I believe in the power of the moving body. As movement spills from my physical form, an innate wisdom arises which affords me the opportunity to connect to the deeper and subtler layers of existence. Through constant physical questioning and practice, I have the ability to know more. For me, the dance studio is a playground for exploration where I am introduced to the stranger that is the unmade dance and given the opportunity to get to know it.

Dance, to me, is magic and as such; dancers are magicians who are in the business of continuous transformation. Through dance, we are capable of being deeply rooted in our physical, emotional and spiritual bodies. In this way, we are artists of untapped, dormant potential becoming that which we already are. I am inspired by the early modern dance philosophies of artists such as Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis with regards to radical movement reform, and how in many ways, those ideas are still very much relevant today.

Dance engages, questions, makes sense of, and expands our understanding of how we can energetically and artistically confront the meaning of existence. I believe that dance employs the physical plane of existence and form, as well as the energetic plane of what we cannot see, but know exists.

The challenge in creating through the medium of dance is that it is a constant negotiation in practicing the art of engaging change. This notion is both exciting and terrifying to me, and I suppose it is why I continue to create. Perhaps dance is a way for me to confront my own fears, a practice in surrendering to the unknown of making art in a form that utilizes the body as the mode of creation.