Past ChoreoWrecks
Spring ChoreoWreck 2025
June 9, 2025
Light Box Theater
Our AADF2025 Collaborative Residency choreographers offered up their their works-in-progress to the "wrecking" process. They wrecked each other, along with two other invited wreckers, offering their own interpretations and teasing out deeper meaning.
Scroll down to meet the artists, read what they and audience members had to say about their experience, and watch highlights from the event.
Wreckee: Smrithi Suresh
“I had never heard of wrecking before. In the past, I enjoyed co-choreographing contemporary pieces with my close friend, often exploring shared themes. But this piece is different—it’s the first time I’ve been encouraged to tell my own story. Surprisingly, that’s been the hardest part. Still, I’m excited to receive feedback from dancers across different styles. I know their perspectives will give me a fresh outlook on how I approach and create my Bharatanatyam choreographies.”
- Smrithi Suresh
Learn more about Smrithi below.
Wreckee: Adie San Diego
"I'm curious and excited to do my first wrecking! In my choreographic practice, I enjoy using deconstruction and reconstruction to reveal deeper layers of my work. The piece I'm presenting is a reimagined excerpt from my full-length work, "SKIN TAG," which explores themes of identity and assimilation through my experiences as a Filipina-American woman. I'm eager to work with my wreckers, Smrithi Suresh and Khamla Somphanh - both of whom I have not yet worked with, but I'm hoping to get a fresh new perspective on the movement from them to bring out something even deeper than I imagined.” - Adie San Diego
Learn more about Adie below.
Odessa Mae Uno
Khamla Somphanh
Odessa Mae Uno
Wrecker for Smrithi
Odessa Mae Uno (she/her) is a Filipino American movement-based artist based in Southern California. She holds a BFA in Dance from CalArts and has performed with DISCO RIOT, Fresh Congress Dance, and artists including Solange and Gerard & Kelly. Her choreographic work has been commissioned by Malashock Dance and San Dieg
Wrecker for Smrithi
Odessa Mae Uno (she/her) is a Filipino American movement-based artist based in Southern California. She holds a BFA in Dance from CalArts and has performed with DISCO RIOT, Fresh Congress Dance, and artists including Solange and Gerard & Kelly. Her choreographic work has been commissioned by Malashock Dance and San Diego Dance Theater. Odessa’s practice centers on community, empathy, and the belief that dance cultivates connection, critical thinking, and emotional awareness.
Instagram @odessauno
Adie San Diego
Khamla Somphanh
Odessa Mae Uno
Wrecker for Smrithi
Adie San Diego is a Filipina-American artist residing in Los Angeles. She received her BFA in Modern Dance from Point Park University, and in May 2025, Adie received an MFA in Choreography from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). As a dancer, Adie has had the honor to work with renowned artists including Hel
Wrecker for Smrithi
Adie San Diego is a Filipina-American artist residing in Los Angeles. She received her BFA in Modern Dance from Point Park University, and in May 2025, Adie received an MFA in Choreography from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). As a dancer, Adie has had the honor to work with renowned artists including Helen Simoneau, Joanna Kotze, Yin Yue, Beth Gill, and more. Adie’s choreographic work has been presented in Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Durham, and Los Angeles, and she is excited to share with the San Diego dance community in AADF. Additionally, Adie is a freelance photographer/videographer working with artists from the greater communities of Raleigh, NC and Los Angeles, CA.
Instagram @adiesandiego
Khamla Somphanh
Khamla Somphanh
Khamla Somphanh
Wrecker for Adie
Khamla Somphanh is a teaching artist and enjoys making dances, which allows her to share the gift of movement with fellow creatives. This event is her first exposure to “wrecking” and is thankful for the opportunity to explore new choreographic practices. You can find her on faculty at Carlsbad Performing Arts, Inspired Mo
Wrecker for Adie
Khamla Somphanh is a teaching artist and enjoys making dances, which allows her to share the gift of movement with fellow creatives. This event is her first exposure to “wrecking” and is thankful for the opportunity to explore new choreographic practices. You can find her on faculty at Carlsbad Performing Arts, Inspired Movement, The Kennedy Center Dance Lab, Lynch Dance Institute, Mounarath Powell Dance and San Diego State University School of Music and Dance.
Instagram @khamlasomphanh
PC: Doug McMinimy
Smrithi Suresh
Khamla Somphanh
Khamla Somphanh
Wrecker for Adie
Smrithi Suresh has been learning Bharatanatyam for the past 17 years under the tutelage of her Gurus Smt. Suganda Sreenath and Smt. Shreya Iyer of Jayendra Kalenkendra. After coming to San Diego for university, she pursued further training under Smt. Radhika Karandikar. She has performed in numerous locations across th
Wrecker for Adie
Smrithi Suresh has been learning Bharatanatyam for the past 17 years under the tutelage of her Gurus Smt. Suganda Sreenath and Smt. Shreya Iyer of Jayendra Kalenkendra. After coming to San Diego for university, she pursued further training under Smt. Radhika Karandikar. She has performed in numerous locations across the world including Dallas, Bay Area, Cleveland, and India. She is also an IndianRaga Fellow. Passionate about choreography, she co-founded Fuchsia Dance, a platform for dancers to collaborate and innovate. Notably, they have performed at TedXBerkeley and the Erasing Borders Dance Festival in New York. She is recently graduated from UCSD with a degree in nanoengineering.
