Creative Practice
Merging Theory & Practice

Choreography
I am interested in creating choreography with overt social justice themes. I aim to create space for arts activism in my works as they connect to larger themes.
A collaborative investigation of Black Womanhood in the 21st Century through dance.
Performance
University Theater Dance Company (Central Michigan University)
2014 - 2018
Humanity: An Original Dance Production
2016 - 2017
Bloom
2017
Cupid & Psyche
2015

Allegory by Andrea Purrenhage
Thick Like Me (TLM) is a dance-based nonprofit supporting body liberation and holistic health for all and expanding representation for thick Black women in dance. Co-founders Dr. Alex Christmas Stapleton, Jazelynn Goudy, MFA, and Davianna Griffin, MFA, founded the organization to make space for thick Black women center stage.
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