WORK

Selected Commissions:

The Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany.

International Cuban Dance Festival, Havana, Cuba.

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan.

Danish Dance Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Singapore Dance Theatre, Singapore, Singapore.

Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee, WI.

Ballet West, Salt Lake City, UT.

European Dance Development Center, Arnheim, The Netherlands.

London Contemporary Dance School, London, UK.

Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY.

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

And more below…

Choreographic Works

*Does not include the re-settings and restaging of work on other companies.

Cyclic (2024) commissioned by Ballet West and Ballet West Academy. Staged at the Rose Wagner Theatre in Salt Lake City - July 2024.

breath of ravens (2024) created at Cornish College of the Arts. Staged at the Cornish Playhouse, Seattle - April 2024.

Chapters of Being (2024) commissioned by Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company premiered at the Rose Wagner Theatre in Salt Lake City - April 2024.

Jazz/Chess/Boxing/Cockfights (2023) NOW-ID, Site-specific production staged at V.Project Warehouse in Salt Lake City - December 29, 2023.

After Image (2023) NOW-ID, film created on the Salt Flats in collaboration with photographer David Newkirk.

Lines Drawn (2023) created at Cornish College of the Arts. Staged at the Cornish Playhouse, Seattle - April 2023.

AND SO WE SOW (2022) NOW-ID, Sitespecific production staged at Left of Main in Chinatown, Vancouver - December 2022 - sponsored by Canada Council for the Arts.

Arrival (2022) commissioned by the University of Richmond - October 2022.

The Wanderer (2022) a dance on film, commissioned by Wichita State University’s Departments of Dance, Film and Music - September 2022.

ALLY UP! (2022) NOW-ID, Sitespecific production staged in the Maven District in Salt Lake City on June 25th, 2022.

Reap the Wind (2022) commissioned by Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, Toronto (2022).

Four Short Movements (2022) commissioned by Nashville Ballet (2022).

The Move (2021) NOW-ID, film project shot in Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Oregon and British Columbia in collaboration with filmmaker Conor Provenzano (2021).

I-Migrant Dance film series (2021) NOW-ID, 4 short films shot in Vancouver/Lubbock/Marfa/Salt Lake City.

Plane (2021) created at Texas Tech University in collaboration with filmmaker Christian Ruiz (Feb 2021).

Fourth Quarter (2020) commissioned by Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada (November 2020).

Trio (2020) created at Texas Tech University in collaboration with violinist Clara Zahler (March 2020).

Untitled (2020) commissioned by Washington Lee University in Virginia (Feb 2020).

Cross/Currents (2019) NOW-ID, commissioned by the University of Richmond/Tucker-Boatwright Festival and staged at the Tredegar Iron Works Museum in downtown Richmond, Virginia, November, 2019.

Rite of Spring (2019) NOW-ID, staged below the 600 North ramp in downtown Salt Lake City, UT, June 22nd, 2019.

Key (2019) commissioned by Nanyang Academy of Dance in Singapore (March 2019).

Lines (2019) commissioned by Nashville Ballet (Feb 2019).

A Tonal Caress (2018) NOW-ID, commissioned by The Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, July 12, 13, 14, 2018. Sponsored by the Sydney Arts Council, Arts Access Victoria in Melbourne.

Still Life (2018) created at Texas Tech University (May 2018).

Ghosts (2017) commissioned by the University of Richmond, Virginia.

Awakened (2017) commissioned by Texas Christian University, Forth Worth, Texas.

Unidentified (2017) NOW-ID, downtown Salt Lake City.

2010 - 2016

It's Not Cracker (2016) NOW-ID, staged at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in December 2016.

Base Instinct (2016) commissioned by Wichita State University in Kansas.

Borders (2016) created on CONDER/dance. Performed at Breaking Ground Dance Festival in Phoenix, Arizona in January, 2017.

