Biography
Independent dance artist – practices, teaches, and advocates for explorative methods of dance making. Performs solo and collaborative work internationally, her collaborations bridging diverse disciplines such as writing, video, music and visual art. Danced with leading groups in the field of experimental dance, including the Trisha Brown Dance Company (1979-85). Teaching experience spans the range of major colleges, studios and organizations, private practice and individual mentoring throughout the USA, Europe and Australia. Was on the faculty of the European Dance Development Center (EDDC), Arnhem (1990-2002). Since 2020, her creative practice and teaching have expanded to include work online, using the potential offered by virtual interconnectivity. Has an MFA degree (Dance Research Fellow) from Bennington College, VT, USA. Her practice and teaching methodology fuses elements of both Eastern and Western mindful-body practices that have influenced her thinking and moving, including Release Technique and Contact Improvisation, Ideokinesis, the Alexander Technique (ACAT certified teacher), Kinetic Awareness, and Taiji/Qigong, forms which engender trust in the body’s innate capacity for ease, efficiency and integrated openness, that stimulate its infinite potential for movement and that activate the imagination. The New York Judson dance revolution of the 1960’s has been profoundly influential, giving her current dance practice a passion for creative process and experimentation.