| Training in New York City since 1998 and acting as an independent choreographer since 2000, Ms. Williams has danced and acted with various choreographers and directors, notably dancing with Noemie LaFrance in Bessie award winning "Descent" and acting under the direction of Spike Lee in the feature length film, "She Hate Me" in 2004. As a choreographer, her most influential collaboration was with Pascal Rekoert/MidGetDance (2003 and 2004), creating the hilarious "Burger Nation" presented at The Flea Theater in May 2004 along with numerous other works including, "Three-Letter Words," "High Grounds" and "Single? Double? Triple?" In January 2005, Ms. Williams created The Movement Movement, where she has focused on her own endeavors. Ms. Williams debuted the "Dancing Gates Project," a large-scale, impromptu, dance installation at the Gates, Central Park and continues to develop "Shattered" as a dance film and for a full evening production. Ms. Williams' work has proven to have extreme range, either intensely funny as in "Burger Love" or intensely dark as in "Shattered" and "Mom;" either way, her work is always bold, always moving always leaves audiences affected. Her most notable choreography credits include, "Shattered," "Burger Love," "Three Letter Words," "Mom," "Pink Elephant," "High Grounds," "Prayer," "One Bedroom Studio," "The Clamour," "Single? Double? Triple?" "Crystal Basket Case" and two longer works "Burger Nation" (1 hour 17 mins.) and "Dancing Gates Project" (1 hour 30 mins.). She has been presented locally at Joe's Pub dancenow/dancemOpolitan, Catch Series/Gallapogos Art Space, Chashama Deli Dances, The Flea Theater, The Photographic Gallery, The Puffin Room, Dumbo Dance Festival, WAX Works, Dance New Amsterdam Works in Progress, HATCH Presenting Series Jennifer Muller/The Works, SGI Culture Fest, SWEAT Modern Dance Out of Doors, The Bridge for Dance, The Construction Company & Art X Festival. Abroad, she was presented at Sage Club, Berlin, Germany, working in collaboration with fashion artists Showroom XS. Before officially heeding her call as an artist, Ms. Williams was studying anthropology and gathering ideas on the basketball court at George Washington University as a Division 1 scholarship athlete and professionally in Turkey and France. |