The Chair in Room 119: A Choreographic Exploration of Locked-In Syndrome (UF Honors Thesis)
ABSTRACT Jean-Dominique Bauby, author of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, was the first to write on living with locked-in syndrome...
top of page
Writing Samples
I Fixed Your Ad, Wells Fargo
I am a product of the arts. I was raised in dance studios and art classrooms as much as in my own home. I started dancing at four years...
Tell me again that I’m a “bodymind”
As a dance major, you delve into more obscure and philosophical topics of conversation than an outsider might expect. You find yourself...
Then and Now
Reminiscence can be treacherous. In a time where external hard drives carry volume upon volume of family photos, the Internet acts as an...
Blossom
Whenever I realize a change within myself, I feel I’m experiencing a unique brand of epiphany. It’s akin to that glimmer of excitement...
Vacation in Normalcy
Rehearsal has an unwavering hold on the life of a dancer. Casting, learning choreography, setting formations, scraping everything only to...
Blasphemy
I was recently witness to some incredible blasphemy. It was the sort that retains its initial shock value indefinitely, running through...
Torture
There are two words dancers abhor above all others. This single pair of syllables plops unceremoniously from the tongue, so heavy with...
bottom of page