As I write this, it is pouring rain in LA, we have just “sprung forward” for daylight savings, I’ve recently recovered from a mild case of Shingles, and the w...

My first dance contract out of college was for a small modern dance company in Montana. The company had commissioned 4 New York based choreographers over th...

As I sit down to write this, we are halfway through the first month of the new year.  A time when we are encouraged to set goals, dive into resolutions, and ...

Year-End-Reviews have been commonplace in the business world for as long as there has been a business world.  Metrics are important to properly assess where w...

With November being our gateway into the holiday season (including an entire day set aside to give thanks) I set out to write this reflection in gratitude. F...

To the Women: To the Women who have taught me to lead from kindness, proving through their actions that power, strength, and genius are not traits that need ...

I don’t know if I’ve ever had a passion for dance. I’ve always enjoyed being physical.  I respond to challenge and pushing one’s body.  I respond to the rigo...

For those of you new to this blog or newsletter, I have been making a practice of sharing a monthly reflection since I started Bodies in Play in October of 2...

“A dancer dies twice—once when they stop dancing, and this first death is the more painful.” — Martha Graham, Mother of American Modern Dance My first death ...

I usually try to avoid using the word “busy.”  The word often suggests a never ending barrage of tasks with value being placed on the amount of tasks, rather...

Last month, I reflected on the development of Bodies in Play as a philosophy and artistic practice. I wrote of the politicization and discrimination of bodie...

Lately I've been reflecting on Bodies in Play, as a platform.  What's its function?  What's its purpose? Where is it going? I've been seeing a lot of shows a...

If you were to ask me one year ago to outline my ideal life design it would have looked pretty darn close to what I’m living now. A flexible work schedule th...

I’ve recently started developing a new project which has me doing a lot more writing than moving. At first this felt wrong, like I was somehow not allowed to...

What does the body need in order to move? A seemingly simple question that can be difficult to answer simply. I broached this to my dance classes last week a...

2018 marks my first full year in Los Angeles as a former member of the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company. It is also the first full year in practice as ...

The past month, for me, can be characterized by two interconnected concepts: Chance and Change. Change can be defined as “making the form, nature, content, o...

“Andrew your arms are a fucking mess.” Said with an eye roll and shake of the head, as if my body’s lack of understanding for this newly learned choreography...

In reflecting on my one night only performance event presented last week, the most concise summation of the evening is that it was a success.  There were of ...

This Summer, I have had the great fortune of teaching a wide variety of class types.  Each week has been an entirely different story and in one day I may tea...