Asteria Howard

Asteria got her dance start at the age of 3 in a small rural one room dance studio in Northern Michigan. As she grew, she started commuting one hour each way to study at Dance Arts Academy in Traverse City Michigan, where she also started teaching at the age of 17. Asteria obtained her dance degree from Northwestern Michigan College in a modern dance concentration, then took her skills around the globe where she worked in performing arts schools and dinner theaters across Australia and New Zealand. She has been a movement educator for 18 years now and has made it her mission to make dance accessible for all bodies.

When Asteria came back to the states, she landed in Portland on a one way ticket that was supposed to last 3 months. 6 years later, she continues to coach dance and aerial in the Portland Metro Area. Asteria can also be seen performing around venues from coast to coast as a burlesque and pole artist. She is currently the General Manager of the Dance Center at BodyVox where she manages, educates, and cultivates a community for dancers of all levels and abilities to access the joy of dance. You can stay up to date on Asteria’s whereabouts on Instagram at @asteriaatombomb or on her website www.asteriaatombomb.com.

 Solo work: Imprints on My Skin

Imprints on My skin is a visceral cerebellum of emotions culminating with the tumultuous path it takes to heal and discover oneself. Connecting the stars above us to the water around us, Asteria guides audiences through the ebbs and flows of grief and trauma. Like saltwater cauterizing an open wound, it burns at first but ends in a soul cleansing of eroticism and self love. Discover what it means to run back into the arms of oneself in this raw, sensual, and soulful journey of healing that we are on as a human collective.