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About
Queer dancer and social activist, best known for their project BIGKID Dance, which is dedicated to queer story telling through compelling and theatrical contemporary dance works. They are a lauded dancer, and have been awarded the Philadelphia Rocky Award for Outstanding Dance Performance, the Pennsylvania Ballet Choreography Award, several Outstanding Choreography Awards from Youth American Grand Prix and the 2020 EMERGE Choreography Award from Gibney Company & Springboard Danse Montreal.
Before Fame
They graduated from the University of the Arts School of Dance with their BFA in Dance & Ballet Performance in 2010. They've danced professionally with international touring companies Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Les Ballets Jazz De Montreal and Camille A. Brown & Dancers since then. They premiered their first full evening length work entitled 'BIG KID' at Gibney Dance New York in February 2019.
Trivia
In 2021, they started BIGKID Dance, a queer movement community/ collective based in Philadelphia, which is dedicated to queer story telling through compelling and theatrical contemporary dance works. They are currently a Contemporary Faculty at Peridance and Gibney Dance NY, a global ambassador with MindLeaps, guest faculty at Bennington College and a freelance educator, dancer and choreographer.
Family Life
They were born and raised in South West Philadelphia.
Associated With
On January 4, 2025, they posted a piece they choreographed to the song, "Saturn" by SZA.