EXODUS (2016) NOW-ID, staged at The Marriott Center for Dance in Salt Lake City, Utah. Toured to and was performed at The Copenhagen Opera Festival and at Funen Opera House in Odense, Denmark in August, 2016. Sponsored by the National Foundation for the Arts in Denmark as well as the Oticon Foundation.

Cut (2016) commissioned by Compañía Danza Contemporánea Ccu, Mexico.

Without Walls (2016) commissioned by the Summit Artist in Residency program, Eden, Utah.

Unsettled (2015) commissioned by The University of Richmond in Virginia.

Fervor (2015) commissioned by Lasalle-Sia, College of the Arts in Singapore.

Return (2015) commissioned by Broward College in Miami.

NOWHERE (2015) NOW-ID, staged at Libby Gardner Concert Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Feast/Kansas (2014) NOW-ID, commissioned by Wichita State University and done in collaboration with the Percussion Ensemble.

Waves (2014) commissioned by the Ballet Department at the University of Utah.

Glimpse (2014) NOW-ID commissioned by Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt lake City, Utah.

Et Glimt, saa er jeg vaek igen (2014) collaboration with the Figura Ensemble, staged at Marienlyst Castle in Denmark.

Feast (2014) NOW-ID, staged at the Great Saltair, Utah.

Graze (2014) commissioned by Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Canada.

Fire (2014) commissioned by Wichita State University.

Amuse Bouche (2014) NOW-ID at City Home Collective, downtown, Salt Lake City.

Shadows (2013) commissioned by Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

The Wedding (2013) NOW-ID, staged at the Masonic Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Flower eaters, revisited (2012) created on Arts Fissions in Singapore.

The Finish Line (2012) created on the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

Those in the Desert (2012) created on the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

Falling (2012) commissioned by Compañía Danza Contemporánea Ccu, Mexico.

But Seriously (2011) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

West (2011) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company on a residency at Wickenburg, AZ.

Push (2011) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

2000-2010

Touching Fire (2010) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. 

Key (2010) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

Row (2010) commissioned by Ballet West.

Turf (2009) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

It's All About Falling (2008) staged at and commissioned by NYU/ Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in NYC.

Interiors (2008) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

Lost (2007) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

Untitled (2007) commissioned by the Edge Company at London Contemporary Dance School.

Bridge (2006) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

Walls (2006) commissioned by Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Degrees of Separation (2005) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

Rite of Spring (2004) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

In Passing (2003) commissioned by Verb Ballets in Cleveland, OH.

The Visit (2002) created on Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

Conversations (2002) commissioned by The Milwaukee Ballet.

Brief encounter (2001) commissioned by Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.

Faces (2000) commisioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Tokyo, Japan.

Ene, ikke alene (2000) commissioned by Danish Dance Theater, performed at Sceneriet, Copenhagen.

Spelling Love (2000) commissioned by the Theater Council in Denmark, staged at Kalaidoskop Theater in Copenhagen.

1995-2000

The Road (1999) commissioned by Ballet de Camaguey in Cuba, presented at the Havana Dance Festival.

Birdy (1999) commissioned by the Marato de L'espectable and performed at Institut de Cultura in Barcelona, Spain.

The Ladder (1999) commissioned by the Almada Dance Festival, Portugal.

Room with a view (1998) commissioned by the National School of Contemporary Dance in Copenhagen, Denmark, staged at Dansescenen in Copenhageen.

Stirrings (1997) Commissioned by Singapore Dance Theater, staged at the Victoria Theater in Singapore.

Room with a wall (1997) commissioned by the Yard Dance Festival, Martha’s Vineyard, MA.

Flower Eaters (1996), commissioned by the Arts Fissions Dance Company and staged at the Alliance Francaise in Singapore.

Chairs (1995), staged at Rutgers University, NJ.

Modern Times (1995) commissioned by Princeton University, NJ.

Siesta (1995) Staged at American Dance Guild’s performance at the Merce Cunningham Studio in NYC.