Modern Connections

Additional Content:

• Modern Connections $10,000 for 10 Years Campaign

  Celebrate Modern Connections' 10 Year Anniversary

• Data Choreographics Mini Doc

  For MASARY Studios’ Data Choreographics project, I curated an interactive artwork that explores contemporary artificial intelligence technologies through movement and dance. Modern Connections dancers provided movement that trained the AI technology.

• We Are Castle of Our Skins

  In this Castle of Our Skins mini documentary, I reflect on why COOS matters and what drew me to apply to their creative in residence program.

• “What does it mean to belong to a person, to a place, to yourself?”

  This radio interview with me and Castle of Our Skins Ashleigh Gordon describes the capstone event of my time as creative in residence. The clip aired on WEZE 590 am through Voice of Reason Boston in November 2023.

• “'Hot Water Over Raised Fists' Evokes The Betrayal Of Flint And Standing Rock Through Dance”

  This June 2019 WBUR article highlights the premiere of Hot Water Over Raised Fists - the culminating performance of my Boston Dancemakers Residency at the Boston Center for the Arts.

• Hot Water Over Raised Fists: A Closer Look at Belonging

  “Hot Water Over Raised Fists,” uses movement, light, sculptural elements, and site specificity to create a visceral experience of empathy and hope. This excerpt is an adaptation made in response to the creative realities presented by this global pandemic.

• Forward Together

  Commissioned and performed by members of Boston Dance Theater's Trainee Program, “Forward Together” is inspired by the sonic landscape. This piece takes the viewer on an unexpected journey of possibility through rhythm and human connection.

• Courageously Present

  The creation of this work centered the idea of being courageously present in your experience - even while questioning whether you belong or who you belong to, or how belonging continues to shift, either based on time passing, or life circumstances.

• Excerpt: Hot Water Over Raised Fists

  Sparked by the struggles of indigenous people at Standing Rock and the struggle for clean water in Flint, Michigan, “Hot Water Over Raised Fists” illustrates the necessity of protest. This excerpt was part of an evening-length performance.

• The Way Forward is Through

  Created in January 2023 for members of Modern Connections’ fifth rep class, this piece is the culmination of a 6-week rehearsal process.