For Care Facilities
Movement games, creative activities, improvised movement, and storytelling opportunities through facilitated sessions — designed to honor each resident's body, history, and capacity for expression.
Unscripted Movement
Unscripted Movement uses guided movement experiences to foster creativity, connection, and well-being amongst students and adults.
We specialize in working with youth, adults, and aging adults who have absolutely no dance experience at all!
About Me
Career Adventures
Creative Movement Facilitator
Pekin Senior Living Facilities
Data Scientist
Caterpillar
Licensed Teacher
Hawai'i and California Public Schools
Youth Organizer
HANA Center
Trauma-Informed Advocate
Monsoon Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity
My name is Esther Hwang, and I lead Unscripted Movement — a practice built on the idea that each body is unique, and each person has something unique to express in any given moment.
Throughout my career adventures — from nonprofit to education to data science to dance — I've found healing in my darkest times through movement and creative expression.
I studied contemporary dance with Celeste Miller, whose training comes from the likes of Alwin Nikolais, Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. It is from these bodies of knowledge that I ground my practice.
I believe in the power of bringing people together to make meaning and to ignite curiosity and creativity through exploratory play!
I bring my background in community building and facilitating learning into unexpected spaces. The Unscripted Process exists to help people get unstuck and reconnected — because new problems need new approaches.
Fun facts about me: I'm a freediver (scuba diving without the oxygen tank). I sewed my wedding dress. And I dream of retiring to a tiny home in New Zealand.
Three offerings, each shaped to its setting — care facilities, workplaces, and schools. All are designed to be fun and accessible, welcoming people of every background and hesitancy.
In-person sessions can be 60 or 90 minutes, and can accommodate groups from 3 to 100 people.
Movement games, creative activities, improvised movement, and storytelling opportunities through facilitated sessions — designed to honor each resident's body, history, and capacity for expression.
Embodied workshops for teams ready to rework their relationship to work itself — bringing body awareness into the workday and using theater-rooted methods to find new approaches to stubborn problems.
Vibrant contemporary dance education for students of all ages — training young choreographers and dance storytellers. All experience levels welcome.
Where to find me
For students and adults — no dance experience required. Here’s where to find me.
Peoria, IL · Coming November 2026
Unscripted Movement is coming to Soulside Healing Arts in Peoria, IL in November 2026! Class days and times will be posted here as soon as they’re set — check back soon.
See it in action
From the notes
August 31, 2026
I honestly have nothing to write about. Writing these blog posts is such a cerebral exercise, and it might be more evocative to dance and journal through movement…
Read all notes →Whether you're curious to learn more about me, interested in my offerings, or ready to book a session, let’s get in touch!