What is the focus of my work?
Simply put, I aim to perform and make choreography that challenges myself and others both physically and mentally. I want to perform and create dances that ask, “How can we entertain an audience while also keeping ourselves engaged through the work?” This looks like many things. I enjoy work that is complex, sudden, suspended. I often infuse my own sense of humor into my work, because life is too short not to be able to laugh at ourselves. Often, when we try to create something new, it has a comedic effect simply because we laugh at the uncomfortable. It is innate to the human condition. I think this has power. Humor results from risk and movement investigation. I am personally interested in investigating movement, from small human gestures to large sweeping landscapes. I often say, “I don't know if this is possible, but wouldn't it be cool if we could make it?” This is the real thesis of every dance I make, investigating what the human body can do and making it accessible for mass audiences. At the end of the day, my work’s ultimate goal is to be a product of that investigation