News I am an experimental dance artist, inspired by my studies of new dance, dance-theater, contact improvisation, and butoh. I'm also a bodyworker and use healing practices, such as body-mind centering, yoga and feldenkrais, as a source of creativity, inspiration and physical training. I research extended dance techniques, which are unique movements, individual to my particular body. I also develop teaching methods to help other dancers find their own extended techniques. Dance is a social art form and I'm a promiscuous collaborator. I'm mostly known for my collaborations with avant-garde musicians, particularly my duo with Andy Hayleck (When We're Older), but I also work with other dance, theater and visual artists. I have choreographed over 15 original dance works, and am also an avid improviser. I'm currently practicing free improvisation: dances without any predetermined plan. My work is always site-specific in that I seek to activate and enliven all spaces that I dance in, whether they are theaters, studios, homes, places of business or the outdoors. I also seek to connect audience members to their own embodied, corporeal experience with the immediacy and spontaneity of performance. Upcoming Events Jul 12th, 2009. Wild Meadows Retreat, July 12th -18th Taught by Cyrus Khambatta, Sharon Mansur and Nicole Bindler www.phffft.org/wmeadows.htm Jul 19th, 2009. I'm attending DANCE RANCH MARFA, TX. My participation is supported by Dance Advance through their professional development program. www.lowerleft.org/marfa.html Jul 25th, 2009. 8 p.m. StudioSeries @ Studio 34 Yoga I Healing I Arts Curated by Nicole Bindler Eve Hanan - dance/words (b'more) Sheila Zagar - dance (philly) Fred Van Dyk - video (b'more) Cait Davis - video (nyc) Ellen Godena/Max Lord - butoh/sound (boston) Naomi Pressman - dance (philly) Greg Holt - dance (philly) Jul 30th, 2009. Mascher Space Coop Fundraiser, Philly, PA. @ the Barbary, http://mascherdance.com Aug 8th, 2009. 8 p.m. dance/music at Silverspace, Chicago, IL Michael Zerang, Asimina Chremos, Nicole Bindler and others tba. Aug 14th, 2009. Norristown DanceFest (PA) I'm dancing in "Study 349" by Michelle Stortz http://www.ringdt.blogspot.com/ Oct 9th, 2009. music/dance at Shofuso House Ko Ishikawa (sho), Kenta Nagai (shamisen) and Masayo Ishigure (koto), Gene Coleman (bass clarinet), Nicole Bindler (dance) + more tba Oct 30th, 2009. 8 p.m. StudioSeries @ Studio 34 Oct 31st, 2009. 8 p.m. StudioSeries @ Studio 34 Nov 7th, 2009. 8 p.m. Mascher Space Coop AIR show Nov 21st, 2009. 8 p.m. StudioSeries @ Studio 34 Dec 19th, 2009. 8 p.m. StudioSeries @ Studio 34 Dec 20th, 2009. 8 p.m. Andrea Clearfield's Salon music/dance duo improvisation with Bindler and Gene Coleman (bass clarinet) http://www.internationalopus.com/Andrea_Clearfield/index.html