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Crickets

Last Saturday I had a blast performing an as-yet-untitled work-in-progress duet choreographed by Amy Jacobus and danced alongside Alexandra Pinel at the DanceNOW[NYC] Raw showing at Gibney Dance Center. Several artists showcased works of 5 minutes or less followed by … Continue reading

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On “magical thinking.”

On February 15th I had the distinct honor to perform a piece called “The Dress” alongside the incredible Linda Tarnay (former chair of NYU’s Tisch Dance department for most of the time I was a student there) at Movement Research … Continue reading

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Performing at DanceNOW on 4/6

I’m pumped to let you know that I’ve been in the studio working on a short little duet diddy directed by talented dancemaker Amy Jacobus & danced with fierce friend Allie Pinel. I serve on Dance/NYC’s Junior Committee with these … Continue reading

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Why Queens and I are now like *this.*

This weekend I performed my improvised solo Ascent twice at In-sight Dance’s Suite Summer Festival in Long Island City Queens. I extend a big tip of the hat to In-sight, who have made it their mission to raise the profile … Continue reading

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Suite Summer in the Sweet Summer

Exciting news: I’ll be re-staging my duet Ascent, originally presented at NYU, as a solo in the In-Sight Dance Company’s Third Annual Suite Summer Festival. Here’s the trailer: And here are the deets: Thursday, August 2nd at 8pm and Saturday, August 4th at 3pm … Continue reading

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From Tel Aviv with Love

Well, I am here in Israel. I arrived on Friday morning very early and, after many technology failures and general hijinks, I was picked up on the side of the road by the Azrieli shopping center in front of the … Continue reading

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Heading to the Holyland

Last week I was thrilled to learn that I’ve been awarded a modest grant from NYU to go study contemporary dance in Israel this Summer. It seemed my friends and family were thrilled, too: in a pretty absurd turn of … Continue reading

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Photos from Rehearsal at Gibney Dance

VaBang! Dance Company is gearing up for a performance as part of the Green Space Blooms Festival on April 14th. Here are some shots from the studio last weekend. Shoutouts to faboosh V! intern (and Tisch Dance student, woop woop) … Continue reading

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at least I’m not a lumberjack…

According to this, being a dancer is one of the six worst jobs in the United States.

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Photos from Rock Om in Boston

Just saw some sneak peeks of photos from my performance late last month in Boston at OBERON. Look!              

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