choreography

My work as a choreographer and art maker emerges from the intertwined textures of dramaturgical inquiry and the political pulse of queer movement traditions. Shaped in equal measure by research and embodied practice, my choreographic work reaches beyond movement for movement’s sake, insisting instead that every gesture, pause, and breath is laden with intent—a reverberation of histories, identities, and reclamations. I am deeply informed by the radical lineage of ballroom and queer performance spaces, where movement exists as both survival and spectacle, where choreography is not merely personal expression but a politically charged act of self-definition. In each instance, my work ‘on my feet’ cannot be unmarried from the histories and traditions I learned ‘'on the street,’ pulling from protest practices, informal artistic networks, and trans/queer activism.

In my practice, choreography is as much about unraveling as it is about building. Each piece is a question, an encounter with the histories of bodies like mine and unlike mine, all circling the central axis of consent and inclusion. My creative process is grounded in rigorous dramaturgy and research, unearthing the stories that underscore the movement, and rooting choreography in a context that honors its multifaceted origins. Here, I lean into dramaturgical frameworks not only to situate the work within a broader sociopolitical landscape but to destabilize and rethink conventional norms of movement. In this way, each work I create becomes an act of excavation, of bringing to light the untold narratives embedded in gesture and form.

I’ve come to understand choreography as a collaborative negotiation, a dance of proximity, power, and intimacy that honors the agency of all bodies involved. My approach to intimacy choreography is inextricably linked to a consent-based ethic—an insistence that bodies, particularly those marked by marginalization, must be given full autonomy in their expressive capacities. Working from queer traditions that valorize defiance and resilience, I push against the passive reception of choreography, seeking instead to provoke questions and encounters, to foster a dialogue between performers and audiences that is at once empathic and confrontational.

This practice is, above all, a reclamation of movement as a vehicle for agency and autonomy. In all instances, I strive to create spaces where choreography breathes with an undeniable, radical intentionality—an embodied politics that does not simply represent but insists on being felt. My work stands as a testament to movement’s potential to transcend and disrupt, to carve out new avenues of identity and belonging, and to communicate what words so often fail to capture: the raw, resilient heartbeat of queerness in motion. Below, I’ve shared images from some of my favorite projects as a choreographer and/or consultant.