“I will be re-visiting Etienne Decroux’s choreography “Washerwoman” and exploring ways to perform it according to my Brazilian heritage, investigating washerwomen culture from Brazil.”

Aya will begin choreography for Okaeri Productions’ Godspell, which will run at the Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance February 25-27, 2022.

“I’ll be working on movement research, fine tuning acting monologues, and planning my experimental dance solo film.”

“I would structure the time to further flesh out and solidify pieces I’ve started choreographing and explore making new works. Ideally, I’d also like to film my work to use for artistic grant purposes.”

Drawing further into her research between movement and objects, Kristel will be improvising with a variety of materials that are connected to her historical past comprised of farmworkers and export laborers.