Dance Film Selfie
Dance Film Selfie is an archival self-portrait series of dancing in public spaces. The work is shared over many platforms: social media, film-screenings, and live-performances. The film has been screened and performed live at The CURRENT SESSIONS in New York City (2014), Breaking Ground Festival in Phoenix Arizona (2018), Mobile Dance Film Festival (NYC) (2018), and was a part of the keynote address at the 2017 Utah Dance Film Festival.
FLEX
A performance that explores the history of Jay’s family and culture through dance. As the youngest child to a migrant-working,Catholic, Filipino family, this story helps illuminate the complex and often erased history of many Filipino-Americans. More on FLEX…
Out of Bounds
Site-responsive performance that examines borders as sites of trauma and possible healing. Over 30 performers crawl out of the ocean, bound by ropes and walk with the audience to land. The work asks how moving together can become a call to action. More on Out of Bounds…
LANDLOCKED
Created in collaboration with Bangkok City Ballet and DD Flection, LANDLOCKED was first performed in Thailand in 2020 during a creative residency at Bangkok 1899. As a site-adaptable work, LANDLOCKED is meant to position itself in direct relationship to the community in which it is performed. More on LANDLOCKED…
fold, unfold, refold
Developed in collaboration with composer, Alex Wand, fold, unfold, refold uses cardboard and microphones to amplify movement into a powerful soundscape. An exercise in material and psychic impact, the work interrogates how the smallest of actions can have the greatest of consequences. More on fold…
Sometimes I fall
This work is a reflection on the challenges and conveniences of living and working in Southern California. Set in a parking lot with the audience surrounding the action on two sides, they become a voyeuristic backdrop reflecting on our distance from one another as well as the movement between them. More on Sometimes I Fall…
RAKED
Developed in 2016 for homeLA, RAKED is a ritual performance set on a dirt hill at a private residence in the Rose Hill neighborhood of El Sereno. A methodical laboring of construction and destruction, RAKED illustrates the lasting and often damaging impact we have on the land beneath our feet. More on RAKED…
△▽△▽ (four triangles)
Powered by sacred geometry, resonant frequencies, pattern recognition, random number generators, and cosmic alignments, four triangles embraces the beauty and mystery of our surroundings. More on four triangles…