What is the world like around you?
The world around me seems to always be going, with a busy schedule of school, work, family, boyfriend, and friends. I choose to still live at home to save money. I have a semi- large family, so there’s always someone around. With a new semester at school life and scheduling is crazy. I need organization to survive. I get to see my friends and competition everyday. I teach at a local studio, nearby my house, which is demanding yet a great time to teach little ones my passion. Time with my boyfriend is quite precious, seeing we are both so busy. The world around me seems fast paced, and competitive. I usually try to remain un-stressed and think about things in the long run and how this “busy now” will aid in my future.
What is your dance lineage?
I was put in dance at the young age of two, danced at various studios around time. I trained for several years at the Milwaukee Ballet School, and Danceworks throughout high school. After high school, I knew college was in my future so I decided to become a dancer major and further expand my dance knowledge. So far I’ve learned so many great things. I’ve had the opportunity to work with Alberto Del Saz, from the Nikolais Loius Foundation, that was a great experience! And I am currently working in a piece with Ed Burgess, which is just as exciting and fun. My influences are mostly my teachers, and the things they teach me. The world around me also affects my influence in creating works.
What are your interests?
My interests in dance can vary. I love seeing new things that I’ve never seen before. I like organic movement and enjoy fun and comedic works. Strong technique is also a plus, to watch. I really enjoy gestural and pedestrian movement. There’s something about seeing stuff that people do everyday, in a new form on stage. I think most people can closely relate to movement that they can or usually do. I love the works of Hubbard Street Dance, and Batsheva Dance Company. My teacher, Ed Burgess really interests me. His tone of movement is an attraction. I’m interested in things that look unusual or abstract. Creating a curiosity for the audience is fun.
Why should “the public” care about your work?
I think “the public” should care about my work because I feel that I would never just do anything without a purpose. My goal would be to attract people to my work and make it entertaining/interesting to all types of people. One goal in my works would be to please the audience or “the public” and create something I’d feel means a lot to me, and invest a lot of myself into, so I’d hope because of that they’d care about my work. More than just the “public” wanting to appreciate my work, it would be very important to me to have my community, classmates, and teachers care about my work. My community because they are the most local viewers, and I’d hope they’d support me. My classmates, because they are the working alongside me, we are here to support each other. And my teachers, because they are my inspiration.
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