Documentation
1994: This was the year I was born on the small island of Oahu to my parents, Norma and Reynaldo Valdez on my sister Kristen's second birthday. My parents always tell me the story of them cutting the birthday cake and having to leave her party to go to the hospital; and 1 hour later I was born. From that point up until this present moment, my identity is being shaped into who I am right now. All of the experiences that have accumulated in my life have influenced me. And who I am now will change because as long as I am alive and creating new experiences my identity is never set in stone. Both my creative practice and choreographic work as an artist are the framework for expressing the of the people, places, and memories that I have experienced in my life. This body of mine remembers and embodies the traces of those experiences, and that embodiment is amplified through my practice. The question "How does memory reside in my body?" and an exploration into identity have bee...