Limitation Etudes is an ongoing project I began to envision nine months ago, when I was diagnosed with the early stages of Multiple Sclerosis. Threatened with prospective paralysis and blindness, I divised this series of studies as a platform that would allow me to both investigate new modes of choreographing (without dancing) and create visual illustrations of my experience.

Limitation Etudes: 7-10 were created using improvisations from the generous dancers of Whim W’Him. Each short work is based on the dancers’ own writings and explores scenarios in which limitations, both real and imagined, can provide opportunities to cultivate new strengths and skill sets that might not otherwise exist.