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My dances dam off imagined environments, ponding strangeness. They are always in flux, demanding ecological shifts, building and unbuilding what is tangible or perceivable. I am interested in how pushing moves the pusher, not just the pushed. I like to repurpose the mundane into the monumental. I play with gross and fabulous interchangeably. I use resistance as a way to participate. I am all about a deep vibrating howl.

I have always felt deeply, empathizing until I was unable to differentiate where I ended and the not-me began. I dance to deterritorialize the terrain I inhabit - to dissolve the barrier between inside and out. I dance so that I can feel a world that makes some sense to me. It is neither logical nor linear, but it is always about survival. I often say I am unearthing something while I am dancing, asking for my body to offer me back memories and experiences so that I can build monsters and aliens with foraged artifacts that have been left in my intestines, muscles, and scars. Dancing is how I radically reclaim these parts of myself as sensational.

 

 

 

 

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My practices use a deep and rigorous research of my body’s episodes, self-reflective of the past and potentializing the future. I transpose anatomical and biological research into the studio using it as a filter for how I investigate myself, my interactions with others and objects. I practice going in to propose a way for me to reach out. My dances teach me my own potential for being… being alone, being connected, being en masse, and I hope that they reveal something about the social, political, and cultural fabric in which we live. Researching pleasure within myself deepens my curiosity and empathy for others. I focus on interdependence and actively choose to invest in collaborative practices. My dances insist on a future where individuated collectivity purposes a model for sustainability. 

 

We barter, help, and heal one another.

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"I'm working to decentralize choreography, but really that is a metaphor on how to decentralize power"

Current Project

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Using dance, original sound scores, puppetry, and poetry, Murphy and her collaborators explore their internal rhythms and the transitional spaces between love and grief, life and death. The dancers and musicians work to illuminate the endless heart waves that fill the gaps that exist between the concrete.

Past Projects 

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We are working to create archive of past projects including video, images, notes from collaborators, and reviews. It is not quite finished. We appreciate your patience and invite you to come back soon. 

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