This week, we spoke with the diversely talented Melissa McNamara. She’s an improviser, actor, writer, movement director and pilates instructor. She opened her studio, Mind Art Core Pilates Performance to serve both as a pilates studio and a performance space. We talk about how she found herself on such a diverse path and about her solo performance work which attempts to destigmatize the conversation surrounding domestic violence.

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