Raised in Harlem, I began my journey embodying history at LaRocque Bey School of Dance Theatre and the Dance Theater of Harlem. My interest in the body as a political artifact blossomed at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and deepened while studying at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY. While
at Purchase, I studied abroad at the Korea National School of Arts and B12 Berlin; those were my first experiences of truly being other, which enhanced my awareness around my field of perspective. I’m continuously cultivating my movement language by exploring the reflections of fantasy while abstracting the echoes of transgenerational trauma through my body of culture. Film, sound exploration, and object investigation have added dimensions to my practice of active archiving.
Here’s the list of organizations that have fed my practice:
Springboard Danse-curated Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation Founder’s Residency, Gallim Moving Artist(inaugural resident), Leimay Incubator, Center for Performance Research, and Baryshnikov Arts Center, Triskelion Arts, Beyond the Black Box, Black Aesthetics Judson Commons, Arts On Site, Movement Research, City Artist Corps Grants and the
Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
My practice takes the time that it takes, and with the support of residencies and
project grants, I’ve been able to find myself again and again while finding ways to share my findings with others. Each process evolves world-building practices, creating work with an attention to intention.
I am inspired by many people, so I won’t list them all. Instead, I’ll tell you a bit about my journey.
In collaboration with Johannes Wieland, I created an original solo.’19 Directly following undergrad, I met Maxine Doyle at Springboard Danse Montreal 19’ and in NYC premiered works by Loni Landon and Kayla Farrish. During the summer of a global pandemic, I presented ‘tenderheaded’ at the Battery Dance Festival and co-organized a BLM protest with Jon Batiste. On an August day in 2020, Kyle Abraham called me to premiere works and tour with AIM by Kyle Abraham. In the Fall of 2020, I became an adjunct lecturer and was commissioned by the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY, to create BLACKDIAMOND. On a cold February day in 2022, Maxine Doyle emailed me and asked me if I wanted to perform in Sleep No More, Shanghai. I was like DUH! After a while, I was in need of my community, so I returned home to NYC. In November 2023, I was Stefanie Batten Bland’s choreographic assistant and dancer for
Etudes by Carl Hancock Rux/ Mabou Mines; then she invited me to be 6 role swing in the original cast of Emursive Production’s Life And Trust. In January of 2025, I decided to focus on myself and start a dance theatre company.
I am a 2025 Movement Research Van Lier Emerging Artist of Color Fellow, mentored by Nora Chipaumire.
