Exo-skin-esphre
In collaboration with Rowan University robotic and mechanical engineers, Exo is an improvisational dance performance with robotic prosthetics that react to the dancers’ movement choices. Exo premiered as a part of Rowan University’s 2022/2023 MainStage season. See more photos here. Find an in depth write up and video of the creative collaboration here.
Red Shadow
A dance for film with original sound score utilizing Isadora visual program effects. Official selection for the Impro Dance Festival curated in collaboration with Dance Camera Istanbul 2022. See the full film here.
Diary/Therapy
A weekly livestream practice from home airing on YouTube Live from January to April 2022. The project utilized the Isadora visual program. See the livestreams here.
DIGITAL SCULPTURE GARDEN
Supported in part by a Small But Mighty Arts microgrant, the digital sculpture garden aims to capture the impossible—ephemeral moments of motion. Bodies in between stable states represent transformations of identity through the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. Samples of work can be found here. A short explaination of the creation process can be found in the 8th edition of Dancer Citizen
CLEARLY OR DARKLY
Clearly or Darkly is a flexible structured improvisational and new media performance that uses a wearable gyroscopic microcontroller to control projected visual effects with movement. . See more HERE.
MIDDEN/HEAP
Midden/Heap is performative science fiction. Strange creatures twitch, twist, crawl. They collapse and writhe. They become tender towards each other. They support each other. They help each other survive.
M/H first premiered as part of the 2018 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. A solo version of the piece was performed in the 2018 Old City Festival (Philadelphia). A film version of the piece, Heap was filmed in late 2018.
UNDERNEATH THIS LAND
In collaboration with live vocalist Cecelia Castro. My great-great-grandfather died in a mining accident, leaving behind 10 children and a wife. Underneath this Land looks at the history and traditions of manual hard labor in the Midwest, where I grew up, and the sense of hopelessness that is still present in rural areas and farming communities. UtL first premiered as part of the 2018 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
ONE TIME IT HAPPENED THIS WAY
One Time… is a reflection on home. Using images from the natural landscape during my time growing up in rural Michigan, this work explores ideas of myth, pilgrimage, and collective story telling as a source of identity. Master’s thesis concert, Temple University. Premiered March 2017.
TASTYKAKE
An exploration of a location that is truly Philadelphian! Three dancers and one videographer (Chung-Wei Huang), all from places NOT Philadelphia, explore movement around the Tastykake factory. Special thanks to the lovely people at Tastykake for not arresting the performers and film-maker for trespassing. Premiered 2016.
Arch Photo Series
An experimental photo series. Glitched images distort a woman’s body. Inspired by photos of the “arch of hysteria” from the 19th century.