Upcoming Events
2025
Jan 16 - April 24
Choreographic Residency
Los Angeles, CA
Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency
Homeboy Industries
Feb 12 - 16
Visiting Artist
Columbus, Ohio
Visiting Artist
Ohio State University and London Correctional Facility
March 1 - 2
Panel/Workshop Presentation
Long Beach, CA
Freedom Time: nurturing community in deep dancing collaboration through prison walls
California Dance Educators Association Conference, California State University, Long Beach
March 3
Performance
Glendale, CA
Ocean Dreams/Mni Owanca Tanka Woihanbla
WIPLA 015 GSON Studios. Click here for more information!
March 15
Performance
Malibu, CA
Ocean Dreams/Mni Owanca Tanka Woihanbla
Wishtoyo Cultural Center
March 16 - 23
Visiting Artist
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Visiting Artist
University of Puerto Rico, UPR-Río Piedras Campus and Bayamon Correctional Facility 292
March 25 - 28
Choreographic Residency
San Marcos, CA
Choreographic Residency
Dance Department, California State University, San Marcos
April 15
Visiting Artist
Riverside, CA
Visiting Artist
Dance Department, University of California, Riverside
April 16
Performance
Riverside, CA
Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic
University of California, Riverside
April 24
Community Performance
Los Angeles, CA
Homeboy Community: Dancing Sustenance Dancing Survival
Homeboy Industries
May 1 - 31
Artist Residency
Saratoga, CA
Lucas Artist Residency Part 2
Montalvo Art Center. Click here for more information!
May 2 - 3
Performance
San Marcos, CA
Student performance of DATA or 7 ways to dance a dance through prison walls
Dance Department, California State University, San Marcos
May 24
Performance
Los Angeles, CA
Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic
Freewaves Festival
May 31
Film Screening
San Diego, CA
Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic
Show and Prove Hip Hop Conference, University of California, San Diego
June 22 - August 15
Artist Residency
Brooklyn, NY
Session Artist Residency: Freedom Time: Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls
Recess Arts. Click here for more information!
June 25 - 28
Presenter
Washington, DC
Dance Studies Association Conference
Conference Presentation
Past Events
2025
February
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2024
December
South Dakota State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls/Pine Falls, SD
November
Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, CA
October
Lula Washington Dance Theater, Los Angeles, CA
University of California San Diego Dance Department, San Diego, CA
California State University San Marcos Dance Department, San Marcos, CA
September
National Dance Educators Association Conference, Seattle, WA
Duke University Dance Department Durham, NC
July
Dance Studies Association International Conference, Buenos Aires, AR
South Dakota State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls, SD/Pine Ridge SD
June
Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, CA
Desert Hot Springs, CA
May
Desert Hot Springs Public Library: Desert Hot Springs, CA
April
California State University, Los Angeles, Department of Theatre and Dance: Los Angeles, CA
University of Texas, Austin, Department of Dance: Austin, TX
Scripps Humanities Institute, Scripps College: Claremont, CA
California Institution for Women: Chino, CA
March
Ohio State University, Dance Department: Columbus, OH
Otis College of Art and Design: Los Angeles, CA
February
Sam Cobb Farms: Desert Hot Springs, CA
Cornell University, Theatre Department: Ithaca, NY
California Institution for Women: Chino, CA
January
Mission Creek Preserve: Desert Hot Springs, CA
2023
December
Desert Hot Springs Library: Desert Hot Springs, CA
November
Desert Hot Springs Library: Desert Hot Springs, CA
October
Desert Hot Springs Library: Desert Hot Springs, CA
California State University, Fullerton Dance Department: Fullerton, CA
Cornell University, Theatre Department: Ithaca, NY
Desert Hot Springs Library: Desert Hot Springs, CA
September
Art and Abolition: Tallahassee, FL
University of Texas, San Antonio: San Antonio, TX
University of Texas, Austin, Department of Theatre and Dance: Austin, TX
Western Arts Alliance Conference, PITCH NOW session: Seattle, WA
August
Loyola Marymount University, Dance Department: Los Angeles, CA
June
Phoenix Players Theatre Group, Auburn Prison: Auburn, NY
Jameson Spiritual Conference and Powwow, South Dakota State Penitentiary: Sioux Falls, SD
May
Towards Abolitionist Horizons: 25 Years of Critical Resistance: San Francisco, CA
April
Connecting Art & Law for Liberation (CALL) Festival at UCLA: Los Angeles, CA
March
Rutgers University: New Brunswick, NJ
February
Loyola Marymount University: Los Angeles, CA
Odyssey Theatre: Los Angeles, CA
January
California Dance Education Association Conference: Fullerton, CA
2022
November
Loyola Marymount University: Los Angeles, CA
October
Emerson College: Boston, MA
California College of The Arts: San Francisco, CA
Solano Prison: Vacaville, CA
Mills College: Oakland, CA
San Quentin State Prison: San Quentin, CA
Dance Studies Association International Conference: Vancouver, BC
September
Cornell University: Ithaca, NY
August
Latchis Theatre: Brattleboro, VT
Kopkind Film Colony: Guilford, VT
July
Real Art Ways: Hartford, CT
June
Grand Performances: Los Angeles, CA
March
Dance Camera West Film Festival: Los Angeles, CA
February
New York University Tisch School of the Arts: New York, NY
January
Beyond the Bars Conference: Los Angeles, CA
2021
November
Scripps Presents: Claremont, CA
October
Dance Studies Association National Conference: Newark, NJ
National Dance Educators Organization National Conference (Virtual)
Social Justice Film Festival: Seattle, WA
September
University Southern California Journalism School: Los Angeles, CA
August
Pieter: Los Angeles, CA
June
Justice Arts Coalition National Conference (Virtual)
May
Kopkind Film Colony: Guilford, VY
Crime and the Body Conference: Claremont, CA
Pasadena City College: Pasadena, CA
April
18th Street Arts Complex: Santa Monica, CA
Black Mamas Bailout: Philadelphia, PA
March
This Is Not a Gun: Los Angeles, CA
National Conference on Higher Education in Prison (Virtual)
February
Printed Matter Book Fair: New York, NY
Scripps College: Claremont, CA
January
Ali Film Week: Huntington Beach, CA
2020
December
The Institute for Contemporary Art Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA
November
Progressive Film Festival: Irvine, CA
February
Miles Memorial Playhouse: Santa Monica, CA
2019
November
Garrison Theatre: Claremont, CA
June
Berkeley Art Museum: Berkeley, CA
May
University Theatre: Pomona, CA
April
Garrison Theatre: Claremont, CA
February
Miles Memorial Playhouse: Santa Monica, CA
2018
December
California Rehabilitation Center: Norco, CA
April
Garrison Theatre: Claremont, CA
January
Highways Performance Space: Santa Monica, CA
2017
October
Mondavi Center: Davis, CA
April
California Rehabilitation Center: Norco, CA