I used to live in a small, two-story house just north of Detroit. In the  summertime I would wake up early, before anyone else,  and scamper downstairs. If I was lucky, and woke up early enough, I’d get chance to see this small shaft of sunlight peak through the backdoor and down the stairs. In silence I would stand there and watch as the dust particles drift, float and dance in the morning light. The light made them beautiful. 

My friends might not believe this story because I was a child full of movement and noise. But this was my quiet, secret, ritual. 

Today I am an adult in a world full of movement and noise. I use my camera to find the quiet moments when light turns people beautiful.

I began dancing at age 20 while studying Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. Banned from pursuing a dance major, I spent two years studying scientific illustration and Anthropology before moving to NYC pursuing dance anyway.  After completing the Peridance 2-year Certificate program in Ballet and Contemporary Dance I began working as a freelance dancer, choreographer and fitness instructor.  In 2016 I was selected as a Mare Norstrum Emerging Choreographer and produced my first 10-minute group choreography piece. I went on to create a series of “pop-up” dances around the NYC area while working for companies such as Minute Zero, the Caterina Rago Dance Company, Makeup Forever and DevaCurl before getting side-lined by a major injury. While Recovering I began working under the dance photographer Rachel Neville and learning how to do videography and editing. 

In 2018 I was given a space grant by the Tank and produced my first evening-length, 60-minute, show called, “The Bridge”.  I also began producing dance shorts and, in that same year, was selected as a Cucalorus dance and film artist-in-residence.

In 2019 I moved to San Francisco where I continued freelancing as a dancer, instructor and choreographer while working for the ODC Dance Company in marketing as a video content creator. When the pandemic hit I began working directly with the dance company, initially making short dance clips, then larger montages, and finally fully produced dance films in collaboration with their artistic director Brenda Way. 

I’ve continued collaborating on films with ODC dance while also working with such artists and dance companies as Catharine Galasso, Detour Dance and Fresh Meat. My latest dance short, “SOAR” was recently shown at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival.