The heart of all of my work is listening to the inner rhythm, inner voice that is uniquely mine. The process of expressing that by generating movements, relationships, images in the dance, is one that I am still very much discovering.

My art circle is a growing international community of dancers, audiences, musicians, designers, community leaders and culture bearers who are in various stages of their lives and who enter the realm of art from differing perspectives. My circle includes people whom I actively dance and create with, and also my ancestors and artists who have left their indelible mark on our world.

My art circle expands when I peek outside of what I think I already know. Attending events, performances, exhibitions, parties, and experiencing the active life of Art and Artists inspires me to create and connect.

Discipline and repetition are important tools for a dancer, these are the elements of craft and virtuosity. At the same time, the dancer and creative artist (which is how I identify) can really only enter the creative state through a fresh impulse, and that impulse needs to have a spark. For me, the spark comes from reading, viewing visual art, listening and playing live music, experimenting with new technologies and dancing in community.

My teaching and learning practice also expands my art circle exponentially and keeps me in touch with how people’s bodies are working contemporaneously.

Creative community is my raison d’être (reason for being). My art (dancing, designing, writing, teaching) is a catalyst to connect with people. There is no art without a community in which to share it.

I am a collaborative artist by nature. Even in a solo work or in writing; whether in person, virtually or through visual art and objects, I am always including as many people as I can to come on the adventure with me. I have to constantly ask myself, “why am I doing…?” and “who is my audience?”

My first art community and audience was my family. They were and are my first inspiration. My family allowed me to teach them about my dance world; about the life I was creating through dancing. The attention and affirmation which they gave to me as a young artist developed my confidence to go out into an unknown world of dance and art. In turn, new worlds were also opened to them through my interpretive lens. This is how Art works.

After decades of living and working as an international artist in a world that is at times hostile towards artists, I know that my work, my art shines as an example for people who may need inspiration. That is important to me because I have received so much inspiration from the world and from artists who showed me what is possible. The research work behind focuses on methods of scenic translation; participants’ autobiographical inputs become theatrical actions by means of the body language and the symbology of objects.