71: Exercising your Right to Move — Sherry Zunker

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on 5.6.7.EIGHT, Aleksandra speaks with Sherry Zunker — Artistic Director, Choreographer, Creative Director, Theater Director and Founder of BeMoved® Dance based out of Chicago, Illinois. Sherry has a stunning resume, boasting a 35-year-long run as a dance teacher and working as a creator, director, and choreographer on over 35 productions for Royal Caribbean International. Sherry also has had an extensive career as a dancer and, now, runs BeMoved Dance, which is founded on the belief that dance and music has the transformative power to enrich lives.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sherry firmly holds to the idea that all people should be allowed to express themselves through motion and has dedicated her life to helping others find this gift. Through BeMoved, Sherry is truly using her passion for good. On the podcast, Sherry takes her natural position as a teacher and walks her students — the listeners — through some incredible lessons she’s picked up around dance, entrepreneurship, auditioning, and so much more.  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Moving Quotes:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I believe everyone has the right to dance and to move… I also feel that dance helps people’s capacity to cope with the world. It would make people healthier and happier."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“At the heart of everything I do, I’m a good teacher. I love to inspire people to be better."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“People are more creative than they probably realize. For me, creativity starts with a problem. I ask, “What’s the problem?” And I solve that problem with creativity."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The reason I feel that I have worked so much and was able to make a living at dance is because I was open to trying so many different things… Every discipline can benefit and help the other discipline."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In life, people are the reason you’re goin