I am a dance performance artist, educator, and creator based in Brooklyn, NY. My movement practice, both on stage and in the classroom, centers around unveiling//distorting the anatomical//social form and function of my Asian body. My work is a continuous chase to understand my distant Japanese ancestry while embodying the complexities of diaspora and struggles of femininity within the contexts of patriarchy and fetishization.
I have been invited to teach or choreograph for the Limon Dance Company Summer Intensive, BigKid Summer Create + Connect, Gibney Dance Summer Studies, and DISCO RIOT.
Since earning my BFA from Point Park University in 2019, I have been a company member with Sidra Bell Dance New York (SBDNY). In 2022, I was appointed Rehearsal Director. With the company, I have taught at institutions such as Harvard University, The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, University of the Arts, SUNY Purchase, and more.
ABOUT ME
PERFORMANCE CREDITS
SIDRA BELL DANCE NEW YORK
COMMUNION - 2024 at Gibney Dance Center, NYC
Role: Dancer and Rehearsal Director
ARENA - 2023 at Petzel Gallery, NYC
Sidra Bell x Derek Fordjour Collaboration
Role: Choreographic Assistant and Rehearsal Director
IN|REP: Introspection (An Evening of Works) - 2022 at Gibney Dance Center, NYC
Role: Dancer, Soloist, and Rehearsal Director
IN|REP: Presented by the Jefferson James Contemporary Dance Series - 2022 at Jason-Kaplan Theater, Cincinnati, OH
Role: Dancer and Soloist
waiting — 2020 at The 92nd Street Y, Harkness Dance Center, NYC
(Online Broadcast)
Role: Dancer
BIFOLD: An evening of works with SBDNY, Staycee Pearl dance project & Soy Sos - 2020 at Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Role: Dancer
IN|REP: Presented by CUNY Dance Initiative - 2019 at Hostos Center for Arts and Culture, The Bronx, NY
Role: Dancer
KOSTAS CONTEMPORARY DANCE
In All Forms - 2022 at Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Role: Dancer
WLDFLWR DANCE COLLECTIVE
permanence - 2022 at Tada! Theater, NYC
Role: Dancer
EDUCATION ROLES
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (SBDNY)
Harvard University
University of the Arts
SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance
ASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER (SBDNY)
The Juilliard School
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Marymount Manhattan College
University of Michigan
GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER/TEACHER
Limon Summer Intensive
2023 - NYC
BigKids Summer and Winter Create + Connect
2022/2023 - Philedelphia, PA
Gibney Summer Studies
2024 - NYC
DISCO RIOT Pop In/Pop Out Master Class
2024 - San Diego, CA
CHOREOGRAPHY
presented by THAT SHOW
Index Space, NYC (2024)
"A MEDITATION ON DISTORTED LINEAGE"
presented by LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival
Campos Community Garden, NYC (2024)
performed by BigKid Summer Create + Connect participants
Philedelphia, PA (2023)
made possible by MOtiVE Brooklyn, NY (Space Grantee, 2023)