My work stands at the intersection of non-dominant cultural experience and the lived realities of migration and displacement. Grounded in an East Asian cultural background, I critically examine and question the legitimacy of established frameworks and social norms through performance, film, and community engagement.​

 

My research investigate how choreographic structures, strategies, and processes may be obscured or revealed as modes of cultural production. Drawing on feminist theory, corporeal politics, and critical dance studies, I explore how collective action and embodied movement challenge and reconfigure dominant notions of social normalcy. I understand dance and performance as embodied sites that cultivate equality, diversity, awareness, and empathy within shared space.

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At the core of my inquiry is the spontaneity of movement and the subtle interactions it generates. I pay close attention to how bodies engage, initiate, support, navigate, transition, resist, reject, and collaborate. These interactions move beyond performance, articulating relational dynamics that metaphorically represent broader social relationships.

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My artistic approach dismantles hierarchy to cultivate an ensemble environment where collaboration is understood as collective contribution, not individual sacrifice, and where authenticity is preserved. I also aim to narrow the distance between performers and audiences so that authenticity resonates through movement, sensation, invention, and dialogue.

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Our bodies are born carrying the weight of geography, history, climate, confusion, memory, trauma, intimacy, and alienation. Yet, we still choose to express ourselves with clarity and vulnerability. Within this embodied presentation, it lies dignity, beauty, and strength.​