Akira Uchida: Unlocking Your Creative Gifts

Let us know what you enjoy about the show!

Lisa speaks with Dancer/Choreographer Akira Uchida about creativity, curiosity, and how closely linked life's lowlights are to its highlights.


Akira Uchida, is a dancer, choreographer, creative director and teacher. Originally from Ottawa, Canada and now based in New York, he has presented work at the Capezio Ace Awards, Fire Island Dance Festival, Battery Dance Festival, New Victory Dance and created work for the Joffrey Ballet School and the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. He has danced on television programs such as Canada’s Got Talent, Degrassi, The Strain, Over the Rainbow and Canada’s Smartest Person and has choreographed music videos for artists such as HAAI, Lights, Ria Mae and Tyler Shaw. He travels across North America teaching and influencing the upcoming generation of dancers with his progressive teaching style and is a board member at Share The Movement, a non-profit dedicated to uplifting and providing opportunity to young BIPOC dancers.

@akirauchida

If you are enjoying the show please subscribe, share and review! Word of mouth is incredibly impactful and your support is much appreciated!

Support the show

🌟✨📚 **Buy 'The Places Where There Are Spaces: Cultivating A Life of Creative Possibilities'** 📚✨🌟 
Dive into a world where spontaneity leads to creativity and discover personal essays that inspire with journal space to reflect. Click the link below to grab your copy today and embark on a journey of self-discovery and unexpected joys! 🌈👇 
🔗 Purchase Your Copy Here: https://a.co/d/2UlsmYC

🌟 **Interested in finding out more about working with Lisa Hopkins? Want to share your feedback or be considered as a guest on the show?** 
🔗 Visit Wide Open Stages https://www.wideopenstages.com

📸 **Follow Lisa on Instagram:** @wideopenstages https://www.instagram.com/wideopenstages/

💖 **SUPPORT THE SHOW:** [Buy Me a Coffee] https://www.buymeacoffee.com/STOPTIME

🎵 **STOPTIME Theme Music by Philip David Stern** 
🔗 [Listen on Spotify]
https://open.spotify.com/artist/57A87Um5vok0uEtM8vWpKM?si=JOx7r1iVSbqAHezG4PjiPg