Education
· 2005-2008 University of Minnesota, Theater Arts and Dance, BA in Dance
· 2000-2004 University of New Mexico, Dance
· Trained in: Ballet, Limon, Graham, Horton, Alexander Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Improvisation, and Subbody Butoh
· Notable workshops: Eiko and Koma, Damien Jalet, Luis Malvacias, Ko Murobushi, Tere O’Connor, Imre Thormann, David Zambrano, Natsuo Nakajima, Vangeline, Peter Pleyer, Stephanie Maher, Kathleen Hermsdorf, Ishmael Houston-Jones, and Jennifer Monson.
Choreography
· 2022 – small things dying under a clear blue sky 7 4 hours, solo durational performance within an installation and gallery exhibition of my visual art and film. Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
· 2021 – ALTER – 3 hours, collaboration - durational improvised quartet performed outside in Brooklyn and Manhattan, NY
· 2020 - in a dark forest partly illuminated 20 minutes, Solo part of a multi-part work of a study on the seen and unseen. Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC, NY
· 2019 - small things dying under a clear blue sky 1 15 minutes, Solo variation of a study on living and dying. Herkimer 9, NYC, NY
- small things dying under a clear blue sky 2 Solo performance installation. Ponderosa, Stolzenhagen, Germany
- small things dying under a clear blue sky 3 15 minutes, Solo variation
- small things dying under a clear blue sky 4 Quartet performance installation and 30-minute variation DMAC Theater, NYC, NY
- small things dying under a clear blue sky 5 15 minutes, Solo variation. Chinatown Soup, NYC, NY
- small things dying under a clear blue sky 6 Quartet Part 1, 30 minutes. Part 2, 20 minutes, Movement Research Fall Festival Danspace, NYC, NY
· 2018 - (inside)(black and gold) 10 minutes, Solo. Restaging of “Black and Gold” commissioned by the Duo Theater, NYC, NY
Void work in progress, study of the corner score. Movement Research, NYC, NY
· 2016 - City Center Dance 90 minutes Solo Improvisation. Made Here series, MPLS, MN
Jack’s Box 45 minutes, Solo, study of a mother and son. Ponderosa, Germany
· 2015 - Black and Gold 10 minutes, Solo, study of the multitude of feelings below the surface; in reference to Steven Meisels reference to Odd Nerdrum. Intermedia Arts, MPLS MN
· 2014 - Her Shadow 45 minutes, Solo, study of a black-widow-housewife. Outlet Series, MPLS, MN
· 2013 - Seed 1 hour, Solo, study of an other-worlds-maker. Soap Factory, MPLS, MN
White on White with Red 1 hour, study of micro-movement and color. White Page Gallery, MPLS, MN
· 2012 - Remote Reflection 60 minutes, Trio, collaboration with Jessica Briggs. Bryant Lake Bowl, MPLS, MN
Gay Ass Dance Presentation 10 minutes, Solo, study of sexualizing body parts. Intermedia Arts and Bryant Lake Bowl, MPLS, MN
· 2011 - Little Lambzydivey 10 minutes, Solo study of cowboys in turmoil. Bedlam Theater, MPLS, MN
Skumminbird: One and Two 4 hours each, Solo, Site Specific Butoh Improvisation. Loring Park, MPLS, MN
Hold It Mary 6 minutes, boylesque commissioned for Cirque du so Gay. The Saloon, MPLS, MN
· 2010 - Shea; not lost but found 15 minutes, Solo, study for self-healing. Bedlam Theater, MPLS, MN
Portrait; for milk or honey 10 minutes, Solo, study of human bondage. Bryant Lake Bowl, MPLS, MN
· 2008 - 3 dreams: Mother, Lotus, and Lovers 60 minutes, Site Specific Movement Installation. MPLS, MN
Lost Child: Lost and Losing/Consumption 30 minutes, study of cycles of violence, featured at the American College Dance Festival (WI)
Performance
· 2022 – Marija Krtolica, Re-Inventing Love (Ensemble and Soloist)
The Brick, Brooklyn, NY
The Players, New York, NY
· 2021 – Marija Krtolica, Re-Inventing Love (Ensemble and Soloist)
The Brick, Brooklyn, NY
· 2019 - Ren Gyo Soh, Yoshiko Usami The Goddesses Project (Ensemble and Soloist)
· 2018 - Yoshiko Chuma School of Hard Knocks, Five Car Pile Up (Ensemble)
Judson Church, New York, NY
- Emily Climer Phantoms Ghost Phantoms, (Ensemble and Soloist)
Triskelion Theater New York, NY
- Ren Gyo Soh, SHINKA (Ensemble)
Flamboyan at the Clemente New York, NY
