LIVE PERFORMANCE (2018-2025)
June 2025
- (softspells)
- Direction & Choreography: Akane Little & Benja Thompson
- The Tank - New York, NY
Mar. 2025
- MOMMA!
- Direction & Choreography: Akane Little
- CAVE - Brooklyn, NY
Feb. 2025
- Hypnagogia
- Direction: Nick Brooke
- The Brick - Brooklyn, NY
Oct. 2024
- She Walks The Air XI
- Direction: Chaesong Kim
- Tompkins Square Park - New York, NY
Oct. 2024
- A Rare Bird
- Direction: Diana Oh // Movement Direction: Shannon Yu
- Playwrights Horizons - New York, NY
Oct. 2024
- Shadowboxing in Blue
- Direction & Choreography: Lauren Dance Theatre Surreality
- Brooklyn, NY
Sept. 2024
- A Meal
- LEIMAY // Direction & Choreography: Ximena Garnica + Shige Moriya
- HERE Arts Center - New York, NY
May 2024
- GODSPAWN x NIGHT CVLT
- God Complex x Aeon Adreas
- House of Yes - Brooklyn, NY
Jan. 2024
- The Boof Quadrille
- Hard x Femme Dances
- APAP - New York, NY
Dec. 2023
- GODSPAWN
- God Complex x Aeon Andreas
- TV Eye - Brooklyn, NY
Dec. 2023
- Stray Dog x CLAY Celebration
- Direction & Choreography: Krystel Copper & Mār Galeanos
- New York, NY
June 2023
- Extinction Rituals
- LEIMAY // Choreography: Ximena Garnica + Shige Moriya
- Japan Center - New York, NY
Oct. 2022
- Cynthia Dewioka - Book Launch Celebration
- Choreography: Djassi DaCosta Johnson
- MoCADA - Brooklyn, NY
Sept. 2022
- You Always Do This To Me
- Boy Friday // Choreography: Evik Abbott-Main
- Triskelion Arts - Brooklyn, NY
Jan. 2022
- Search(Light)
- Kinesis Project // Choreography: Melissa Riker
- Brooklyn Navy Yard - Brooklyn, NY
Oct. 2021
- The Burial
- Direction & Choreography: Adi Weizman
- Brooklyn, NY
May 2020
- Poente [canceled due to COVID-19]
- Oberlin College Dance Company // Direction & Choreography: Alysia Ramos
- Oberlin, OH
Dec. 2019
- Mercury
- Direction & Choreography: Akane Little, Emily Liptow, and Christina Pinkard
- Wintertide Festival - Cleveland, OH
Sept. 2019
- Aftermath
- Choreography: Catherine Meredith
- Women in Dance Leadership Conference - Philadelphia, PA
Aug. 2019
- Strategies for Survival
- Choreography: Megan Young
- Transformer Station - Cleveland, OH
Aug. 2019
- SPACEBeach
- Choreography: Marcia Custer
- Museum of Contemporary Art - Cleveland, OH
Aug. 2019
- id
- Choreography: Akane Little
- Maelstrom Collaborative Arts - Cleveland, OH
June 2019
- Blood Orange
- Choreography: Robert Rubama
- Cleveland Public Theater - Cleveland, OH
Mar. 2019
- Recital #1
- Choreography: Pam Tanowitz
- Cleveland, OH
Jan. 2019
- Sorry Doesn’t Sweeten Her Tea
- Direction: Lauren Joy Fraley
- Cleveland Public Theater - Cleveland, OH
Dec. 2018
- あ (Ah)
- Choreography: Akane Little
- SPACES Gallery - Cleveland, OH
Nov. 2018
- Undone…
- Choreography: Madi Jackson
- Cleveland Dance Festival - Cleveland, OH
FILM & MUSIC VIDEO (2019-2025)
June 2025
- Sam Smith - To Be Free [Official Music Video]
- Music: Sam Smith // Direction: (LA)HORDE
- Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 2024
- Mezzanine [Official Music Video]
- Music & Direction: Michael Chinworth // Movement Direction: Ava Heller
- Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 2024
- red room [dance film]
- lumenbodies // Direction: Akane Little & Benja Thompson
- Brooklyn, NY
Oct. 2024
- Asfixia [Official Music Video]
- Music: Carolina Oliveros // Direction: Dior Rodriguez
- Brooklyn, NY
Oct. 2023
- Rope [film]
- Direction: Lucas Manuel-Schiebe
- New York, NY
Nov. 2022
