A Brief History

of My Belly

prioritizes what are still, even in the 21st century, essentially private realms of the female experience. Through a healthy and embodied, rather than idealized, representation of mature womanhood in my dances, I engage the audience’s imagination: Who are we today? How am I connected to what I see? How do I feel about it? This sort of inquiry is relevant to a much wider sector than the fine arts and performance world.

A Brief History of My Belly intimately invites the audience in to witness the experience of exposing my belly, with all its history. I breathe with the layered emotions, awkwardness, and vulnerability this sharing provokes in me, for all of us together. It considers intimate, personal relationships between my memory and the present, and my body and the audience.