the child of two Mesoamerican Archaeologists, I was raised understanding 'work' as the intersection of physical labor, radical thinking, imagination & honoring those who lived before us. 

i identify as an interdisciplinary dance artist. I dance, I sing, I write, I draw,  I build things. i make dances that are spaces within which to wonder, feel & dream; spaces inviting us to slow down, be in our bodies, listen & imagine. In my process I excavate the personal, the systemic, the unknown, the radical, the cellular, the beautiful.

my work finds kinship within the lineage of artists, organizers & dreamers who create in feminine and feminist resistance to capitalism and white supremacy's urgency, hyperproductivity & disembodiment. embracing a creative process that centers experimentation, relationship, and intuition, I direct spaces of interdisciplinary collaboration that prioritize equity-centered art making. In working to do this, I understand that part of my process is risk and learning from both success and failure.
 
my work is asking how we transform this world together
my work is understanding where i came from
my work is listening from the back of the eyes and to the marrow inside my bones
my work is constructing utopias from our current dystopia
my work is unlearning
my work is building relationships that will endure the revolution
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I make to make sense of and move towards the horizon of a better world.

U P C O M I N G 

photos by Malcolm-x Betts

SYMPHONY showing:
Friday Dec 1st 5p
NYU Tisch School of the Arts:  111 2nd Avenue New York NY
Atlas Theatre, 3rd floor
directed & performed by marion spencer
part of MFA cohort showing including works in progress shown by Tendayi Kuumba, Shamar Watt, Xin Ying

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​photo by Maria Baranova of love the rise/pt.2 presented by Center for Performance Research & Roulette Intermedium Fall 2022