Brooklyn, New York
Born 1981, Ithaca, New York
Dancer, Media Artist
Over the past several years, I have developed a body of work addressing the creative potential of digital technologies in movement production. I often create choreography by rendering a virtual body in the built domain, employing motion capture, digital animation, 3D modeling, and choreographic software to generate movement material. "Choreography" involves designing a body onscreen, embodying its movements in real time, and performing the choreography live.
While developing this new artistic practice, I frequently question (and subvert) the spaces in which my work is performed, creating site-specific installations that playfully critique the venue presenting a dance. This generally involves a visual or sonic intervention in the periphery of each individual venue.
I am also deeply committed to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue with artists across media. With this in mind, I have established a cooperative studio space in which artists can congregate, develop ideas, and present work in a catalytic environment. I am interested in bringing innovative new work into direct conversation with contemporary thought and culture.
2004-2006 Studied Visual and Media Studies at the New School University
1998-2000 Studied Contemporary Dance Performance at North Carolina School of the Arts
2002-2006 Managing Director and Founder, Chez Bushwick Studios
2000-2006 Dancer, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
2004 Curator, Movement Research Festival 2004
2006 CHARADE, choreography and digital animation; premiered at Dance Theatre Workshop, New York
2005 SX STREET, collaborative performance work for camera, with Magnetic Laboratorium; screened at the Paris International Underground Film Festival, and Art | Basel | Miami Beach
2005 Readymaid, performance and installation; premiered at Chez Bushwick Studios, Brooklyn, New York
2005 NUDEDESCENDANCE, choreography and digital animation; performed at Dixon Place, La Mama ETC, Movement Research, PS 122, Symphony Space and other theatres in New York. Toured nationally and internationally.
2004 RSVP, choreography and sound installation; premiered at Dance Theatre Workshop, New York
2004 Octave, choreography and kinetic sculpture; premiered at Danspace Project, New York
2003 Septum, collaborative performance work for camera; premiered at Chez Bushwick Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Outer/Space Grant for Chez Bushwick Studios
2004 Caroline H. Newhouse Award
2004 Willard Swire Memorial Award
2000 Human Rights Award for Public Volunteerism
