Scholarship
My research springs from my passion for my Indo and Indonesian community--our histories, our flavors, our experiences. I am interested in how we collaborate with each other and with other ethnic groups to build resilient communities through shared pleasure.
I’m fascinated with the awkward stand-up comedy set. The feel of a home-made dance costume. The smell of terasi frying with sambal paste. The moment when your auntie asks, ‘have you eaten yet?’
I’ve shared my scholarship across several venues, including publications (Situations, Imagining; a Gibney Journal, Performance Research, Hyperallergic) as well as academic conferences (ASTR, ATHE, AAA.)
My research springs from my passion for my Indo and Indonesian community--our histories, our flavors, our experiences. I am interested in how we collaborate with each other and with other ethnic groups to build resilient communities through shared pleasure.
I’m fascinated with the awkward stand-up comedy set. The feel of a home-made dance costume. The smell of terasi frying with sambal paste. The moment when your auntie asks, ‘have you eaten yet?’
I’ve shared my scholarship across several venues, including publications (Situations, Imagining; a Gibney Journal, Performance Research, Hyperallergic) as well as academic conferences (ASTR, ATHE, AAA.)
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Image credits - Jeffrey Gan/Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld & Geluid
Image credits - Jeffrey Gan/Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld & Geluid
Dramaturgy
I specialize in new work development. I am particularly passionate about avant-garde dance and theater projects that are wrestling with issues of specificity and authenticity. And I love designing and building audience experiences.
Together, we might ask; what about this piece feeds you right now? Who is your audience, and how can we activate them? And how is the structure of this project related to your values?
I’ve collaborated on projects that have been shown at the Shed, Victory Gardens, Fusebox Festival, and Salvage Vanguard Theater among others. I also bring my dramaturgical practice into my work as the Literary Manager at Playwrights Foundation.
Contact me directly for rates and to schedule an initial consultation. Sliding scale available.
I specialize in new work development. I am particularly passionate about avant-garde dance and theater projects that are wrestling with issues of specificity and authenticity. And I love designing and building audience experiences.
Together, we might ask; what about this piece feeds you right now? Who is your audience, and how can we activate them? And how is the structure of this project related to your values?
I’ve collaborated on projects that have been shown at the Shed, Victory Gardens, Fusebox Festival, and Salvage Vanguard Theater among others. I also bring my dramaturgical practice into my work as the Literary Manager at Playwrights Foundation.
Contact me directly for rates and to schedule an initial consultation. Sliding scale available.
34/98/5973
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Image credits: Erin Baiano/Iman Corbani/Jeffrey Gan/Benjamin Akio Kimitch
Image credits: Erin Baiano/Iman Corbani/Jeffrey Gan/Benjamin Akio Kimitch
Art Practice
My artistic practice is fueled by my passion for my community, my research into pleasure/rasa/time, and my fascination with dramaturgical structure.
I work with food, digital media, installation, and durational performance.
My work has been featured at W139, Centerspace Project and the Cohen New Works Festival, among others.
I am a company dancer with Gamelan Sekar Jaya, where I have studied under master artists like Tjokorda Istri Putri Rukmini, I Made Suteja, and Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti.
My artistic practice is fueled by my passion for my community, my research into pleasure/rasa/time, and my fascination with dramaturgical structure.
I work with food, digital media, installation, and durational performance.
My work has been featured at W139, Centerspace Project and the Cohen New Works Festival, among others.
I am a company dancer with Gamelan Sekar Jaya, where I have studied under master artists like Tjokorda Istri Putri Rukmini, I Made Suteja, and Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti.
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Photo credits: Lawrence Peart/Jeffrey Gan/Helena Sanders/William Lee
Photo credits: Lawrence Peart/Jeffrey Gan/Helena Sanders/William Lee
Development Work and Grant Review
I am passionate about getting non-profit organizations the resources they need to thrive. In my career, I have succesfully secured grants, corporate partnerships, and direct contributions for arts festivals, scholarly research, capital campaigns, and much more.
I have served on grant review panels for funders ranging from the California Arts Council to the City of Berkeley Civic Arts program. I am highly experienced in both applying and fulfilling grant rubrics.
I am particularly skilled at finding persuasive, evocative, and exciting language to communicate an organization’s mission and programs.
I am passionate about getting non-profit organizations the resources they need to thrive. In my career, I have succesfully secured grants, corporate partnerships, and direct contributions for arts festivals, scholarly research, capital campaigns, and much more.
I have served on grant review panels for funders ranging from the California Arts Council to the City of Berkeley Civic Arts program. I am highly experienced in both applying and fulfilling grant rubrics.
I am particularly skilled at finding persuasive, evocative, and exciting language to communicate an organization’s mission and programs.
34/98/5973
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Image credit - Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld & Geluid
Image credit - Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld & Geluid