Much of my creative work explores choreographic strategies that guide people from trauma to healing. I see movement as a powerful way to embody the human experience, where choreography becomes a means of decision-making and fulfilling a need. Movement is always intentional, evolving, and deeply connected to our own bodies before extending outward to the world. I am particularly interested in how bodies engage with tasks, identity, history, and environment, recognizing that we all navigate transformation in different ways.

As a dance educator and disability ally, I view the body as the core of artistic expression and social discourse. Dance performance reveals and challenges cultural norms, highlighting how every body is perceived through the lenses of gender, race, health, and aging.

My research examines disability dance culture, exploring how difference can disrupt traditional ideas of beauty and aesthetics. I investigate how meaning and language emerge through performance, questioning assumptions about form and representation.

Though not disabled myself, my work is shaped by deep engagement with the Parkinson’s and physically integrated dance communities. For the past decade, I have taught weekly classes for individuals with Parkinson’s and young people with mental and physical disabilities. After recovering from injuries, I found renewed joy in movement through the disabled dance community, reconnecting with my original passion for dance.

Moving forward, my research will challenge societal ideas of health, normalcy, and beauty. I aim to examine who gets to dance and how cultural biases shape perceptions of the dancing body. Through inquiry and practice, I seek to disrupt hierarchical views of ability, fostering greater awareness and inclusion in dance.