Katie Bruckbauer grew up in a large, faith-filled family on a farm outside of Casselton, North Dakota. As a child, she loved to dance, and later, sought ways to bring her athletic and musical abilities together. She studied modern dance and creative movement, eventually working for a studio, and then owning it with two others in the Fargo-Moorhead area under the name 8th Street Studio of Dance.

In all, she contributed her talents to that work for three decades. Katie has recently rediscovered how vital dancing is to her physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing, along with realizing how writing poetry can be a healing avenue to many of life’s challenges.

Show notes: 

• Katie’s stage performance of her “Two Birds” poem, November 2023 in Fargo, North Dakota: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6r4lYGjs9Q&t=240s
• Katie’s Word Dances website: https://www.worddances.com/
• Katie’s book, “Time to Soar: Word Dances and Bird Songs for Every Season”