As a movement artist I find it exciting to explore traditionally unconventional approaches to how an audience member can experience work. Whether this means removing dance from the proscenium, orchestrating movement for site specific performances, or creating a dance for the camera for an audience of one to be watched from a moving treadmill, I attempt to alter the structure in which we often view performance in order to provide the potential for an individualized experience. I’ve found one way to tailor a piece to multiple audience members at a time is to allow choice—or at least the illusion of choice—into the equation. This can relate to duration, visibility of dancers, and the freedom or restricted freedom to wander through the work at their own will. By reconstructing the audience’s relationship to the performance, we start to blur the line between voyeurism and interaction. This provides the opportunity for questions not only about our values when it comes to viewing performance, but also about how we construct our relationships with other humans and our surroundings on a daily basis.

As a queer artist, ideas around gender, gender expression, sex, and sexuality often make their way into my work. I find it important to cultivate a safe space for all artists and audience members that are interested in experiencing the worlds we create together, so I attempt to promote ideas that although may push boundaries of social constructs according to mainstream media, in reality exist to advocate equality and the celebration of differences.

In my work, I value the use of multiple mediums in order to convey an idea and engage as many of the five senses as possible in order to fully immerse the audience into whatever the piece is attempting to communicate.