Dance
with Gabriel Mata in Diane Frank's Branch, Tendril, Vine (2016). Photo: Frank Chen
I began dancing ballet at the age of 4 and am grateful
to continue living every day as a full-time scholar and dancer. I received my early training at Pasadena Civic Ballet, the Perlman-Stoy School of Ballet and Stephens College. In 2009, I co-founded the Ballet Company at Berkeley and between 2011 and 2012, I taught and choreographed for the University of Cambridge Ballet Club. My training in contemporary dance began at UC Berkeley under Marit Brook-Kothlow and Felipe Barrueto-Cabello of Joe Goode Performance Group. I also trained at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Summer Lee Rhatigan. I have performed works by Christian Burns (BurnsWork), Alex Ketley (the Foundry), Diane Frank, Robert Moses, Adam Weinert, and Holly Stone. Dance and embodied research is fundamental to how I approach questions of power, freedom, autonomy, inclusion, and human flourishing.
in Alex Ketley's No Hero (2017 Restaging). Photo: Frank Chen
