ARTIST STATEMENT‍

I dance because it feels undeniable to my way of being. I make dances because it feels undeniable to my way of relating.

I’m inspired by chance existential intimacy, encounters of fate that reinforce that I am where I’m supposed to be. The universe drives me—moments that feel perfect, planned, too good to be real.
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I want to capture that feeling in the work that I make—the swelling inside that suddenly turns into tears, and you can’t say why or how or what it comes from, but just that you feel it and it is spilling out of you. 

Informed by my background in a breadth of artistic disciplines, I’m passionate about creating multidisciplinary experiences that invite diverse perspectives and connections. I am drawn to the convergence of movement and performance with other mediums, exploring the symbiotic relationship between different art forms within a shared space. With an intent of experimentation, I seek to integrate my interests in digital media, sculpture/installation art, technology and text into my choreographic practice. By employing these diverse mediums, my aim is to create accessible entry points for audiences less familiar with the nuances of contemporary dance.

My artistic endeavors serve as a mirror for my evolving identity and place in the world; they embody my relentless pursuit for understanding, where every creation becomes an exploration of self-discovery. When I create, I think about who I am, how I’ve come to be where I am, and what I believe in. Fueled by an innate curiosity for life, I use my art to pose questions, interrogating myself and the world that surrounds me. My process provides space to meditate on various facets of my identity that I meet with uncertainty. Through the time, intention, repetition, and imagination that creation requires, this reflection either reinforces my own perception of Self or necessitates a reimagination of it.

As I deepen in the discovery of my process, I grow firmer in my belief of the inextricable intertwinement of creative process and life. Is it a choice to intertwine life and process, or is it inevitable? I want to blur the distinction and erase all the seams until one melts into the other and the other into the one. I want to be moved so much so that I can move others. I’m interested in processes that challenge/fundamentally shift how I perceive and act in the world.

I want to make meaning out of everything. ‍