Dance
A storyteller in motion
MOVEMENT
Exploring the complexities of the inner and outer experience
Movement Background
Elizabeth’s movement based practices began in 2011 and she has since been exploring and training in the realms of Contemporary, Modern, Philippine Cultural, and African Diasporic Dance styles.
She has trained under Ben Menor of Hiyas Philippine Dance Company. Additionally she has trained under Latanya Tigner of Dimensions Dance Company and Amara Smith Tabor of Deep Water Dance Company. She has danced under the direction of Rulan Tangen, founder and director of Dancing Earth, contemporary indigenous dance company. She has danced with Resplendance Dance Company of San Jose, CA and Parangal Dance Company, San Francisco.
Her movement is prayer and a connection to our relationship with nature, our communities, and ourselves.
Using the body as a vessel to channel and transmute energy
Memories to Light
Elizabeth choreographed and performed in the film.
As a testament to the neighborhood’s longevity and posterity, Memories to Light, a film by Chet Canales, seeks to explore the lifeblood of Chinatown, and Asian American experience harnessing the power of art and culture to advance the social and economic recovery of the neighborhood, as well as the shaping of a more inclusive and just society. The film was debuted as part of the Neon Was Never Brighter Festival, the first-ever contemporary art festival in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Oddverse
Elizabeth performed a solo piece at Medicine for Nightmares in San Francisco. The piece explores the exploration of the internal world during times of personal, interpersonal and social upheaval and ultimately returning to center once again.
Music: HOlding Space by mayyada