choreography

My work intertwines themes of community collaboration, the atmosphere of gay clubs, femininity, spectacle, authentic movement, the majesty of the everyday, and art for art’s sake. My artistic voice is derived from the plethora of teachers I have had the pleasure to work with, who have pushed me to refine my aesthetic and voice as a creative. Experimentation, meditation, and community collaboration are instrumental components of my creative practice. Experimentation and improv are the impetus for all of my creative works; it is the time I feel most uninhibited, and feel like my truest self as a dancer and mover. Those times I am wiggling in my kitchen or bedroom, are the catalyst to larger pieces or works in the studio. My studio practice often includes writing and movement meditations, in which I give deep focus to a single aspect of the work.

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My work is unapologetically queer. At times, I found myself getting stuck as a choreographer in feeling as though every gesture in a dance needed to have a deeper meaning behind it. I found a lot of artistic freedom in creating art for the sake of art’s sake, it feeling good, or it looking spect-acular. To me, there is something radically queer in this line of thinking. Queer people are often made to justify, explain, or label their identities and queerness to satisfy or ease the anxieties of others when our queerness was never about them in the first place. As queer people, we have to be comfortable with people being uncomfortable with our very identities. Showcasing art that is about play, experimentation, freedom, and art for art’s sake throws this discomfort right back in their faces.