Peices
alone they fall, 2019
Tint Dance Festival Commission, created in collaboration with dancers
“Equal parts beautiful and stressed, the dancers held each other, pulsed, quivered, and twitched, perhaps in support of solidarity in the face of rugged individualism.”
- RISA NAGEL, SeattleDances.com
the queen has fallen, 2017
Created as a part of Doug Varone’s Devices, further developed during Chen Dance Center’s New Steps Choreographer’s Series
How does the “one” shoulder the burden of power and the future?
Using bees and their behavior as a metaphor for human interaction this piece examines themes such as isolation, intimacy and the failure of intimacy, confrontation, finding home and what it means to be of service to a community that elects and gives power to one.
“The all female quintet had a fresh energy […] One of the strongest sections was the trio, which integrated unconventional lifts and good design creating abstract relationships and symbolism.”
— Walter Rutledge, Out & About NYC Magazine