This project started with a Halloween decoration. A piece of cobweb-like netting that you could find at the party store. Use and throw away.

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What began as an exploration in residency at the Killburn Mill, MA, for a dance for camera, transformed into a long-term, site-specific project that fostered community between dancers, park-watchers, and beachgoers. 

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The original exploration became a solo that was performed at Arts on Site, New York, NY, on January 19, 2025. Titled Pall, this work explored themes of safety, vulnerability, care, and shame through shrouding. I was curious about the ways that being covered changes our relationship to our surroundings and to ourselves. My environment becomes obscured under the fabric, yet in moments of vulnerability, it offers safety and a retreat. 

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Following Pall, I was curious about bringing other dancers into the fabric with me and created Fabric in a Field in April 2025 to be performed with 10 dancers under a 40-foot net in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. This improvisational score performed under the net brought a playful element to the project and opened up opportunities to manipulate the material more. The idea of bringing the fabric outside allowed the environment to be a part of the piece, giving a physical embodiment to the wind as it picked up the fabric like a sail and tangled it around the dancer's bodies. Upon reflecting with the dancers after the performance, it felt natural to bring this net to the beach.

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Our final iteration of this performance was Fabric on the Beach, performed at Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY, in September 2025. Building upon the improvisational foundations of Fabric in a Field, I expanded upon the choreography to create a narrative for this group of eight dancers. We explored the mythology of sea hags and sirens while developing a movement score centered on finding revolution through acts of reclaiming our sense of community, land stewardship, and decentering productivity.