AcroYoga Transforms Ballet: An Interview With Laura Bernasconi

Laura Rae Bernasconi and Ismael Acosta in “Nourishment”
photo by Andrew Faulkner Photography

I recently saw a dance performance that absolutely blew me away and has stuck with me ever since. This doesn’t happen often. The piece was Laura Bernasconi’s “Nourishment”, a duet she choreographed and performed with Labayen Dance/SF. The choreography was unlike anything I’d ever seen in a dance performance and I soon realized that this was because Bernasconi uses AcroYoga in the piece.

I had to find out...