- Tom Petty - American Girl (Live at the Fillmore, 1997) [Official Music Video]
- Music: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers // Direction: Adria Petty // Choreography: Maya Alexis
- Brooklyn, NY
July 2022
- A sigh of origin [dance film]
- Hivewild // Direction & Choreography: Katherine Maxwell
- Brooklyn, NY
Mar. 2022
- All This Time [Official Music Video]
- Music: Bridget Kearney
- Brooklyn, NY
Sept. 2021
- You Left Me Alone [dance film]
- Direction: Lauren Fondren // Choreography: Katherine Maxwell
- Brooklyn, NY
July 2021
- again, it pulls [dance film]
- Direction: Paige Cowen
- Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 2019
- Psychic Vampire [Official Music Video]
- Music: Skuff Micksun // Choreography: Shannon Metelko
- Cleveland, OH
Feb. 2019
- Barefaced [dance film]
- Elu Dance Company // Direction & Choreography: MacKenzie Valley and Mikaela Clark
- Cleveland, OH
SELECTED COMPANY WORK - RESIDENCIES, SHOOTS & GALAS (2021-2024)
June 2024
- HERE Arts Center Gala
- LEIMAY Ensemble // Direction: Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya
- New York, NY
April 2024
- A Meal - Development Residency
- LEIMAY Ensemble // Direction: Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya
- Chelsea Factory - New York, NY
Mar. 2024
- Untitled New Work - Development Residency
- LEIMAY Ensemble // Direction: Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya
- Chelsea Factory - New York, NY
Jan. 2024
- Collaborative Residency with PhD Candidates in Music Composition
- LEIMAY Ensemble // Direction: Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya // Stanford University - Stanford, CA
Nov. 2023
- Extinction Rituals - Installation Video Shoot
- LEIMAY Ensemble // Direction: Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya
- Chelsea Factory - New York, NY
May 2023
- Extinction Rituals - Development Residency
- LEIMAY Ensemble // Direction: Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya
- Japan Society - New York, NY
Mar. 2023
- Boy Friday Photo Shoot
- Boy Friday // Direction: Evik Abbott-Main
- Brooklyn, NY
Aug. 2022
- You Always Do This To Me - Development Residency
- Boy Friday // Direction: Evik Abbott-Main
- Dragon’s Egg - Ledyard, CT
May 2022
- Kinesis Project Gala
- Kinesis Project // Direction: Melissa Riker
- New York, NY
May 2022
- Capacity / the work of crackling - Development Residency
- Kinesis Project // Direction: Melissa Riker
- Middlebrook Arts Center - Middlebrook, NY
June 2025
- (softspells)
- lumenbodies // Direction & Choreography: Akane Little & Benja Thompson
- The Tank - New York, NY
Mar. 2025
- MOMMA!
- Direction & Choreography: Akane Little
- CAVE - Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 2024
- red room [dance film]
- lumenbodies
- Brooklyn, NY
Mar. 2022
- All This Time [Official Music Video]
- Music: Bridget Kearney
- Brooklyn, NY
Mar. 2021
- power + pleasure???
- Maelstrom Collaborative Arts
- Cleveland, OH (virtual participation)
August 2019
- id
- Maelstrom Collaborative Arts
- Cleveland, OH
Dec. 2018
- あ (Ah)
- SPACES Gallery
- Cleveland, OH
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS (2025-2026)
July 2025 - Jan. 2026
- Exponential Fellowship 2026
- Exponential Festival
- Brooklyn, NY
July 2025 - Nov. 2025
- 2025 SPLIT BILL Artist
- Triskelion Arts
- Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
May 2017
- Oberlin College
- BA in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
- Oberlin, OH