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I am a queer, trans, disabled artist. My work is not necessarily about my identities, but it is always informed by that experience, through the lens of the body: how does it move, what is its shape, where are its boundaries? How do other people engage with the body? How does a body engage itself with the world? How does the body hold the self?
As a dancer, as in my everyday life, I am comfortable moving in multiple modalities - wheeling, walking with crutches, moving with the help of floor or other environmental features, aerial silks - and I am able to use that fluidity in complex and often surprising ways choreographically. I am interested in the shifts between effort and ease, and where each can be found in my own body. I am deeply in love with the unique aesthetics of disabled dance, and the possibilities available within.
My relationships-focused debut evening length work One, Two was described by Jim Lowe (Times Argus) as "a tender odyssey". It premiered in 2014 in Vermont, and was set on a cast of six dancers, with and without disabilities. After that I made the immersive sci-fi installation Enter the Void, in 2018, and now I am working on a solo show, A Singular They.
I am also a poet and prose author, and a textile artist. I have experience in spinning, dyeing, weaving, sewing, knitting, and more. My interest in embodiment and in sensory experiences bridges between all these forms - I seek to bring the audience to an understanding of a different kind of body, through my own body but also theirs, their own senses. To that end, I am exploring the creation of mixed-media, immersive performance installations, taking multiple perspectives at once and integrating them through the senses with a Universal Design framework. What does it mean to not only observe but to feel, hear, and move?
Profile photo by Robyn Nicole for Dancing Queerly, 2019
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Artist / Creative (Individual)
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
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Artist / Creative (Individual)
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
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Dance - Modern / ContemporaryAdditional Disciplines:
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I am comfortable and experienced with working with students and audiences with disabilities of any kind. Accommodation requests including those not listed above will be honored to the best of my ability.
NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CIRCUS ARTS
School of the Arts
Date: 08/2019-08/2020
Artist in residence, to develop A Singular They. Culminated with work-in-progress showing, digitally in Nov 2020 (instead of in-person earlier in the year) due to coronavirus.
Wesleyan University - Dance Department
Date: 04/2019-04/2019
Artist-in-residence, co-sponsored by Dance Department and Disability Studies cluster. Taught dance technique classes and gave a lecture-demonstration on disability aesthetic in dance.
Fresh Meat Festival
Date: 06/2018-06/2018
Presented at Fresh Meat Festival of Queer & Trans Performance in San Francisco, 2018
AXIS Dance
Date: 06/2018-06/2019
Participating choreographer in inaugural Choreo-Lab, June 2018; a weeklong mentored residency for creation of new work, ending with informal showing. Returned to work with the company more intensely in Choreo-Lab 2019, developing "Numeromancy" on company dancers.
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$750 - $5,000State of Residence:
VermontMinimum Number of Performers:
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