…each choreographer speaks a distinct language. We often call this “movement language,” but it extends beyond steps to every choice a work contains: dancers, music, costumes, composition, props, design. Together, these elements form a syntax, a way of speaking.

And while in life I have only one mother, in dance I have had many mothers and fathers. These are the artists whose work shaped my understanding of what the stage is and what a performative act can hold. The ones who influenced how I “speak” today were those who allowed me to walk through their creative worlds, absorbing fragments of vocabulary along the way.Read more