I dance as an act of cellular, spiritual, and artistic communication; de-influencing my body from the systems and stories of control that have separated her from nature. Transforming all experience into healing material.

I experience the body as a landscape, wherein the beauty and trauma of the Anthropocene is being mirrored. A self-regulating ecosystem composed of me and non-me elements. A spinning ball on a floating river.

In my artistic practice, I ritualize the process of sensing my body in nature and responding through improvisation. These dances stir subconscious material, provoke contradictions, and fine tune my sensitivity. Making them meditative and performative interventions with the unknown. I rely on intuition (memory and discovery) to access psychosomatic insights that I collage into interdisciplinary artworks.

Drama is the art of illusion, dreams, and magic. Where the performance artist attempts to de-construct and re-construct reality. Much of our waking life is the playing out of a cultural drama. What goes on behind the proscenium of the mask, in the back of our minds and within our bodies, remains underwater. The waving is what the water is doing, but it is not the water.

The role of the camera in my work represents the role of consciousness in the human experience. A photograph breaks down reality into pixels in a similar way to how our minds make futile attempts to understand. At the heart of my practice is the belief that I do not actually know; my body is always a beginner’s body.

I have studied extensively in the fields of post-modern dance, performance studies, intersectional contemplative movement practices and psychosomatics, while simultaneously cultivating over 15 years of experience as a full time movement educator and artist. Dance is the ontology (way of being) and epistemology (way of knowing) through which I sift through life.

The dances I make are much more like poems than dramas. They are the witnessing of something vital as it emerges within the present moment. The act of writing poetry and dancing are kindred embodiments for me. They bolster one another. Writing is another tool I utilize to share what comes through in my creative practice.

And last but certainly not least, my artwork is a reflection of my experience as an Autistic woman, which I view as a neurological and life-force expression shaped by sensitivity. Because I was born with sensory processing differences and the social-emotional challenges that accompany that, I have lived my life in search of sensory poetics. Like all people on the Autism spectrum, I am healthiest when I am pursuing my intense interests. Art is not only my profession, it is a nutrient; as vital to my wellbeing as food, water, and belonging.