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

I make dances that are spaces within which to wonder, feel & dream.

my work lives at the intersection of dance performance, durational performance and installation- I dance, I sing, I draw, I write, I build things. I excavate the personal, the systemic, the unknown, the radical, the cellular, the beautiful. 

embracing a creative process that centers experimentation, patience 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 exploration, risk and learning from both success and failure. 

I make to make sense of and move towards the horizon of a better world.
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U P C O M I N G 

photos by Malcolm-x Betts

SYMPHONY open studio: a durational performance / live installation
Sat October 14th 1-8p (gallery 1-4p, durational performance 4-8p)
Sun October 15th 1-8p (gallery 1-4p, durational performance 4-8p)
Studio 44, 250 44th Street #214, Sunset Park Brooklyn NY
directed & performed by marion spencer
ACCESS: this studio is on the second floor of the building, up one flight of stairs
part of Sunset Park Open Studios / sunsetparkopenstudios.org

this will be something in between a show, an installation and a durational performance.
You choose when/ where/ how long you engage.
I am in a process of sifting through this research that has been patiently brewing since 2021.
I am pulling it apart,
I am digging deeper,
I am sitting in the mess,
trying to make some sense of it all.

you are invited to this excavation-
join me.

read 9.29 Fall Update newsletter for more information + more updates re: performing & teaching and learnings

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