About me
My long-standing love of theater, of the collective body breathing the same charged energy cells that the performers on stage are, with the knowledge that this moment exists just now and will never exist the same way again, brought me to want to create such moments myself.
As a choreographer, I keep returning to the fine line between seemingly opposite states. In the act of appreciating a spectacular moment creeps in nostalgia that the moment is almost over. Crying turns to laugher and laughter to crying. Where is the tipping point?
Ultimately, I believe that humor is the greatest tool, able to relax a situation enough to make place for the tender, the difficult questions. No matter how serious I've wanted to be, I can't help but be light.
Somatic-based improvisation, the pursuit of catharsis, and embracing the emotionality of movement ground my approach to choreographing. I care about the individual way a dancer moves that no other dancer can replicate, a certain cock of the hip or flick of the wrist. What interests me most is humanness on stage.
Photo by Coco Villosa
My path to choreography includes:
11 years of classical flute background (2000-2011)
A B.A. in Political Science at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire (2010-2014)
4 years playing in Casual Thursday, a short-form improv comedy group at Dartmouth (2010-2014)
A contemporary dance education at SOZO visions in motion in Kassel, Germany (2015-2018)
An M.A. in Choreography at Ernst Busch Hochschule/HZT (2018-2021)