I love teaching. The intense challenge of it appeals to me: How can I refine my language to convey complex ideas simply? How do I take on my own positionality with respect to race, class, and gender identity in the classroom? How do I work to embody and teach the values I uphold?

As a teacher of both contemporary dance and yoga— I seek to honor and amplify the Eastern philosophical frameworks and African-diasporic contributions that ground the work. I consider my teaching practice to be a version of syncretic or hybrid; my courses draw from my diverse movement background to generate dynamic and idiosyncratic phrase material. My classes emphasize somatic principles sourced from DaoYin martial arts and the Iyengar yoga method, utilizing both metaphorical imagery and precise physical cues, as well as practical and philosophical concepts derived from Bartenieff fundamentals. I encourage dancers to take risks, move with wild abandon, tune their senses, and feel a strong sense of togetherness in the studio. By encouraging a personal practice grounded in movement exploration, I seek to create a space wherein everyone can participate creatively in the work.