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about me.
movement moves me, intuition guides me, and curiosity drives me to make dance. in my choreographic work, the relationship between the container and what is contained—the structure and what's inside—pushes and pulls against one another. my structures deconstruct preconceived ideas of what a performance looks like, breaking the barrier between stage and audience, viewer and viewed. my works challenges itself to give just less than enough for satisfaction, often leaving audience with more questions than perhaps comfortable. I believe in collaboration, not as a possibility, but instead as an inevitability in the process of art making, one in which I choose to embrace with outstretched arms.
is a movement artist and choreographer in Los Angeles, CA with a focus in improvisation. Born and raised in Berkeley, CA, Eliza spent three years training with the ODC Dance youth company in San Francisco where the seeds of her artistry first sprouted. Her journey continued at California State University Long Beach, where she had the opportunity to work with guest choreographers Marjani Forté-Saunders and Donna Uchizono, faculty members Rebecca Lemme and Keith Johnson, among others. There, she presented her own work, including live/video piece crush me mush me, interactive composition Stay a While, Stay a Little Longer. Alongside co-choreographer, Sierra Tanji, she directed the theatrical number 1:23AM, 4th & Cherry Ave, which was awarded best performance for upcoming artist in the 2023 SoCal Dance and Choreography Festival.
Eliza is dedicated to interweaving queerness in her artistic endeavors and presence in the dance space. She was a founding member of Affinity A.I.D.E, a student organization which advocates for marginalized peers in the CSULB Department of Dance, serving as the LGBTQIA+ Chair of student relations. Upon her graduation from the CSULB Department of Dance in May of 2023, Eliza was awarded the Martha B. Knoebel Creative Achievement Award for Excellence in Dancemaking. After graduation, Eliza received her Msingha Wuti recreational teaching certification in Umfundalai, a contemporary-African technique, under the mentorship of Danzel Thompson-Stout. In March 2024, she performed with Keith Johnson/Dancers as a part of the ongoing SERIES project in which she received high praise in the LA Dance Chronical review by Steven Vargas, stating “[Eliza] fully surrendered to the dance…her playfulness with tempo and intensity stood out from the rest”.
In May 2024, Eliza co-founded GÄ’R Collective alongside collaborator Scout Nankin and premiered their first work, Problem Dog, at Garage Theater. They are excited to present their first evening length interdisciplinary work at Highways Performance Space later this year. As her individual and collective journey unfolds, Eliza continues to create with curiosity and embrace the unexpected with joyous rebellion.
eliza loran
Photo by Gregory R.R. Crosby
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