Live Music and Dance with Douglas Dunn at NYU – Dec 2

I’m very excited to be performing a piece under the direction of Douglas Dunn on December 2nd at the Frederick Loewe Theater at NYU! There will be live music by Esther Lamneck and her students, and we will be dancing to their new music! I hope you can come experience this unique evening of work! This is a free event and you can find more information at the link below: http://events.nyu.edu/#event_id/14822/view/event

Mosaic Festival – December 1

I hope you’re able to make this wonderful intercultural dance festival! This is some of my favorite work and the evening promises to be a delight… The Mosaic Dance Festival is the creation of Kalamandir Dance Company, a Contemporary Indian Dance Ensemble dedicated to using the vocabulary of classical Indian dance in communication with global movement vernacular to realize their artistic vision. The company strives to enrich its classical foundations with other dance traditions. Drawing from Odissi, Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Capoeira, Flamenco, Middle Eastern, African, Modern and Ballet, the collective is driven by their passionate commitment to looking at what unifies…

Performance of Éclaircie

Ten beautiful dancers at the University of Kansas will be premiering my newest work Éclaircie at the Lawrence Arts Center on Feb 22 and 23. You can find details about tickets and this spring performance that is highlighting KU choreographers by clicking here. Éclaircie (defined as a bright or sunny interval following a period of darkness; a break in the clouds; lightning) is a modern dance infused with elements of the dance technique and ideologies of the Baroque period. It explores the dancer as three dancing bodies — Cosmic, Social, and Physical — the power that exists in the dialogue…