One of the ways in which I explore and research dance is through performance and choreography. While my journey as a choreographer has only just begun, I am immensely proud of the work I have done thus far and hope to continue to produce work I am proud of. Below you will find descriptions of my work as well as links to take you to see the full works. Simply click the picture beside the description.
In.SURRECTION
My most latest work explored a phrase said to me about anger that “anger is a response to injustice”. The motivation of this piece came from my own personal musings on how often teenagers’ feelings, especially anger, are often invalidated and made to feel like they are overreacting. Especially for women, we are taught to suppress our rage from an early age and are made to feel like our emotions are a problem and we are overreacting. When in reality, we have learned from movements such as March for Our Lives that teenagers are capable and intelligent and should not be underestimated. We have a right to our anger and it demands to be heard.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
This piece explores the idea of how every action by one person affects the actions of others. Such as Newtons Third Law of “every action has an equal opposite reaction”, I use this concept to look at how humans affect one another. How our actions and the choices we make in life affects the people around us and vice versa.
in Time
this piece was a solo performed in the same concert as the above piece and was a personal memoir. The piece explores the concept of time by using 12 motifs that hold deep meaning for me from my life as well as using Ted Talks and spoken word poems on top of an instrumental song.
Happy Hour
Many times when I create a piece, I let the music guide me on what to do. Just was the case with this piece as jazz dance inherently requires a connection to the music. I was greatly inspired by Nina Simone to create a piece that honored jazz and showcased my passion for jazz by bringing it back to its roots and creating an atmosphere reminiscent of a 1950’s jazz lounge.