artist statement

As a dance artist, writer, and curator, I am interested in the relationship between body and place, and the layers of historical and cultural context that surround and shape it. I create conceptual dance projects that include live performances and filmed pieces for site-specific locations, galleries, and theatrical spaces. My dances contain abstract and dream-like elements combined with physicality that ranges from energetic to reflective. Building on concepts of love, grief, desire, and labor—how they manifest in our bodies and the surrounding environment in solo and group choreography—my dances explore the tensions between space, place, and the self.

My dance practice functions as a way to reimagine Staten Island through the immediacy and intimacy of the body. This includes the act of wandering and improvised movement as a meditative exercise to connect fragments of ourselves within a place. This approach grows out of my belief in the ephemeral and sensuous potential of the landscape. I use improvisation to move through public sites, often in states of decay or dereliction, to weave together and disrupt layers of cultural accumulation.