Esra Coskun started dancing in 2013, while working towards her PhD in Philosophy and Literature at Purdue University. She took contact improvisation, modern dance, and ballet classes while writing her dissertation. Her interest in semiotics led her to experiment with dance composition as she choreographed pieces for Purdue University Dance Department’s student concerts, Obsessive-Compulsive Dance, Purdue Contemporary Dance Company, and UPROAR: the Pole Collective. She joined SAFEhouse Arts as alead artist in 2017 to start Es “Delight” Co and the “#delightfulmoves” project, bringing distinct dance forms together in duets with artists who have different dance backgrounds.