Meet Mina Rose

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Mina Rose. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Mina below.

Mina , appreciate you making time for us and sharing your wisdom with the community. So many of us go through similar pain points throughout our journeys and so hearing about how others overcame obstacles can be helpful. One of those struggles is keeping creativity alive despite all the stresses, challenges and problems we might be dealing with. How do you keep your creativity alive?

As a dancer and choreographer, creativity isn’t just something I tap into occasionally, it’s a constant demand in this industry.. I’m often asked to create something on the spot or build a piece around a theme I didn’t choose myself.

And while that can be exciting, it is exhausting. Creativity isn’t a switch you flip on command. It needs space, time, and inspiration. And if you access it to often too much, you end up getting a creative block or burn out.

For me to stay creative at work I have to stay creative in private.

Staying creative means protecting my curiosity and allowing myself to be a person outside of dance. I take walks, read, go to museums, people-watch ( a big thing, there are so many movement patterns you can use later to choreograph) , listen to music I’ve never heard before, or revisit things that once moved me and I dance just for me, no cameras, no work, no one to impress.

I’ve also learned to work with what I’m given. Even when a theme doesn’t inspire me at first, I try to find something within it that sparks emotion—a memory, a visual, a rhythm.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I am currently dancing with Mosaic Dance Theater and Phyllis Rose Dance Company.
I recently had the pleasure of choreographing a piece ” Joyful Liberation” for Phyllis Rose Dance Company, which was premiered in June 2025 and is part of future work of the company for 2025 to 2029.

While Dancing is my main passion as I love to explore different forms of dance in projects, I do also support Elizabeth Buchheister as a rehearsal director in her work such as the Study Series.

I’m drawn to projects that are rich in expression, where I can tell stories through dance that connect with the audience on a deeper level. For me, dance is not just about performance—it’s about healing, offering people a chance to pause, reflect, and be transported, even if just for a moment. My hope is to create experiences that leave people feeling inspired, relaxed, and captivated by the beauty of movement.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

3 things I would recommend:

Understanding that you are your own brand

No matter how talented you are, you’re always marketing yourself.
Directors, producers, collaborators, they’re not just hiring your technique, they’re hiring your energy, your work ethic, and how you make a room feel. Being professional, prepared, and positive goes a long way. Don;t just think about improving your technique, ask yourself what you are your other values…

Staying curious and remembering why you started – It’s easy to get caught up in auditions and getting cut at auditions,
But the spark that made you fall in love with dance? Protect that. Feed your curiosity, not just with movement but with art, film, books, conversations, and life outside the studio. That’s where fresh ideas come from and that’s what will make your artistry grow and help you grow as a dancer too.

Being collaborative and supportive

Dance is a people business. You’re often in studios for long hours, and people will remember how you made them feel.
Be the person people want to spend long rehearsals with. Reliability, kindness, and a good attitude will open as many doors as talent.

One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?

In 2025 and 2026, I will be creating a new choreographic work centered around women and their voices. This piece will explore the complexities, power, and multiplicity of female expression. How it’s shaped, silenced, reclaimed, and celebrated and will weave together movement, spoken word, and sound to give shape to stories that often go unheard.

This project is unfolding over an extended development period, allowing space for deep research, improvisational exploration, and collaboration with women from different backgrounds.

My aim is not only to choreograph bodies in motion, but to listen to the layered experiences of womanhood, the ways voices rise and fall, and how silence itself can carry meaning.

Set to premiere in 2026, I hope to create a space that invites both performers and audiences to reflect on what it means to be heard and what it costs not to be.

Dancers, performers, and vocal artists interested in collaborating are welcome to reach out to me directly or keep an eye on my website and Instagram for upcoming audition notices.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://minarose.org
• Instagram: movementbyminarose