MY CHOREOGRAPHY.

My art references the oppositional gaze and the “rebellious act of looking back,” as referenced by bell hooks. As a choreographer, I value empowering students to resist spectatorship. Their choices inform how I respond to the music and environment. Through narrative and various choreographic techniques, I mirror the Africanist Aesthetics of ephebism, “coolness,” polyrhythm, polycentrism, curvilinearity, dimensionality, epic memory, holism, and repetition. I use Kariuamu Welsh’s seven senses as a way of juxtaposing Western notions of choregraphing. I encourage vulnerability and self-awareness from all parties involved. Incorporating gaze is a way to honor the intersectional identities of my performers as well as honor their humanity. ​

CONCERT DANCE

Unearthed
Live Performance + Projection
 Premiere, 10 minutes, group

Premiere 
How Far Is Now?, September 21st-23rd, 2023, The University of Utah, Marriott Center for Dance

Performers 
Tori Gilbert, Makiya Green, Henrik Gustafson, Madeline Nelson, Olivia Schmaltz, Allison Shafter, McKenna Steneman, and Katie Winslow

Lighting Design 
William Peterson
​
Costumes 
Christopher Larson

And Then They Danced All Night Long
Premiere, 4 minutes, Solo

Premiere 
Parachute 1, April 13th, 2023, The Clubhouse, Salt Lake City, UT

Performer
Josie Beck

Lighting Design
Arin Lynn
​
Costume
Josie Beck

down, down baby
 Premiere, 10 minutes, duet

Premiere
Jacob's Pillow Hick's Choreography Informal Showing
​
Performers 
Stephanie García & Vivienne Williams

​Costume Design 
Christopher Larson
​
Music 
Sisters composed by Dylan Romaine in collaboration with Irishia Hubbard 

on the day of this day
Premiere, 10 minutes, Solo

Premiere 
Parachute 2, May 1st, SpyHop, Salt Lake City, UT

Performer
Madeline Nelson

Lighting Design
​Arin Lynn,

Costume
​​Madeline Nelson

AND STILL
​10 minutes, Solo

Premiere
The Wallace Foundation’s Artist Salon, March 1st, Virtual Performance

Performer
Rebekah Guerra

Costumes
Christopher Larsen

Sacred Matters
11 minutes, Group 

Premiere
BlakTinx Dance Festival, September 16th & 17th, Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Performers
Aki Adabale, Edgar Aguirre, Julianna Cressman, Carl Cubero, Maketa Daniels, Dennis Dang, Dominik Haws, Irishia Hubbard, Alize Irby, Robert Jimenez, Julienne Mackey, Oscar Manzo, Janine Montag, and Kiana Robinson

Lighting Design
Ebony Madry      
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Costume Design
Julie Keen

Music
You Don't Hear No Drums by Wynton Marsalis
God Don't Like Ugly by Wynton Marsalis
Representative Offerings by Wynton Marsalis Septet
​I See The Light" by Wynton Marsalis Septet ​

COMMERCIAL DANCE 

Paris
​(2019)

Vibrations
​(2019)

Rewind
​(2018)

Xigubu
​(2017)