I follow concurrent paths as a dancer, maker, neuroscientist, and social & environmental strategist.
Uniting these lives is my concern for the dangerously powerful human practice of “othering”. In my view, it is this ability to “other” that has precipitated the most pressing relational breakdowns of our time: the breakdown of our relationship to ourselves (manifesting in mental health as it intersects with identity/body politics), to each other (manifesting in local and global structural inequities), and to our planet (manifesting in natural resource depletion, environmental destruction, and climate change).
PERSONAL STATEMENTHaihara Center Dance Artist-In-Residence
September 2022 || Tampere, Finland
Maker, performer & facilitator of Rewilding The Body– a piece uniting environmental rewilding tactics, queer theory, & psychology-based movement practices. WIP showing & inclusion-oriented workshops shared at Pirkanmaan Tanssinkeskus.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEOtherwise Collective
August 2020-present || Amsterdam, NL
Maker & performer in works blending art, science, tech & activism – incl. Vincula (2020; INSIGHT Festival, Berlin), A Wave Is Just A Circle Dispersed By Time (2021; The Loft, Kiel), and The Plant Is Present (2022; Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam).
Heidi Vierthaler
2022-2023 || Amsterdam, NL
Performer, collaborator & facilitator in Streamflow – incl. community-oriented work aimed at mood & body image enhancement for non-dancers.
Iris Woutera & Co.
April 2019-present || Amsterdam/Rotterdam, NL & Prague, CZ
Performer in works incl. Deform (2019-2021; Prague Quadrennial & Het Nieuwe Instituut),
Collective Loom (2020; Het Hem), and BloB (2021-2022; Nieuw & Meer & De Actertuin).
TerazNow Dance Theatre
January 2019-present || Amsterdam/Rotterdam, NL & Brussels, BE
Performer & collaborator in works incl. After We Land (2018; Laaktheater & Amsterdam
Dansdagen) and The Garden of Earthly Delights (2021-2022; Toneelgarage Rotterdam).
Dance Connects Company
2019 season || Amsterdam, NL
Performer & facilitator in works created in collaboration with the elderly incl.
With All Our Senses (2019; w/ ICK Dance at Theatre Meervaart).
Liat Magnezy Productions
2018 season || Schiedam, NL
Performer in flaneur-based piece (h)Oogstraat (presented in public space).
Lali Ayguadé
July 2018 || Berlin, DE
Performer in Lost Souls (presented at B12 Festival)
Boston Dance Theatre / Itzik Galili
2017 season || Boston, USA
Performer in MOTH (choreography adapted for company by Itzik Galili & Jessie Jeanne Stinnett).
Harvard University
Cognitive Neuroscience & Dance, B.A. (Summa Cum Laude)
2013-2017
EDUCATIONOgmia Dance Company / Eduardo Vallejo
July 2023-present || Madrid, ES
Performer with Ogmia for the new production, Glass House, premiering in Teatro del Bosque (Madrid) and Teatro Jovellanos (Gijón) for Danza Xixón.
Candela Murillo / Starkbravado
March - June 2023 || Haarlem, NL
Performer in HUMANJI, a kaleidoscope of perspectives on darkness, combining movement, sound, and paint. Presented at Het Nieuwe Vide (Haarlem) & upcoming locations (Amsterdam & Rotterdam).
Manuela Benaim / DOOR Foundation
March 2023 || Amsterdam, NL
Performer in OSMOSIS, a performance-installation exploring fluid identity & hyper-realistic second skins. Presented at DOOR Open Space & in upcoming film.
Compagnia Zappalà Danza, MoDem
Dance, Professional Training Program
2015-2017
The School at Steps on Broadway
Dance, Pre-Professional Program
2009-2013
Stowe Dance Academy
Dance, Childhood Training
1998-2009