Movement making is my way of connecting with the people around me and make sense of the world. I’m constantly yearning to find new ways to push physicality, unapologetically eat up space with my body and collide in and out of the floor. My methods of moving include busting through space, while also allowing tenderness and vulnerability to seep through; this is how I remind myself and my audiences that movers are human beings at the core, even though as performers we get to have super powers and often do things that seem so innately unhuman.

 

I invite play and imagination into my work, both in the classroom and in creative processes. Through improvisation, use of imagery and blending make-believe with my own realities, I create spaces to explore what myself and my collaborators are capable of by ourselves and with each other, remembering to let go of over-thinking and to never take myself too seriously.

 

Dance allows me and the communities of people I’m apart of to assert ourselves, see and be seen. Through a contemporary dance lens that prioritizes contact, being upside-down and duet work with the floor, my work allows its movers to reclaim their power and share their experiences with anyone who’s willing to behold them.