Rain Jasmine Locker, also known as Desert Rain, is an interdisciplinary artist, production coordinator, workshop facilitator, and creative collaborator based in Phoenix, Arizona.
At Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Music, Dance and Theatre, Rain received formal training specializing in somatic movement, pedagogy, and performative based practices. She has showcased her artistry across the United States performing at events such as Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival in Florida, USA and the Global Eclipse Gathering in Oregon, USA. Rain has created and shared her expressive nature in production with her local desert communities. She has been a part of the production team at The BETA Dance Festival, “NO VACANCY,” showcased at the Found:RE Hotel, as well a self-produced interdisciplinary arts event in collaboration with her artistic partner Brandon Trieu entitled, BEDREST, showcased over two evening at Unexpected Art Gallery in downtown Phoenix. In this production, Rain featured her first evening length dance work,
“em(BED)ed: Lessons i Have Learned from the Road”
Rain has contributed as a collaborator for local events such as the 2018 nue[BOX] Open Lab Series, Grey Box Collective’s 2019 Wild Card Series, as well as the editions of FORM & Convergence presented at Arcosanti, Arizona in 2019. Her fiery alias, Desert Rain, has been a featured fire artist performing at Scottsdale, Arizona’s Toca Madera. Rain is currently working in Arizona showcasing collaborative contemporary works featuring a fusion of codified movement and fire aesthetics. Rain seeks to expand her network by continuing to travel, train, teach, and present artistic works both nationally and internationally.
.:. When teaching, Rain’s mission is to revitalize the dry crevices of the anatomy through embodied expression. Her philosophy is that if we can allow our bodies to flow, then the internal movement will translate and catalyze a shift of stagnant energy held within the autonomy. People who express, “I can’t dance!” inspires Rain to create containers that feel spacious and expansive for people of all ages to experience their unique flavor of humanness through joyous, somatic movement. In this cultivated space, Rain believes that one may connect with their emotional state in a new, profound way. Ultimately, Rain Locker seeks to create opportunities for communities to optimize their health through mind-body-soul connection & integration.