Artist Statement

I am interested in challenging our conception of what we must learn as humans and what is inherent in human behavior through examining the way that bodies relate to one another in space. Through lenses of psychological study and imaginative world building, I investigate how individuals treat themselves and those they interact with, and how those internal and external interactions transform through time. Gestures of the everyday, a close relationship with our own weight and the ground, and a conscious variability in dynamic distinguish my work. Maintaining open artistic communication with my dancers, I construct movement that is meant to be physically and emotionally accessible to the witness.

Intellectual accessibility and kinesthetic empathy are pillars that I consider essential to my practice. Through dance making, I provide the witness with enough information to remain engaged with the work, while simultaneously allowing them to form their own impressions of their experience. I also craft sound scores with this philosophy in mind. Sound permeates, allowing artists and witnesses to share a common environment, and I believe that it is also a powerful tool to communicate mood and motivation.

I am interested in challenging what we must learn as humans and what is inherent in human behavior through examining the way that bodies relate to one another. Through lenses of psychological study and imaginative world building, I investigate how individuals treat themselves and those they interact with, and how those internal and external interactions transform through time. Gestures of the everyday, a close relationship with our own weight and the ground, and a conscious variability in dynamic distinguish my work. Maintaining open artistic communication with my dancers, I construct movement that is physically and emotionally accessible to the witness.

CV

choreography

2021 Best Clowns – Ashley Shelton, Virtual

2020 In / Out Music Video – Metasequoia, Ithaca NY

2019 Honeysuckle – Peridance APEX, New York NY

2019 Dress Up / Dress Down – 7MPR Midnight Performance Series, New York NY

2019 The Pickle Jar – SMUSH Moves, Jersey City NJ

2018 film of birds -WAXWorks, Brooklyn NY

performance

2022 VashtiDance Theater – Urban Jelly Traditional Priests, New York NY

2019 Lauren Horn – Group Piece at Blood Language Show, Somerville MA

2019 Vivake Khamsingsavath – Le Feuille Qui Tombe at PMT House of Dance Gala, New York NY

2019 Julia Antonozzi – Welcome to Be Here at Chop Shop Dance Festival, Seattle WA

2018 Margaret Wiss – Two by Two at National Water Dance Festival, Springfield MA

Body of Work

Honeysuckle

A manifesto on joy, responsibility, and other people’s thoughts. An excerpt of a longer, future work (WIP performed at The Craft, 2019)

Thank you to Armando Young for the music.
Thank you to Hallee Bernstein for the video.

The Pickle Jar

A study on the pickling process in a very technical way, brushing on the experience of preservation and isolation. Originally a duet, this piece was extended to a group work at Small Plates VA, 2019.

Thank you to Todd Hayden for the music. Thank you to the dancers: Julia Antonozzi, Taina Bey, Erin Hicks, Alex Johnson, Lilly Katz, and Erin Lyons.

Dress-up/Dress-down

This piece explores the reduction of individual identity through gender presentation, and the exhaustion that comes with gendered performance. The shallow representation of different varieties of gender performance through clothing changes directly represent reductions of genuine phrase work from outside collaborators in its original solo form, Trial by Dress-Up.

Thank you Otto Klemperer and Pascal Rogé for the music. Thank you to Shawn Zhang for the video. Thank you to the dancers: Taina Bey, Erin Lyons, and Honoka Usui.

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