Teaching Philosophy

​​As a teaching artist in movement, I am interested in the intersections between creativity, technology, personal agency, and the anthropology of mechanics. I believe that dance enables the body to participate in the development of a cultural identity through the art of exploring, understanding, and questioning. I approach dance studies through four primary principles: a critical inquiry into cultural contexts of dance; integration of embodied knowledge; democratic/student-centered pedagogies; and a community-engaged approach that demonstrates the vitality of dance across disciplines and cultures. With occupations in the field of dance more diverse than ever before, I see my role as an educator both one that allows for individual voices to explore applications of art in new ways, and also as a teacher of cooperation and community building.

I am deeply committed to training whole and thoughtful individuals as performers, dance makers, dance activists, and embodied members of today’s society. I am committed to the power of dance as a “sub-linguistic” form of expression and am continually amazed in its ability to weave together the personal and the universal.