About Me
Angela (she/they) began her dance journey at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities as a student, teaching assistant and member of their performing company. Angela graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Composition and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literary Studies as well as a minor in Spanish. At CU, she studied a wide range of forms including contemporary, Hip-hop, ballet, jazz, house, Ghanaian dance, contact improvisation, and aerial dance. Angela has performed works by José Limon, Helanius J. Wilkins, Constance Harris, Daniel Charon, Jon Lehrer, Jeni Jones and Lanea Blackburn, in addition to performing in works by MFA Candidates and undergraduate choreographers at CU. Angela has also debuted several of her own works at CU. Angela also participated in the Nan Giordano Certification Program, a Giordano technique teacher training program facilitated by the Giordano Dance Company in Chicago, Illinois. Angela currently performs with Davis Contemporary Dance Company in Denver Colorado.
Artist Statement
I care about deconstructing things: religion, barres, catechisms, etc.. I flip tables upside down and stand on them, roll on them, slide on them. I love a Giordano jazz dance fantasy and will always question how or if it's trapped me. I’ll always throw in a big jump. I’ll always roll on the floor. Maybe both at the same time. I dance to the sounds and syllables of words when words out loud aren’t working. I piece together sentences, and rewrite prayers. I move and make to explore my queerness and femininity or what I’ve been told they should be. Just because the audience can’t see something doesn’t mean it's not important. I keep pieces of my work to myself–for myself– you won’t know what you don’t know. I grapple with my own sense of virtuosity, and throw myself against the floor hoping it will tell me something about myself or God or my Grandmother.