My creative practice begins with a willingness to exhaust my body in a quest to make my inner world visible. To me, the act of dancing is physical research. It is a meditative state of seeking a deeper understanding of myself and my experience of the world.
Through rigorous improvisation, I transcend to a deeply intuitive place where my mind is liberated from thought and my body attends to its gut instincts. I intuitively follow my imagination, even when I don’t know where it is taking me. My body attends acutely to its urges to reveal new material through the phenomenon of dancing.
Whether I’m creating a work to perform myself or setting choreography on an ensemble, I work tenaciously to perfect sequential shifts of weight to design sleek, musically driven sketches that ebb and flow through space, revealing subtle layers of meaning through sheer articulation.
I create texture by contrasting polar ideas: I create cohesion while honoring individuality, I’m sensitive to both skeletal and muscular details, and I meld highly mobilized, luscious movement with pedestrian mannerisms.
My works range from athletic, to quirky, to emotionally intense, and are each constructed through choreographic devices.