Choreography

The Human Condition: Absent Presence

The Human Condition: Absent Presence was first performed for WestFest at The Martha Graham Theatre in NYC in 2018. Since then, it has been performed at the following festivals: Solo Contemporary Dance Festival in Ankara, Turkey, FIDCDMX in Mexico City, Mexico, Quinzena de Dança de Almada in Almada, Portugal, MASH International Choreography Competition in Jerusalem, Israel (received 3rd place prize), Solocoreografico in Oklahoma City (received Best Creation award), and will be performed at Solocoreografico again in Frankfurt, Germany in October 2022.

Description: The Human Condition: Absent Presence explores the oxymoronic nature of being human. What can emerge within our curious palette for heightened sensation when periphery information is limited by societal preference? Marked by wearing blinders, this solo explores both ideas of cognitive awareness and dissonance as it pertains to sight, focus, and one’s ability to engage with their surroundings. What are we binding ourselves from fully experiencing?

Combative Echoes

Combative Echoes was first created for Unit Motives: GRM festival in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2019. It was later selected for the 24th Internationale Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival in Stuttgart, Germany and the 39th Annual Battery Dance Festival in NYC in 2020.

Description: What is the feeling we get when we experience deja vu? Is it simply the manipulated return of former energy that once belonged to us, or perhaps a more intricate manifestation of inner dialogue trying to tell us something? As a singular earthbound human on a planet of billions, it is no mystery that our energetic forces get bounced back in peculiar ways. Knowing that these elder layers exist in a far out realm, and can be boomeranged back on the occasion of unforeseen collisions, makes one question what they are actually experiencing this very moment. Are our thoughts and experiences a mere reflection of combative echoes, cresting and crashing with each returning memory? Either way, each memory is a placeholder. When catalogued correctly, one’s entire lifetime is accessible on a level far deeper than most can truly imagine. The exterior view looks like a slosh pit of energetic chaos, but just underneath the surface is where an inward labyrinth of life altering happenstance resides.

Taking Space

Taking Space was created for the 2022 Bridge Project hosted by Velocity Dance Center. After four sold out shows, Taking Space was selected to perform in the Spotlight on Seattle Program for Seattle International Dance Festival. It was further selected to travel to Gonzaga University for another performance in September 2022 as well as being selected to commission a new work for the students in the dance department.

Description: The origins of female-identifying people have constantly been on an evolutionary trajectory of claiming space. Inspired by artwork from Julie Mehretu, this piece aims to explore the complexities behind untangling the undeniable presence of women. The formation of personal and collective identity is hindered by not being able to walk alone at night, believe survivors of sexual abuse, have full autonomy over our bodies, receive the same pay as men, or exist without extreme body image expectations. Women hold an unfathomable amount of power. As each woman learns of her/their own strength, we rise.