DEdance

My career as an Ecologist and my passion for dance and movement led me to a new path of integrating dance, art, nature and science, which started in 2016. Dance and maps and natural systems have been prominent reference points in my life. I’m a dancer, researcher, and dance educator, whose career has been built on a desire to move, communicate, collaborate, inquire, engage and understand complex systems. To that end, I’ve been a fisheries biologist, geographer, ecologist, researcher, competitive dancer, and an author.

A diverse background and perspective has given me a deep appreciation authentic movement and musicality, improvisation in partner dancing, and the therapeutic life-altering aspects of dance.My training and discipline in in technical, competitive ‘style’ form of Latin dance and performance introduced to me the joy of the the theatrical side of dancing, culture, the psychology of partnership and partnering (and movement). This gave me an awareness and adeptness at improvising and technique – function and expression, and also made me value the true power of dynamic movement. This type of dynamic movement is rare in daily life and for those who don’t dance, and having a language for it is key. This led me to my train and certify as a Laban Movement Analyst and Somatic Movement Educator. I now bridge my dance, movement, and ecological background to use movement and dance to help engage people to have a deeper connection to nature, themselves and their community. I began teaching dance in 2012, and have been teaching workshops and classes since then.