WAKE
2023 NEFA National Dance Project Production Grant Recipient
WAKE is a queer post-colonial performance ritwal* for grieving and healing (*a term colonized on Philippine tongues as ritual).
Created in collaboration with Carlo Maghirang, Micaela Tobin, and Vinta Gallery
Touring 2024-2025
I’m jay
I’m a Filipino American artist rooted in collaboration and community.
I make work to further understand my/our place here on earth.
Sometimes it looks like dance. Sometimes it is live or on film, or a hybrid of the two. Sometimes it’s conversational, like tsismis (gossip) — a space for preservation and community care. And sometimes it involves food.
I value trust, realness, pakiramdam (knowing by feeling), bringing people together and taking care of them.
I’m a Taurus. I’m passionate, serious, playful, loyal, and sensitive.