My fascination with hands and their expressive qualities revealed itself over time. As a child, I watched my father at the piano, his fingers translating intention into music. In my mother's art studio, her hands dutifully wrapped around brushes, layering color onto canvas. Each movement was a form of embodied intelligence, a way of thinking through the hands. This early understanding drew me naturally to dance and choreography.

There was something I was certain of: hands were the gateway to something much deeper about the human experience