about

My fascination with movement began with gymnastics then shifted to dance in college. While completing my BA in dance at UNLV, I performed as an acrobat/dancer in the Las Vegas shows, Imagine and Les Folies Bergere, where I learned how to do the same show, two shows a night, six nights a week, and still appear to be alive and genuine. For the month of August 2000, I performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a trip which introduced me to European aesthetics in contemporary dance. I spent a year and a half in Tokyo working as and aerialist for Disney before traveling to Montréal for creative workshops with Cirque du Soleil. Here I played the role of test-dummy/creative contributor in the building of the multimillion-dollar production that became KA at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. KA's choreographer Jacques Heim invited me to do a brief project with his LA based company Diavolo Dance Theater, before returning to Las Vegas to perform as a dancer/acrobat/stunt person in KA for two years. During this time, I created my own work for the Dance in the Desert Festival, and Nevada Dance Project, and also returned to UNLV as a guest artist. In Dec. 2006, after losing interest in the entertainment world, I moved to New York to pursue my own work. Here I have shown my short solos at Studio A.I.R, Green Loft Performance Salon, Triskelion Arts, Abrons Arts Center, Spoke the Hub, the Dumbo Dance Festival, the Cool New York Dance Festival, the New Steps Series, the Bushwick Starr, Dance New Amsterdam, MonkeyTown, Galapagos Art Space, The Living Theatre, and Brooklyn Arts Exchange. I did an uninvited guerrilla performance at Judson Church, so it's questionable whether or not Judson should appear on my list of venues. My first full-length piece 'do not disconnect' premiered at the Onyx Theatre in Las Vegas in May 2008.  Exactly a year later (May 2009), my second evening-length piece 'Stress Positions' premiered at Roulette in NYC. Both were collaborations with video artist and musician Jarryd Lowder.