There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. Martha Graham
photo: Bruna Palmeiro
At 3 years old, my mother registered me for a dance class because “you were dancing all the time” she said.
Movement and creating stories were my lifeline.
In 1983, I left Paris to follow my dream to study at the Alvin Alley Dance School in New York. Later that same year, when I visited San Francisco and discovered a community of performance artists with which to collaborate, I made the Bay Area my home. I created theater performances with Mark Pritchard, the Reptilemoontheater, and acted in productions for the Alliance Française, to name a few. I also created dance solos and enjoyed learning theater improvisation and authentic movement.
In 1987, I started working in a residential treatment program for kids and created original plays with them. This led me to study Drama Therapy, graduating with a MA in psychology in 1999. The following year at the Drama Therapy Conference in San FranciscoI I performed an original self-revelatory solo, Family Tango. Self-revelatory theater is based on personal issues the performer wrestles with and through the creative process, opportunity for new understandings are gained. The resiliency of the human spirit does not cease to amaze me.
My passion for physical theater grew as I studied Action Theatre with Ruth Zaporah and Cassie Terman, and it is with anticipated curiosity that every week since 2003, I practice improvisation with Owen Walker.
Aside from performing improvisation and occasional stage acting, I continue to create set pieces, such as Can You See Me, a story about my grandmother, which was toured and Alma Colorada, which won Best of the 2011 San Francisco Fringe Festival.
With my on going interest in authentic theater and fascination with the poignancy of life stories, I have come to enjoy assisting and directing students as they create their own performances.
My passion for physical theater grew as I studied Action Theatre with Ruth Zaporah and Cassie Terman, and it is with anticipated curiosity that every week since 2003, I practice improvisation with Owen Walker.
Aside from performing improvisation and occasional stage acting, I continue to create set pieces, such as Can You See Me, a story about my grandmother, which was toured and Alma Colorada, which won Best of the 2011 San Francisco Fringe Festival.
With my on going interest in authentic theater and fascination with the poignancy of life stories, I have come to enjoy assisting and directing students as they create their own performances.
