& on:

& on is an exploration of the relentless passage of time and the continuous cycles of shedding and renewal insisted of us. the film reflects on the simultaneous experience of both loss and liberation as the present becomes our past and the future our present, and grapples with the process of accepting change as the one true constant.

Choreography, Direction, Production & Performance by: Jasmine Rivers & Uanne Chang

Direction, Videography, Production & Editing by: Nathalie Barnes

Production by: Jampel Dorjee & Julia Stahlman

Special thanks to Grace Rocker and Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation

Music by: Fred Again

ecdysis:

ecdysis is an exploration of the shedding of societal conventions to reveal the raw self within. The film celebrates movement as the medium through which liberation and connection with one’s core essence unfolds.

Choreographed, Directed, and Produced by: Jasmine Rivers and Uanne Chang

Cinematography, Editing, and Production by: Nathalie Barnes, Supported by Jampel Dorjee and Julia Stahlman

Lighting Design by: Jampel Dorjee

Performed by: Jasmine Rivers, Maya Sessions, Annika Hsi, Mei Geller, Holly Thompson

Music by: FKA Twigs ecdysis premiered at DJ collaborative Everything But The Kitchen Sink event at Keybar NYC in July 2025, and was selected to be shown at Motion Blur Film Festival at Mommy’s Bar in
September 2025.

 both/and:

“both/and…” explores the challenges, joys, and complexities of multiraciality, as experienced by the four mixed Asian and white women that comprise the cast. Choreographed by: Jasmine Rivers in collaboration with dancers Yukiko Chevray, Maya. Sessions, and Camille Sevrain, the piece investigates the malleability of subjectivities across spatial, temporal, and cultural contexts. As the performance branch of Rivers’ autoethnographic anthropology thesis, “both/and…” critically reflects on how external racializations, varying degrees of the visibility of white privilege, and monoracist microaggressions have shaped the cast members’ senses of self.

The choreography is the culmination of an interdisciplinary year-long process that included multimodal artistic expression, somatic explorations of intergenerational embodied knowledge, and research-framed group dialogue. “both/and…” features an original score that blends manipulations of Steve Reich’s “Six Marimbas,” live musicians, and audio from ethnographic interviews with the cast. The work compels viewers to consider the value of sitting with complexity, and to question the deeply ingrained dualistic lenses with which we have been socialized to view ourselves, each other, and the world.

“both/and…” features Lewis Center Resident Music Director and Composer Vince di Mura as sound editor, additional composer, and pianist; Lilia J. Burtonpatel and Jenna Park as vocalists; Ryder Walsh and Cassadie M. Royalty on percussion; and Helen M. Brush on French horn. “both/and…” premiered at Apertures, Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts, Hearst Dance Theater, April 2024. The piece won the 2024 Princeton Lewis Center for the Arts Action Based Community Engagement Award.

Maelstrom:

“maelstrom” 
MIRAGE by BodyHype Dance Company
Fall 2022
Princeton University, Theater Intime
Co-Choreographed by Jasmine Rivers and Maya Sessions
Cast: Ethan Arrington, Mary Burdick, Uanne Chang, Bruce Dienst, Annika Hsi, Ive Jones, Azi
Jones, Charlotte Kingston, Pippa LaMacchia, Sally Menaker, Anastasia Poverin, Clara
Toujas, Belinda Wu, Manya Zhu
Music by Max Richter

 Higher:

“Higher” Choreographed and performed by Jasmine Rivers
Taught to 100+ dancers at BodyHype Dance Company Auditions in fall 2021, as well as 30+
dancers at a BodyHype Dance Company workshop in spring 2022.
Video features: Maddie Qualls, Kiara Wassoodew, Belinda Wu.
Music by Rihanna