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Photography: Ben Semisch

“it’s the same sky i see as yours,” Making Space Dance Festival (2022)
– invited by tbd. dance collective to choreograph a movement piece for Making Space Dance Festival 2022
– “it’s the same sky i see as yours” is a choreographic piece explores the themes of absence, existence, and non-existence. The piece prompts contemplation on the nature of acknowledgment, sparking questions about what it genuinely takes for us to recognize the existence of something. This exploration challenges perceptions, inviting reflection on the interplay between tangible proofs and the role of blind faith in validating existence.

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“MOON 14,” original dance project (2022)

– planned and directed the event involving a community dance class followed by a dance performance
– “MOON 14” is a dance experience honoring the beauty of incompletion and the beauty of its promise to be whole. Incompletion is not imperfection; it is a state perfect as it is because this state promises a future that is more improved than the presence.

“my body is a system of memories,” solo choreography with original music and slam poetry (2021)

– selected to perform at the Lied Center for Performing Arts’ Main Stage (World’s Top 100 Theatre)
– choreographed and performed with live slam poetry
– curated the music with Salahuddin Al Raisi (sound designer)
– curated the poem with Gisselle Heracleo (slam poet)

– curated lighting with Francisco Hermosillo III

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Design: Dieu-Thao Duong

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“our roots are anchored,” choreography on four other dancers (2020)

– selected to travel and perform at the American College Dance Association Conference (ACDA), (was NOT able
to perform due to the COVID19 Pandemic)

Photography: Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts