Distinguished Alumni: Rosa Vissers

Horizon Award

Rosa Vissers is a Netherlands-born Seattle-based dancer, nonprofit leader, and lover of plants. She received her MFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah in 2007, and sees movement as a powerful pathway to reclaiming our beauty, resilience, and connection to ourselves and each other. She has performed internationally for 15 years with over 20 companies and artists on large and small stages, in film, on sidewalks as well as in galleries, parks, and living rooms, and with Jessica Jobaris, Shannon Stewart, and zoe|juniper. As a movement educator, she has offered dance and yoga classes at universities, festivals, and in prisons for over a decade. She is currently the Executive Director of Yoga Behind Bars (YBB), a nonprofit offering trauma-informed yoga to incarcerated youth and adults.