Performances
From nature-based works in the wild
to world dance performances onstage,
my work highlights relationship, humanity, and community.
Don’t miss my core projects of
Global Water Dances & Colorado Water Stories
which feature my most current work
Be Tree (2021)
Dancers embody trees inspired by their own personal relationships with specific trees in their lives. Combined with live music and performed in a natural setting, this dance celebrates the interconnectedness of trees, rivers, and society. Completed in collaboration with The Watershed Center and Lisa Cheney-Philp. Performed at Watershed Days, a community event.
Dancing with the Boulder Stars (2018, 2019, 2021)
A fundraising project of the YWCA of Boulder County, Dancing with the Boulder stars paired community leaders with dance professionals for a high energy, uplifting night to support programs that address women’s empowerment and ending racism. I was lucky to participate in this event 3 times, each with different partners. This dance features a cha-cha with Daniel Aizenman of Stantec ViBE.
HeartBeet (2017)
“To behold beauty dignifies your life; it heals you and calls you out beyond the smallness of your own self-limitation…the beauty of nature is often the wisest balm for it gently relieves and releases the caged mind.” ~ John O’Donohue
In this solo for the stage, I explore my own sensations of beauty both in my body and in what I observed in the wild. With a costume of branches, I designed movements that imitated and subtly referenced birds, roots, and wind. At its core, this is a piece about love.
Postcards to the Earth (2015)
An environmental dance film
If you could send a message to the Earth, what would you say?
What does the body have to do with climate change?
This film considers themes of protection, grief, and deep love for the natural world, expressed through the moving body.
Enough (2014)
“We are within a biosphere, not on a planet.” ~Nala Walla
A group work choreographed for the seven women on stage, Enough investigates water as a connecting force. Dancers use their bodies and voices to make the visceral and visual connection that water moves the same way in us as it does on the planet. We created performed this work to remember our connection and our responsibility, and that our choices matter to each other and to the planet. Our dance is a prayer, a testimony on behalf of Earth, and a call to action. How much is enough?
The Archives
Visit my YouTube Channel to see throwback videos from my earliest projects.
The Professional
Check out my Vimeo profile for my dance films and longer project videos.