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Hofesh Shechter Company in Sun. Photo: Gabriele Zucca |
Which artist do you admire from a field other than your own?
Andy Serkis—he is brilliant physically and theatrically. Humble, smart guy, I would love to have the opportunity to work with him.
What's the biggest risk you've taken?
Hmmm, probably the decision to start dancing. Before I even considered dance I was skateboarding, snowboarding, playing video games, and I don't know what I expected from the future!
When I was 17 I decided I needed to get away. I did a Christian kind of bible course with a charity called "Youth With a Mission" in Colorado. During one of the teachings I was completely unfocused and struggled to be present in the class. I was away with my thoughts. One recurring thought I had was to move, specifically to study some dance. I don't know, I just sensed it was the next step... little did I know what a trip God would take me on! Completely random thoughts, but I believed it was the right step to make.
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Philip Hulford |
I struggled and fought my way through his classes, lapping up the experience, but as he puts it, "looked as if he could not dance"! Anyway, I got the hang of it, and that's where Hofesh and I came to work together, I managed to finish my degree while being on tour with Hofesh performing Uprising and In your rooms. Amazing and life opening experience, well worth the risk of diving into the unknown!
What food are you looking forward to eating while in Brooklyn?
Burgers and Levain cookies—what else!!
What ritual or superstition do you have on performance days?
I try to do a few minutes of meditation to calm my mind, focusing on the task ahead but also checking if I am being "fake" in my upcoming performance. I don't want to give what I am not. I want to be real and engaged with myself and the work; if my day-to-day life is not proving constant in my efforts to trust God and love people, then my performance loses weight. Then I do very silly movements and warm up physically, make myself sweat a bit, then calm down before the show!
I get to see my best friend and his wife! Brooklyn is also a very cool place to be, trendy, arty, and full of weird people that are different and I love that!
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