EILISH HENDERSON

Eilish Henderson (B.S. Hofstra University | M.A. New York University) is a movement artist working with subjects of the body based in NYC. She is interested in nourishing the practice of translation through interdisciplinary methods. Her work seeks to explore resonance, discord, decay and healing. Rooted in nature, the body escapes its skin shell and reinvents itself dispelled of trauma, an unearthly creature insect. Through ritual, disorientation, and unlearning, her creations emerge. As a choreographer, she draws upon butoh, contemporary floorwork, Capoeira, and release technique. Through movement she navigates the infinite patterns of a body’s relationships— negotiating touch, desire, intimacy and disgust. She develops the nuance of the movement work through accessing visual art, words, and fleeting images. Her work has been presented as a part of the Emerging Artists Festival: New Works Series, Smush Gallery, Arts, Letters, and Numbers, and Agropoli Dance Festival in Italy. As an educator, she works as a teaching artist for Dancewave, Brooklyn Arts Council, and Notes in Motion.

www.eilishadonnahenderson.com
Photo: Kristen W. Bartley @kristenbartley