ABOUT

Frances is a NYC-based dance artist/choreographer with a BFA in Contemporary Dance and a BA in Political Science from Indiana University. Rooted in a lineage of making, Frances inherited her devotion to artistry and dance-making from her mother and older sister. Her work has been showcased at the Young Choreographer's Festival (NYC), Future Artists Dance Festival (Chicago), and the Eskenazi School of Architecture (Bloomington, IN). 

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Frances has trained at the Professional Training Program at the Bates Dance Festival (2022, 2023), as well as the David Dorfman Dance Company at Connecticut College (2021). She has trained in composition, improvisation, and modern/contemporary/postmodern technique.​ Frances has performed as a community member with the Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane Company at Indiana University and as a guest performer with the Middle Space Dance Company in Treiber Farms, NY.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

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Frances is a dancer and choreographer who is interested in uncovering mysteries of lineage, history, heritage, and the blood through prose and kinesthetic research. Growing up in the Midwest, her work aims to recreate environments and habitats that resemble the world she understands. She believes in making as a radical act of revisionism and aims for her work to live in the intersection of her personal curiosities and collective cultural understanding. She uses writing as personal research for her work, to connect abstract and theoretical ideas to physicality and literality.