artist statement

AS A BORICUA - MEXICANA 2ND GENERATION CHICAGO NATIVE, I CREATE DANCE FROM THE CROSSROADS OF ANCESTRAL STORIES, IDENTITIES and lineages THAT LIVE IN MY BODY, A DECOLONIAL PRAXIS IN THE LINEAGE OF GLORIA ANZALDUA’S BORDERLANDS THEORY. MY WORK EXPLORES HOW THE BODY, IN ALL ITS SHIFTING POLITICAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS, SERVES AS A VESSEL FOR CONtEMPORARY STORYTELLING. AS SUCH, IT BREAKS THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE, FRAMING TRADITION AS AN EVER-EVOLVING PRACTICE THAT LIVES INFINITELY WITHIN OUR BODIES, SPIRITS, generations, and not only in the past.

through a contemporary diasporic lens, my embodied research lies in the intersection of Modern Release and the Afro-Latin Diaspora, honoring the divine feminine and the spiritual traditions of my elders through an approach to movement that carries gutturally virtuosic, lush & raw, and sensually tender physicality.

Teaching artist statement

as a MOVEMENT educator, I believe that embodied practices are a necessary part of our liberation. I move with the intention to co-generate spirit-filled, safe, inclusive, and accessible movement spaces that center community and embrace the multiple identities and experiences in the room. I work to prioritize Building dance curriculum that centers and acknowledges cultural, historical, and spiritual context of genre and tradition.

As a culture bearer and an emerging latina leader in dance, i believe leadership development is essential at any stage, and i strive for opportunities to learn new tools to help organize, heal collective trauma, & shift patterns and systems that prevent equitable treatment and healthy culture for dancers in our field.