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![A figure holds five large, grey-ish red rocks in their arms. The rocks are stacked neatly, but they still look heavy, and this person's arms are straining to carry them.]()
caught in stone
caught in stone invites the viewer to participate in an ongoing ethnographic project regarding the social functions of secrets by contributing their own secrets that will appear in future iterations.
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![Sarah facilitating a class in a dimly lit studio. She is walking around while five dancers are laying or sitting on the floor.]()
Disorientation Training
This workshop explores improvisation as both an ethnographic practice and method, encouraging participants to engage space, time, and meaning in unexpected ways.
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![Sarah is dressed in an all green outfit, contrasted against the dark stage. Her left leg is in the air; she looks at her foot. She bears her weight on hands and knees, hovering of the floor.]()
Traveling through the Dark
Inspired by William Stafford’s work by the same name, this dance draws upon the poem’s structure and theme of liminality in an investigation of composition techniques.
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![A person facing camera carries a giant pile of clothes. A large group sits facing them, retreating as the person advances toward the group.]()
fold.
fold. explores themes of identity through textile. A workshop experience in which participants are considered co-choreographers, no two performances of fold. are the same.
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Still Holding
Created during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, Still Holding grapples with memory, habit, shame, restraint, and loss of control over one's self.
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![The image appears as though looking through goggles or binoculars. On one side is a well-groomed woman wearing a dress. On the other side is her alter ego, wearing darker clothes and an undone hairstyle. They mirror each other in the same pose.]()
Love Me
Choreographed exclusively for a 360° format, Love Me explores the duality of and parallels between life as both a dancer and young woman. VR goggles/iPhone viewing recommended.
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![A woman stands with her back to the camera. She is somewhere in the desert. Her hair is blowing in the wind, and the though much of her face is obscured, she looks distressed.]()
Dry Bones Howling
Dry Bones Howling is a choose-your-own-adventure dance film in which players decide the fate of The Girl. Created in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an MFA in Dance.