- Aniccha Arts, 3600 Cuts (Ensemble and Soloist)
Gibney Dance New York, NY
· 2016 - Nenkin Butoh Dan, Odori-Ba – Dancing Places (Ensemble and Soloist)
Southern Theater MPLS, MN
· 2015 - Chris Schlichting, Stripe Tease (Ensemble and Soloist)
Premiered at Walker Art Center MPLS, MN
Also performed in Austin, American Dance Institute, Chicago, New York City, & Cedar Rapids (2016)
- Morgan Thorson, Still Life (Ensemble and Soloist)
Weisman Art Museum MPLS, MN
- Aniccha Arts, Headroom (Solo Improvisation) Directed by Pramila Vasudevan
Southern Theater, MPLS, MN
- Aniccha Arts, Every Other (Ensemble and Soloist) SAGE Award Nominated for Outstanding Performance, Grain Belt Factory, MPLS, MN
- Judith Howard, Field (Ensemble and Soloist)
Studio 206 and Carlton College MN
- Pramila Vasudevan, Headroom (Solo)
Southern Theater MPLS, MN
- Nenkin Butoh Dan, Ms Superior; When She Knows What It Is, It Isn’t (Solo)
Site Specific MPLS, MN
· 2014 - Nenkin Butoh Dan, FU-KU-SHI-MA (Ensemble) SAGE Award for Outstanding Ensemble
TEK BOX Theater, MPLS, MN
- Chris Schlichting, Dance USA (Ensemble) Excerpts from Stripe Tease
TEK BOX Theater, MPLS, MN
· 2013 - Aniccha Arts, F6 (Ensemble and Soloist)
Southern Theater, MPLS, MN
- Georges-Nicolas Tremblay, Danses Des Refuses (Ensemble and Soloist)
TEK BOX Theater, MPLS, MN
- Nenkin Butoh Dan, Butoh Jam (Solo)
Sight Specific MPLS, MN
- Chris Schlichting, Matching Drapes (Ensemble) SAGE Award for Outstanding Ensemble
Red Eye Theater MPLS, MN
· 2012 - Ferenc Feher, Empty Rooms (Duet)
Performed in Yaroslavl, Russia as part of Link Volstok Festival
- Aniccha Arts, In Habit (Ensemble and Soloist)
Performed for 9 hours as part of Northern Spark in MPLS, MN
- Emily King, Wigs and Dresses (Trio- Performed with Live Action Set)
Southern Theater MPLS, MN
· 2011 - Aniccha Arts, Words for Dead Lips (Ensemble and Soloist)
Performed for Regional Dance Development Institute in St Cloud, MN
- Ferenc Feher, Empty Rooms (Duet)
Southern Theater, MPLS, MN
- Max Wirsing, We All Died and Came Back Easier (Ensemble)
Pillsbury House Theater, MPLS, MN
- Jessica Briggs, Long Vanishing Spirals or Something of That Nature (Ensemble)
Walker Art Center, MPLS, MN
- Jaime Carrera, Public (Ensemble)
Envy Nightclub, MPLS, MN
- Jessica Briggs and Nick LeMere, Tidal Tendencies (Ensemble)
Bryant Lake Bowl, MPLS, MN
- Tyler Jenson, Black Mold (Solo dance for Film)
Sight Specific, MN
· 2010 - Time Track Productions “30 Years in 30 Minutes” (Ensemble) Choreography: Paula Mann
Red Eye Theater MPLS, MN USA
· 2009 - Time Track Productions “I Love Tomorrow” (Ensemble) Choreography: Paula Mann
Dance Theater Workshop NY, NY USA
Barbara Barker MPLS, MN USA
- Jennifer Glaws, Seen (Ensemble)
Minnesota Institute of Art, MPLS, MN
- April Sellers, Voltage Fashion (Ensemble)
First Avenue, MPLS, MN
- Emily King, They Are At Home Here (Ensemble)
Bedlam Theater, MPLS, MN
· 2008 - Trisha Brown “Planes” Concept by Trisha Brown and reconstructed by Wil Swanson
Walker Arts Center MPLS, MN USA
- Time Track Productions “Wandering Ones” (Ensemble and Soloist) Choreography: Paula Mann
· 1998 - 2007- Details available upon request.
Dance and Experimental Film
· 2022 – small things dying under a clear blue sky
· 2021 – in a dark forest partly illuminated; messages from the void
- Time
- (Raw) Time
- Flesh Strangely Arranged…
- Fire Under Water
· 2020 – Liminal Entry
- Haunted Haus
- Between Touching and Not Touching
- Saturnine
- Nonlinear Contemplations
- This is how you ride a motorcycle
Awards
· 2019 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship
· 1015 Sage Award Nominated for Outstanding Performer
· 2015 Sage Award for Outstanding Ensemble (Nenkin Butoh Dan, FU-KU-SHI-MA)
· 2012 Sage Award for Outstanding Ensemble (Chris Schlichting, Matching Drapes)
· 2007 Marg Maddux- Scholarship for Outstanding Artistic Performance (University of MN)
· 2005 Regents’- Full Scholarship for Outstanding Artistic Performance (University of NM)
· 2005 Full Scholarship for the Jose Limon Workshop (Artistic Director Carla Maxwell)