I was writing a choreographic narrative for an award that I was nominated for and decided to share this to provide insight into my thinking about my work:

My contemporary dance work both has and hasn’t changed over the last five years. The two main constants are my drive to investigate the ways that people engage and connect with themselves and with others, and my desire to use research and first-hand exploration to expand the ways in which I conceive of and implement choreography.

I am intrigued by human emotions – the tenderness, humor, and absurdity that drive our day-to-day interactions – and view our uniquely human efforts to understand one another as a powerful and moving shared resource. I harness these interests by creating works in which people negotiate their bodies, relationships and circumstances creatively, leading viewers to identify with the movement and the performers in a personal way.

My work examines how we use our bodies to create meaning, interpret situations, learn and play, boldly state who we are and impact one another. My core questions concern human identity and how cognition and emotions are grounded in the body’s actions.

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