Public Speaking, Teaching & Consulting
As a dance artist, educator, and systems builder, I use movement as a way to meet the
emerging moment—honoring lineage while reimagining what’s possible. My work lives at
the intersection of Afro-diasporic contemporary dance, structured improvisation, and
academic and artistic transformation.
In recent years, I’ve spoken and taught at the Bates Dance Festival, contributed to field-wide
conversations through the Dance Studies Association and the National Association of
Schools of Dance (NASD), and served as an adjudicator with the American College Dance
Association. I also co-curated and taught at Dance Gathering Lagos, a vibrant international
platform for choreographic exchange, rooted in the urgency and dynamism of movement
across global Black and African contexts.
As the founding Principal Investigator of FLOAT (floatfl.org), a Mellon Foundation-funded
initiative, I’ve led the design of a three-tiered platform for supporting BIPOC artists
responding to the intensifying social and political pressures on academic and creative
freedom in Florida. Through FLOAT, I work to build environments that protect creative
agency and sustain future-forward thinking.
My offerings reflect a lifelong commitment to dance not only as an art form but as a method
for sensing, shaping, and transforming our shared world.
What I Offer
Keynote speaking:
Topics: academic arts leadership, dance as cultural and social technology, systems change,
interdisciplinary futures.
Workshops & master classes:
- Afro-diasporic contemporary dance techniques
- Technology of the Circle (group improvisation + performance practice)
- Improvisation and ritual as tools for collective expression
Curatorial consulting:
Festival, residency, and program design rooted in pluralism, hybridity, and community
engagement.
Adjudication:
Collegiate and professional dance performance evaluation.
Institutional facilitation:
Support for organizations undergoing transformation in curriculum, equity work, and
interdisciplinary programming.
Residencies & commissions:
Solo or ensemble-based artistic residencies that integrate movement, performance, public
dialogue, and creative research.