About Me

I am a dancer currently training at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Prior to college I had a lot of ballet training. Both of my parents were professional ballet dancers, so I grew up in that world. I knew that I wanted to dance, but ballet was clearly not for me.  I began to become interested in modern dance around early high school. I loved the physicality of it and the freedom of movement. Ballet felt so static compared to the possibilities that modern dance offered. 

I believe that dance is more than just a physical activity. It is a philosophy through which I can view the whole world. Dance engages both mind and body, and I find that dancers are therefore much more integrated people. My movement can be inspired by everyday motion, whether that be someone fidgeting by a bus stop or the way flocks of birds change directions in the sky. My choreography is influenced by everything that I read, see, hear, or experience. Dancing is the most human form of communication, and I find that the ideas I feel that I cannot verbalize I can still express through movement.