New York, NY
Choreographer
My work is often described as visceral and raw, even harsh. In making my work I am drawn into a realm of not knowing - where shadowy perceptions and inchoate feelings mingle and influence, eventually forming themselves into the tasks, ordeals, scenarios and dance steps that make up my performance works. I create work because I'm seeking liberation, and because I enjoy the sense of strength I feel after going through the arduous process of creating something out of nothing.
My work sources biology and body experience, explores sexuality and body politics, and is informed by the esthetics of task and minimalism in its use of unadorned bodies and a non-transformative, non-idealized movement technique. A question I've had since I saw my first dance is: how can a dance be as interesting to watch as it is to do? To confront this question I construct my work so that it resonates viscerally inside the watchers, so that they also move and are moved as they participate and attend.
1983 B.F.A., Dance, Ohio University
1977 M.F.A., Art, Ohio University
1975 B.F.A., Art, University of Oklahoma
2005- Director, Studio 65, New York, NY
1995-2005 Partner, Squid Performance Space, New York, NY
2006 Survive Cycle, performed at Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
2005 NOVA, site-specific work, performed at Studio 65, New York, NY
2005 Future Past, performed at Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
2002 under/world, premiered at Squid Performance Space, New York, NY; also performed at The Kitchen, New York, NY
1999 Empathy, performed at Danspace Project, New York, NY
1997 Ends Of Mercy, solo piece, premiered at The Kitchen, New York, NY; also performed in London, England
1996 Immunity/Desire/Last Day Of Summer, three works, performed at The Kitchen, New York, NY
2006 Tides Foundation Lambent Fellowship in Performing Arts
2006, 1998 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Choreography
2005 Outstanding Alumni Award, Ohio University
2003 New York Dance and Performance Award ("Bessie")
