as a third culture kid,
i exist in the liminal space between two realities.
I reconcile this tension through the moving body as a site of relational-cultural engagement with the nostalgic weight of the diaspora.
How do we hold contradicting experiences?
How do we integrate embedded culture
within foreign ground?
And how do we create, respond, and be changed by our relationships to the spaces we inhabit, rather than treating them as background?
I embark on this journey of inquiry to understand and articulate this feeling of estrangement — sculpting stories through movement and dance as a way to hold the complexities we carry as living-bodies-being-in-the-world.
Through remaining in the exploration of
sustained questioning, openings are revealed for the unforeseen to unfold — for inspiration to be sparked by the relationships between people, themes, locations, environments, and the momentum or stagnation of energy.
My practice is rooted in genuine curiosity, committed exploration, and the ongoing discovery and negotiation of body, space, and meaning.
I am constantly in search of how to bridge the gap between performer and audience, so the experience becomes a happening that we live together rather than something one side performs at the other.
As an educator, I cultivate an environment where a movement practice becomes the study of our lived-body-being-in-the-world. I hold, and help others realize, that dance is not to be explored through competitive or performative motives, but rather as a way to connect and understand ourselves in relation to the world and our communities.
My artistic practice is how I protest and revolt against the overwhelmingly corrupt systems we are a part of.
With heaviness, curiosity, and openness in my heart, I continue to experiment, research, discover, and evolve my craft with practitioners and artists who value possibility through collective action. The power lies in the transformative unity of people working in search of truth and positive change in the world.
