“The practice of working with people to get them back to the honest expression of themselves, within the container of dictated mandates, of counts and steps—it mirrors something about the bigger picture in real life. I think a lot about the relationship between structure and freedom. What level of structure we need in order to support us to be our freest self.“
Read More“I feel like I’ve had a lot of moments of falling in and out of love with dance and at the time, when I graduated the training program, I wasn’t interested in being a dancer for someone. I felt that I had something to say, beyond just being someone's person. It’s interesting because as I started to build, grow, and choreograph more, I became more interested in being a dancer for people and learning from them.”
Read More“The beauty of our organization is that we are so inclusive. We take 99% of the people who walk through the door. We have an empty room and you can come use our empty room. There is always an empty room for you.”
Read More“I didn’t decide oh I am going to make feminist art, I didn’t consciously think that I want to show lesbian relationships on stage…I didn’t think through any of those as conscious decisions. I thought this is my life experience and I want to show honest human experiences and I can only really do that from my vantage point. The more honest they are the more likely they will resonate with audience members…”
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