Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor makes dances for healing, for being together in community—and for reclaiming what it means to be Asian American. Classically trained in ballet, Gabrielle studied dance and journalism in college—later getting involved in racial justice work and community organizing in Seattle. Working with an intergenerational group of Asian dancers, Gabrielle creates performances with their own communities in mind as the audience. Previous works have explored Asian representation in Hollywood, the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans, intergenerational trauma, Sadako Sasaki's wish for peace, Shinto mythology, and the sacrifices of our mothers, grandmothers and aunties. Gabrielle's artistic and/or cultural work has been featured in The Seattle Times, on local NPR affiliate KUOW, and in The New York Times; the work they led for Seattle Opera's "Madame Butterfly" was praised as a "helpful model" for approaching historic works of art. Gabrielle is from Irish, Ilocano, and Japanese ancestors and grew up on Duwamish land.