Artist Statement
I remember the first time a stranger looked at me like they already owned me, like they deserved my flesh more than I did. My work allows me to take my power back, and I revel in that. Bodies move through time and space with an emphasis on their own power. They watch you watch them.
My dance taps into the divine, mystical force that is femininity. I delete the archaic ideals of benevolence and submission and rather honor my own sensuality. In doing this I can celebrate what it means to be femme. To be femme is to be feared in the world; presenting as a woman has cost twenty-six human beings in the U.S. their lives in 2018 alone. My dance is acutely aware of its radical nature. It is the archetypal image of women dancing naked in the woods, howling at the moon. I want more people to feel the fire that already exists in them and to use that innate, boundless energy to unapologetically move through the world.
I work with femme humans who yearn to express the fire inside of them. We work with our pelvis tethered to the Earth, we support each other in exposing our true selves to the world. We allow and honor our animal nature to crawl outside of our learned personas; the polite and small people who walk with their heads down. I create worlds on stage that house haunting images, ambient sounds, and slinky movement. The work is voyeuristic, inviting audience members to loom in on a prolific human experience. My dance is the very act of taking my power back, one that has been taken by strangers and I invite these strangers to sit back and watch me as I do so.