Artist Statement
I aim to lean into my perceived flaws and to create things that are uniquely my own as a way to encourage others to do the same.
It is paramount in my own beliefs to create work that has many points of accessibility regardless of dance literacy, age, gender, race, etc. However, while accessible, I strive to create a world in which those who seek to can get lost in their own imagination in which they use my work as a conduit into different layers of perception. I am interested in dissecting the intricacies of the human experience and celebrating human flaws as a way to hold up a mirror into the viewers' world. I want to highlight perceived human flaws which are really a manifestation of our insecurities; to create work that accepts and leans into those insecurities and allows and inspires growth.
Choreographically, I am interested in how music can interact with movement to highlight intricacies of the musical score. I would love to use and understand music in a way that transforms both the choreography and the music into one being. I imagine music as another invisible dancer or entity that I play with as I make work. Sometimes, I use it a lot as its own soloist and sometimes I let it slip to the back. I am also curious to explore the use of the spine to express human strength and vulnerability. It is when the connection to this vulnerability is made that we are able to break barriers and incite connection.
Recently, I have been interested in creating work that plays with the idea that time and space are only constructs that we have created for ourselves. I want my work to look and feel like the viewers perceived reality. I am interested in the complexities of the human experience and how “normal” life is often the most interesting, complex, and beautiful. Through the process of viewing my work I would like for the viewer to leave with a sense that their reality has shifted because of something that they experienced. My hope is that my work challenges people to lean into their own discomfort and to find small revelations that they can take with them to help them in their everyday lives. It would be the ultimate goal to be able to bring a diverse group of people together across socioeconomic, age and religious barriers. My work would aim to do this by illuminating that we are all more alike than we are different, and it is our differences that make living interesting and worthwhile.
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