Everybody can dance, so I believe that dance has the ability to speak to every individual in some manner. We as humans unknowingly choreograph everyday as we design the space we travel through, as well as communicate with our body language, picking up on subtle cues often not strong enough to be expressed in words. As a developing choreographer my curiosities stem from simple ideas about form. For me, form is our daily routines and schedules as well as other movement styles that may reach as far as the world of sports. I’m interested in the choices we make within form, whether we stay curious and unearth information within a familiar structure or completely abandon that structure and discover within the unknown. I’m fascinated in bridging opposing worlds together, such as two seemingly dissimilar entities like the sports and art world, and find that at the extremes of two opposing worlds exist great similarities and passion that can be brought to light for lovers of both to find something they can attach to. I believe it’s most interesting to first generate movement from our own natural way of moving and then dissect and build off our own natural tendencies. Most of the movement in my work often comes from my own site-specific and studio improvisations that are filmed and then reexamined through video. I then ask both myself and my dancers to generate their own phrase work based off my improvisation material. These new movement phrases are created into group and solo work that adds a new artistic voice to the original movement from the individual who is dancing it. There is a keen importance on focus that allows the dancers to assert themselves in space while connecting and acknowledging the other dancers they share the space with, each standing as individuals while part of a greater whole.