I'm a mischief maker (performer), content creator (choreographer), daytime dreamer (writer), and movement schemer (cultural strategist) whose work lives at the intersection of dance, community, and social imagination. I'm no stranger to swirling on the edge of impossible, swimming in the sea of the minority.
As a 2017 Bessie Recipient, I conjure creative offerings around the U.S and abroad, and have received generous support from Contemporary Arts Center - New Orleans, National Performance Network, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, Keshet, MANCC, Marble House Project, Brooklyn Studios for Dance, Movement Research, Mount Tremper, New York Live Arts, Gibney Dance, Entertainment Community Fund (formally Actors Fund), Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Dancing While Black Fellowship, Bogliasco Fellowship, and Brooklyn Arts Council. I've contributed written works to Dance Magazine, Dance Enthusiast, and The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance.
As an art and culture advocate, I've had the pleasure to participate in Creative’s Rebuild New York (CRNY) Think Tank; The Field’s Artist Council; Dance/NYC’s Taskforce. Currently, I'm an administrative thought partner with Artist Resource Collective, and Director of Community Partnerships for the International Dance Festival New Orleans (IDFNOLA), curating workshops, dialogues, and outreach initiatives that bridge local audiences with global artists.
I was a co-organizer of the Dance Union (featured in the New York Times) through 2023, and named among Dance Magazine: 2021 "25 to Watch".
I'm a southern belle Brooklynite rooting in the Big Easy with special place for buttery biscuits, country ham, and collard greens. Stay Tuned.
Photo Credit: Gali Du