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There has been a shift in what I am aiming to do in this MA program. It has been a journey of peeling back my focus, and I expect that I will continue to refine it as I move forward. I am writing here simply to get everything out of my head and onto paper. I will Working Title More Than Dance: Faith, Joy, and Youth Transformation in a Faith-Informed Dance Community Research Question How does a faith-informed dance practice foster youth transformation in ways that can info

Pre-Introduction: The Origin of HeartBeats & Sole HeartBeats & Sole did not begin as a choreography project, it began as a question I carried with me throughout Artistic Praxis I: Can joy be taught, shared, and felt through movement? Throughout my previous semester’s work, I explored joy as an artistic force through experiments like the Happy Virus character, my storytelling mini-series, and reflections on how laughter, play, and community transform creative spaces. I found m

Through this module and the second half of Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephen Nachmanovitch, I’ve come to see how...

This past week, I had a lot of fun revising my Artistic Experiment in a bold new way. The idea was simple but a little scary: take the...

This past week has been full of adventure. While I didn’t have the time to directly work on my Artistic Experiment (AE), I truly believe...

This week, rather than making major revisions or additions to my artistic project, I took time to reflect more deeply on the process as a...

This week, I want to take a moment to reflect on one character in particular from my Artistic Experiment, the Nerd. Honestly, going into...

Time to Uplift Your Mood This artistic experiment has been such a rewarding journey. While there were definitely some ups and downs along...

This week has been a whirlwind of discovery, challenges, and creative exploration. I have been refining my Artistic Experiment (AE),...

I have been diving deep into finding the essence of the Happy Virus character, and last week, I shared that the costume, the bright...

This week was all about character exploration, getting deeper into who the Happy Virus is, how he moves, how he sounds, and how he...

This week, I finally had the chance to dive back into my Artistic Experiment after a whirlwind of commitments and exciting opportunities....

Finding Joy in the Process (Even When It Is Hard) This week was tough. Being under the weather is never fun, and it definitely slowed me...

Alright, we are officially in the creation stage, where all the ideas start taking shape! I have been deep in brainstorming mode, pulling...

I’m feeling all kinds of excited as my Dance Storytelling Mini-Series starts coming together. This week, I’ve been diving deep into my...

As a choreographer, educator, and performer, I wear many hats, often all at once. From conceptualizing choreography to managing...