Of Artistic Practice
Selected Performances and Productions of the last Six Years:
2026
Still, and Again, a multidisciplinary and bilingual performance piece about a soul’s experience right after death. Premiered at the Women’s festival Zero to Fierce. Currently in production. Partial funding from a grant from the Humboldt Area Foundation, CA.
Know Your Rights/Conoce Tus Derechos, writer and performer, a bilingual street play with Centro del Pueblo, CA.
Dance in the Parks, seasonal dance pieces in various City of Arcata Parks, funded by CA Parks.
2025
Wusatoumuduk, director of the shadow play portion, in collaboration with the Wiyot Tribe, CA.
The Littles, a play with Playhouse Arts, directed by Jackie Dandeneau, CA.
The Bardo Room II, an experiential physical theater piece performed outdoors, research for Still, and Again, CA.
La Catrina, writer, director, performer with Centro del Pueblo, the Eureka Theater, CA.
What Rises Here, dancer and collaborator in Melanie Schauwecker’s film, CA.
2024
The Bardo Room I, an experiential physical theater piece performed outdoors, Table Bluff, CA.
La Catrina para Día de Muertos, writer, director, performer with Centro del Pueblo, NCRT, CA.
Wusatoumuduk, co- director of the stage reading, in collaboration with the Wiyot Tribe, NCRT, CA.
2023
Yellow Roominations, an experiential physical theater piece performed outdoors about a lost space traveller, Outer Roominations, Table Bluff, CA.
2022
Cuando Muera Dejad el Balcón Abierto, a play set in war about a woman wanting to bury her dead, performed outdoors, Outer Roominations, Table Bluff, CA.
2021-2024
Migrations/Migraciones: Caminamos Juntxs, created with Playhouse Arts, an annual 6 mile pilgrimage with multicultural performancesMovement Choirs created for the pilgrimages.
2020
Intersections, an outdoor, multi-locations performance, live streamed during the pandemic.
Historias del Bosque, Movement and character video experiments in the Redwood Forest, CA.
One Minute Dances, annually since 2010, produced, directed and performed. A showcase of local and international performing talent, Arcata, CAEl Sueño de Federico, a written and visual poem performed in front of the Pacific Ocean and in the Ma-le’l dunes and adjacent forest, CA.
Employment
2026-Present
Freelance Dance and Theater Maker, Teaching Artist, Community Organizer through the Arts.
Alfresco, ongoing outdoor teaching and healing project. Practice and physical training, observation, meditation and creative practice.
2025
Centro del Pueblo, Eureka and Arcata, CA. Arts and Culture Coordinator, Director of Teatro del Pueblo.
2019-2025
Playhouse Arts, Arcata, CA. Enlace Comunitaria and Special Projects Coordinator.
1998-2019
Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater Blue Lake, CA. Core Faculty, Company Member.
My time at Dell’Arte was contained between the above dates, but I was not in Humboldt all those years. Multiple projects over the years in California, Denmark, and Mexico.
2006-2009
Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium, Providence, RI. Core Faculty in the Theatre MFA program for actors and directors.
At this time I was also a performing and creating member of the Physical Theatre Ensemble Workhorse, as well as an Artist in Residence at the Perishable Theater, Providence, RI.
Education
Ongoing studies on Consciousness, Movement, Somatics, Theater and Social Justice. Lifelong learner.
Yoga Center, Madrid, Spain. Ananda Yoga Teacher Training, 1 year program, 2004.
Moving On Center, School for Participatory Arts and Research, Oakland, CA. Advanced Certificates on Massage, Somatic Movement Therapy and Participatory Arts, 1997.
School for New Dance Development SNDO, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. B.A. Studies of the Earth, 1993.
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