PATTERNS AND TONES

With the New Year, came New Ideas, resulting in  New Work!  This year I decided to incorporate dance into my newest work  "Fleeting Perspectives: A Paper Ballet",   as it is an art form that fascinates me. I wanted to further explore the figure in space and represent the gesture of movement in my images. It is a great feat for these performers to use their body to convey expression and emotion. I also love it when they collaborate with other artists such as set designers, lighting specialists, costume designers, choreographers and musicians to complete the vision of the director.  My love of dance began when I became an ice skater when I was 3 years old. I skated until I was 13. I can attribute my love of music and performing to the environment I grew up in during those formative years. I can still remember the "Ice Capades" I performed in: from being a can-can girl, a skeleton in black light, to kicking my leg high into the air while skating in a ...