchestra

  • Cindy Brandle Dance Company CBDC

  • The Chicago Moving Company

  • BONEdanse/Damage Manual/Photo: Carl Wiedemann

  • BONEdanse/ Damage Manual. Photo: Carl Wiedemann

  • "Her primal solo is hypnotic; the graceful power of the human animal smolders in her slow, earth-bound movements, every cell vibrating with awareness and life."

    —Sharon Hoyer

  • "The way she blurs the identities of the living and the dead, the merry and the depressed is chilling."

    —Laura Molzahn

  • "Mindy Meyers enacts one scary, desperate solo in a block, cell-like corner, finally scaling it's wall when her colleagues rush to the rescue."

    —Sid Smith

  • Mindy Meyers PDX Dancer

    The Dancer

    30+ years of professional performance. Mindy doesn’t just know anatomy, she has lived it through her nervous system.

  • Mindy Meyers PDX Massage Therapist

    The Healer

    27 years as a Licensed Massage Therapist. Swedish, Myofascial Therapy, Structural Integration, Deep Tissue, Sports, Thai.

  • Mindy Meyers PDX Yoga Teacher

    The Teacher

    550+ hours of yoga training. Mindy teaches yoga as a somatic practice, breath, alignment, and awareness.

  • Mindy Meyers PDX Vedic Astrologist

    The Guide

    Vedic Astrology. The deeper map beneath the body.