I’m excited to announce my first solo evening performance as part of Chez Bushwick’s Recess Series!

My work, “Immortal Jellyfish” is a chaotic dance-theater specimen inspired by the lifecycle of the ​​Turritopsis dohrnii, a jellyfish able to revert to previous life stages in the face of age and trauma. Incorporating live (and dead) dance, music, stories, calligraphy, and Stuff, it explores regression as defense, transition as survival, and ideological stagnation as death in a world where ongoing relevance is immortality.

This piece was created through the Leimay Foundation Incubator Program in collaboration with musician Alia Scheirman. The first iteration of the work was presented at the 2022 New York Arab Festival.

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I’ll be performing the latest iteration of my work “Time’s Other Side” alongside musician Alia Scheirman, as part of a lineup of free outdoor performances.

Based on text from Etel Adnan’s Shifting the Silence and built around mechanically obvious relationships between movement, sound, and Stuff, “Time’s Other Side” straddles the line between a rigid capitalist sense of time and a queered non-linear one, confronting the deadlines on our existence.

Previous versions of this piece have been presented through the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance and Salon al Mahjar.

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A unique weekend for Garage at Chatham programming will feature a double-bill dance concert. I’ll be performing choreography by Jonah Bokaer, with music created and performed by The NewBorn Trio and costuming/set design by Baju Wijono. The second section will be in collaboration with Elena Mosley and Operation Unite, featuring live percussion musicians and members of the youth ensemble. More info at the GAC website

For Upstate audiences: I’ll be performing in Jonah Bokaer’s “Unstable Structures” as part of the Hudson Eye festival. Tickets

As a compliment to Sohdam Dance Space’s residency program, I’ll be part of a virtual panel discussing experimentation in dance from cross-diasporic points of view. Other panelists include artist-scholar-educator-activists Dr. Meiver De la Cruz, Meena Murugesan, and Bhumi B. Patel. This event is moderated by Soham Artistic Director Anjal Chande and also spotlights their inaugural artist-in-residence, Parijat Desai.

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Join Gotham Dance Theater at Rivington St Playground at University Settlement for an hour of performances and mini-classes! I’ll be performing in GDT’s Summer Suite (including a section of my choreography), showing my latest solo 27 Club, and teaching some Dabke basics!

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Join us for an evening of dance, part of Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival, the first month-long comprehensive LGBTQ+ festival of theater, dance, music, literature. I will be presenting my new work “An Exercise in Futility” in collaboration with violinist Alia Scheirman.

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Artists-In-Residence Kristi Cole, Drew Dollaz, Dorchel Haqq, and Nadia Khayrallah will share works developed over their 15 week residencies at Chez Bushwick from May - August 2021. Join this virtual program to both view the works and hear from the artists about their artistic process!

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Come to Queens Theater’s outdoor stage for performances by Queensboro Dance Festival companies, followed by an open dance party to the Live Music of Michael Thomas Quintet. Gotham Dance Theater will be performing our Summer Suite, an international pop medley choreographed by company members (including myself).

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Tune in to Bronx Academy of Dance’s Boogie Down Dance Compilation featuring performances by Argelia Arreola, Marsi Burns & Tamara Strang, Mira Göksel, Callie Hatchett, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Aya Saotome and Bombazo Dance Co., and myself! I’m excited to show my solo work “Revolving Doors!”

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I will be performing with Jonah Bokaer Choreography in “Softer Distances” a new work for the French Institute / Alliance Française virtually streamed gala.

Update: video of the full livestreamed performance can be accessed here.

Join members of Gotham Dance Theater for a day of free virtual classes Dance, Theatre, Yoga, and Fitness classes for a variety of ages. I will be teaching an all-ages yoga class at 5pm ET!

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We are also launching an 8-week course with each of these instructors from October 22 - December 20. Stay tuned for details!

The 2020 Queensboro Dance Festival will culminate with a broadcast of performances by 24 Queens-based dance companies over three nights. Gotham Dance Theater will be performing our Summer Suite with choreography by Marc Nuñez, Emily Hart Lopez, and myself!

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