Instagram @smrithi.sur
Spring ChoreoWreck 2024
May 26, 2024
Malashock Dance Black Box Theater
Our first ChoreoWreck event, Spring ChoreoWreck 2024 saw Micah Parra and Joyce Lien Kushner each allow their personal solos to be wrecked by two other artists. We shared, we played, we laughed, and we cried. We gained invaluable insight into our work, ourselves, and each other.
Scroll down to meet the artists, read what they and audience members had to say about their experience, and watch highlights from the event.
Wreckee: Micah Parra
“I am a person who simultaneously thrives off of and is crushed by criticism, so it’ll be a new and humbling experience to process, learn and adapt, not only in real time, but it in front of a live audience. Dance is sacred and deeply personal to me, any solo I create is coming straight from the heart. For this wrecking I chose two of my close friends, Jessica Rabanzo-Flores and Chelsea Zeffiro, who also happen to be artists. I understand that vulnerability is a skill that needs to be practiced and Joyce has offered a safe space to do that. I look forward to hearing my wreckers raw feedback and feeling their care. It’ll be a special day.”
Micah Parra is a multi-faceted dance and movement artist, originally from Vancouver, WA. She is a current company member of Malashock Dance and collaborator with TILTshift Dance. More about Micah
Wreckee: Joyce Lien Kushner
"I am thrilled to introduce wrecking to San Diego! Ever since I witnessed my first public wrecking up in San Francisco back in 2016, I knew I wanted to share this practice with a wider audience. For Spring ChoreoWreck, I'm bringing a very personal solo work that has already gone through six permutations and one wrecking. "See Me" is a living work, ever changing and evolving as I change and evolve...eventually to be developed into an evening length piece. I have asked two distinct dance makers, Khamla Somphanh and Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao, to come play with my work. Both have strong choreographic viewpoints; both are practiced in directing movement; and both I trust with not only my work, but also my body. I can't wait to see what they do!"
Joyce Lien Kushner is a second generation Taiwanese-American dance artist, maker, and teacher. She is the founding director of TILTshift Dance. More about Joyce
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores
Wrecker for Micah
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores is a dance artist, educator and choreographer native to San Diego. She is a certified trauma-informed personal trainer and founder of her own dance-inspired fitness method Untitled Movement. She choreographs at Mesa College as an adjunct professor. Jessica is also in her second season as a company dancer with Malashock Dance.
Instagram @jessrabaflo
Chelsea Zeffiro
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores
Wrecker for Micah
Chelsea Zeffiro is a performer, choreographer, and educator based in Southern California. Her work is rooted in dance – expanded through experimental and collaborative practices across theatre, design, writing, and film. She believes in the power of dance and performance to help us imagine and enact new ways of seeing and
Wrecker for Micah
Chelsea Zeffiro is a performer, choreographer, and educator based in Southern California. Her work is rooted in dance – expanded through experimental and collaborative practices across theatre, design, writing, and film. She believes in the power of dance and performance to help us imagine and enact new ways of seeing and being in the world. She is currently faculty at Coronado School of the Arts and the University of the Arts, working between the US and France.
Instagram @chelsea_zeffiro
Trixi Agyao
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores
Khamla Somphanh
Wrecker for Joyce
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao is a socially conscious performer, choreographer and filmmaker using the digital guise of The Thoughtful Beast. Trixi creates work centered on fighting the stigma against mental illness. An active volunteer and advocate for the Filipino American community, she co-founded The Filam Film Collectiv
Wrecker for Joyce
Trixi Anne Balinggan Agiao is a socially conscious performer, choreographer and filmmaker using the digital guise of The Thoughtful Beast. Trixi creates work centered on fighting the stigma against mental illness. An active volunteer and advocate for the Filipino American community, she co-founded The Filam Film Collective which focuses on Filipino American representation in the media. Trixi is a current collaborator with TILTshift Dance. More about Trixi
Instagram @thethoughtfulbeast
Khamla Somphanh
Jessica Rabanzo-Flores
Khamla Somphanh
Wrecker for Joyce
Khamla Somphanh is a teaching artist and enjoys making dances, which allows her to share the gift of movement with fellow creatives. This event is her first exposure to “wrecking” and is thankful for the opportunity to explore new choreographic practices. You can find her on faculty at Carlsbad Performing Arts, Inspired M
Wrecker for Joyce
Khamla Somphanh is a teaching artist and enjoys making dances, which allows her to share the gift of movement with fellow creatives. This event is her first exposure to “wrecking” and is thankful for the opportunity to explore new choreographic practices. You can find her on faculty at Carlsbad Performing Arts, Inspired Movement, The Kennedy Center Dance Lab, Lynch Dance Institute, Mounarath Powell Dance and San Diego State University School of Music and Dance.
Instagram @khamlasomphanh
PC: Doug McMinimy
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