CHOREOGRAPHIC PROJECTS 

I believe in parables and metaphor; in the way that life circles and folds in on itself as we gather experiences along the journey. We are all collecting pieces from the stories that intersect our lives, weaving them into our own. Dance is the way I process the experiences inscribed on my palms and underneath my skin. Our bodies carry our memories, dreams, hopes, loves, fears, and losses.

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I am intrigued with the idea of how our physical bodies hold the memory of our emotional, relational, and experiential lives, and I seek to tap into the accumulated wisdom of the body through movement. My choreographic interests specifically lie in exploring the psychology of what it means to be human, including questions around identity formation - are we formed by experience or does our identity shape the way we experience life? I am also curious about what it means to be in community; how we build family systems and respond to enmeshment; how we search for and create spaces to call home; the neurobiology of memory formation and loss; and the process of grief and the concept of “dying well,” particularly when faced with dementia or terminal illness.

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I am a scholartist.* I seek to use creative practice to research, inquire, investigate, define, and communicate theory, narrative, scholarship, and practice. In training, teaching, and choreography, dance is my place to investigate life. Art is my omer, the witness to and accounting of my individual and collective life.

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*Scholartist is a term credited to performance studies scholars Joseph Shahadi and Mila Aponte-Gonzalez.