EMILY JONES & HANNAH KRAFCIK

Hannah Krafcik & Emily Jones are dance company of two based on unceded lands of Cowlitz, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Clackamas and many other tribes, also known as Portland, Oregon. We make performance and transdisciplinary work and co-teach movement together.

As makers, performers, and teachers, our offerings explore the tensions between social power dynamics and unnamed personal needs: We maintain that sensory autonomy—the ability to honor and explore one's own sensory needs and desires—is an essential step in naming, refusing, and subverting coercive power dynamics that touch every aspect of life.

Forthcoming project: the swirl

We are seeking funds to support a 20-minute iteration of this work presented by Velocity Dance Center. Through the end of December 2024, all donations made to our project through Velocity will be tax-deductible thanks to their generous fiscal sponsorship program.

HOW TO DONATE: You can make a contribution via Velocity's online portal here and be sure to write "The Swirl" in the field that says "Donation Note (Optional)" so that your funds go directly to our project. If you prefer to send a check to Velocity, please add "The Swirl" in the memo line.

Past projects: aesthetics project / apogee / switch / apartment show / ecological bodies

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Photos by: Joseph Hernandez, Erin O'Reilly, Mickey Sanchez, Hannah Krafcik, Jo Silver, Tojo Andrianarivo, Intisar Abioto, and Chelsea Petraikis

Emily Jones (she/they) is a choreographer, dancer, movement teacher and bodyworker based in Portland, Oregon. Emily is inspired by the ways the application of information from biomechanics, physics and physiology can foster agency, and inform movement possibilities for dancing bodies. Emily is invested in the upholding of clear consent practices and open communication in spaces of learning and collaboration. Emily makes interdisciplinary performances and is part of an ongoing artistic partnership with Hannah Krafcik. www.emilyannejones.com

Hannah Krafcik is a Portland-based transdisciplinary neuroqueer artist who studied dance at neighborhood studios and at university in Florida before moving to NYC, where they received a Master of Arts in Performance Studies from New York University. Hoping to pursue a career in academia or nonprofit administration, they took a break from dancing regularly for several years before entering back in through the practice of Contact Improvisation. They originally sought to retain a relationship to dance through critical writing, but nowadays they prefer more than anything to create work and teach. Hannah met and began collaborating with Emily upon moving to Portland in 2016.