by Julianna Hom
Alice Svetic is a dancer+choreographer+educator based in Oakland, CA. Originally from Milwaukee, WI, Alice received their BFA in Dance from University of Wisconsin-Madison and their MFA in Dance from Hollins University, where they taught ballet and contemporary dance practice. Alice is currently a dance artist with SF-based Alex Ketley’s The Foundry and a teaching artist at Stanford University, the Alonzo King LINES Training Program, Summer Program, and BFA program at Dominican University, and Marin Dance Theater. Their research centers around critical feminist and queer dance teaching perspectives, viewership politics, and the performative body.
My impulses in dance making feel very similar to my impulses in life making - they are impulsive, compositional, aesthetic, and referential. They are Impulsive in the way that I follow my gut and rely on instinct - queer instinct. They are compositional in how I make choices of where to place and be placed. They are aesthetic in the way that I use markers of identification - hair, clothing, color, and light - to my queer advantage, and finally, they are referential in that they link back to my queer ancestry. My life is queer, therefore so are my dances.
Within my creative processes I strive to facilitate group settings in which artists are seen, heard, and felt. Empathy and compassion are the tools used to check in and out at the beginning and end of sessions as a way to return to reality. I am curious about what can be learned from studying dance - about ourselves, our relationships to ourselves, and our relationships to others.
by orfeas skutelis