Creativity, Dance and Pursuing your Passion in Entrepreneurship with Emi Matsushita

The Meaning Movement: Rediscover your Passion, Avoid Burnout, and Do Work You Love.

I'm a huge fan of our guest here today. She, in some ways, has is a part of why the Meaning Movement exists. Emi was one of the first clients I worked with one-on-one many many years ago.

She's since continued her journey and it's taken her to some extraordinary places.

Emi Matsushita holds a Master in Dance Science. She is a Creative Director, Producer, Mover & Creative catalyst, and coach. She's also a Mother, Wife, an old friend and an Inspiration.

She is passionate in helping fellow freelance dance artists make money and build a business around their passions.

Emi and I go way back, it was around 12 years ago when we worked together. And I'm very excited to hear her journey from finding her passion and expanding it to become her mission. How dance became a calling and how she helps others to make their passion into an enterprise.

Let 's get into it.

In this episode you'll learn:

-What Emi does

-Emi's relationship with dance

-The forms of dance Emi did

-Her experience after working with Dan

-Emi's journey to discovering dance as her calling

-Dance as a platform to showcase art

-The before and after transformation Emi went through

-Emi's Dance Science ethnographic research

-Dance in the art world

-Relevance of dance culturally and historically

-The Dance Battle scene

-The effects COVID on the dance industry

-Getting a realtor license while prioritizing Dance

-How Emi started coaching fellow dancer to become entrepreneurs

-Why Emi chose a specific niche to pursue

-Emi's mission

-Emi's advice to people who are in the same spot that she was in

Show notes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/emi