About me
Pronouns: He/him
Dmitri Peskov is the Chair of the Snow College Dance Department. He studied Taoism with Parting Clouds Daoist Temple and Daoist Foundation and also studied Zen Buddhism with Haku-un-ji Zen Center in Tempe, AZ. Dmitri also regularly practices taiji currently finishing his taiji instructor training with Master Chen Zijun (son of Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing) in Chenjiagou, China. Other teachers include Master Chen Bing, Master Chen Ziqiang, Master Sang Han and Dr. Zenovia Hwang.
Dmitri's recent creative research includes presentation of new live and video works at Dance Now Festival in NYC, at Festival Videodanza de Puerto Rico as well as publications of new poetry and short stories in "Literratura", "Daktil", "Piroskaph" and other Russian-language journals. He is the winner of the 2024 Russian Immigrant Poetry Prize and a semi-finalist of the 2024 Russian Prize in Literature.
