hello there!

I am available for performances, dramaturgy, choreographic or written commissions, and special projects.

I am always interested in an opportunity to collaborate or connect. My performance experience includes a variety of modern & postmodern technique, contact improvisation, devised theater, site-specific work, improvisation, and vocalization / sounding.

I have had the gift of working with artists including Chaesong Kim, Okwui Okpokwasili, James Graham, Nikki Assanti, and Isa Mojares on collaborative investigations of grief, trauma, intimacy, love, euphoria, and memory. These are thematic inquiries I hold close to heart and home in my evolving practice.

I am temporarily based in Tel Aviv for a Fulbright Grant. I am looking for new opportunities here, in Europe, or to guide me back to NYC.

contact: willowozg@gmail.com or on instagram at @will.ow.by <3

  • duet. willow and ari kneel by the waterstation. Willow rubs water against their face while ari laughs

    she walks the air ix, choreography by Chaesong Kim, Columbia University 2022, photo by Carol Rosegg

  • willow gazes solemnly forward. they are wearing a mirror and light sculpture which reflects their side profile

    swallow the moon, choreography by Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, Jacob's Pillow 2021, photo by Jamie Kraus

  • willow curves into themselves, one foot arched against the ground, arms gnarled. they improvise in a violet-lit tent.

    how to begin again, choreography by Julianna Massa, Jacob's Pillow 2021, photo by Jamie Kraus

  • willow, dressed in bright yellow pants and a red turtleneck is bent at the hips, their arms are angled and fingers light. in the background another dancer is bent towards the ground, shifting their weight from foot to foot

    breathe, just breathe, choreography by James Graham, Kenyon College 2021, photo by Luke Hester

  • willow is on their knees, gaze down at the scattered remains of their feathers, they are wearing a winged harness and their hands are closed into fists

    I used to be a little bird, choreography by willow green, MOtiVE Brooklyn 2022

  • five dancers sway behind soloist hannah lieberman who presses one arm and knee against the ground and extends her other leg in the air

    the light behind your eyes, choreography by Nikki Assanti, Jacob's Pillow 2021, photo by Jamie Kraus

  • six dancers dressed in nude dress-veils are in motion, willow is on their knees in the middle arms extended in a kind of submission

    the brutal tender, choreography by Isa Mojares, Kenyon College 2018

work-in-process footage

This is a minute excerpt from a work I am currently calling prayer sore. It is a solo I am building on myself to investigate the relationship between pain and pleasure, violence and reclamation.

For footage of my performance in other works, please contact me, as I am not the owner of the materials, and I am happy to request access from the choreographers as desired.

it happens all the time

it happens all the time is a 24 hour diy film project created during a Queer Performance seminar with Professor Elliot Mercer.

it is also an experiment with the nostalgia and resentment for my experiences of communal excess and persona play.

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

2022

She Walks the Air IX | directed by Chaesong Kim | Columbia University School of the Arts | New York, NY

I used to be a little bird | choreographed by Willow Green | MOtiVE |Brooklyn, NY

2021

Swallow the Moon | choreographed by Okwui Okpokwasili | Jacob’s Pillow 2021 Festival | Becket, MA

in a new light | choreographed by Nikki Assanti | Jacob’s Pillow 2021 Staff/Intern Show | Becket, MA

how to begin again (excerpt) | choreographed by Julianna Massa | Jacob’s Pillow 2021 Staff/Intern Show | Becket, MA

breathe, just breathe | choreographed by James Graham | Kenyon College 2021 Spring Dance Concert | Gambier, OH

it happens all the time | choreographed by Willow Green | Queer Performance Screen Dance Showing | Gambier, OH

2020

Survival Guide of a Colorful Bird | written by Ocean Wei, directed by Eleanor Evans-Wickberg | Kenyon College Players Monologues

The Basketweaver | text and puppetry by Willow Green | The Ohio Eastern Star Home | Mount Vernon, OH

jealousy | choreography by Willow Green, Isak Davis | Kenyon Collaboration in Motion | Gambier, OH

2018

the brutal tender | choreographed by Isa Morales | Kenyon College 2019 Fall Dance Concert | Gambier, OH