About

Documents for Download – Updated August 2010:

My Curriculum Vitae

My Dance Biography & Resume

My Costumes/Clothing/Crafts Resume

My General Resume

Artist’s Statement:

I have always been drawn to color, shape, form, texture, ways to organize, stories, research, and expression. I am drawn to stories and I’m particularly fond of myths, legend, archetypes, and ancient history. I wonder who we humans, the species, are – primordially and essentially. What boils underneath all this fancy exterior of civilization and technology? What are the basics of us? I believe in mystery. I am driven by the sense that everything in this world is connected.

I am a multidisciplinary artist. My mediums are interconnected and inseparable. I work in movement, dance, images, words, video, photography, theater, fabric, thread, paper, doodling, paint… and more – whatever the piece needs. I learn from my art – new skills, new understandings. I believe in listening to my art – what does it want? How does it want to grow? How do I put aside my ego to create? Who is the piece for?

I am a performer at heart. I have done the most training and have the most professional experience in dance. From my perspective, choreography and theater performance are essentially multidisciplinary and where I find the best outlet for my artistic visions.

Currently, I am working on developing my professional artistic career and this website is part of that development. I have been involved in online communities since I was 15. I started out on the artist community Side7. I was on Livejournal and DeviantArt for a long time too. The Internet is an incredible medium for community and online, but it is also an experiment. As I continue the process of understanding how the Internet works for me, I want to present my best face, my best self, at all times. This website is one way I am continuing to find balance and focus in my work, my communities, and myself.

This site is LizBrentDances because I think dance is the perfect metaphor for how I would like to move through my life, create art, and connect with others.

For more information on my professional background, please see my LinkedIn profile.

Thanks! – LB