Steph McIsaac, PhD (any pronouns) is a New York-based medical anthropologist, movement artist, and somatic educator passionate about anti-oppressive approaches to movement, healing, and the body. In addition to their work as an anthropologist, Steph is a teacher and practitioner of Continuum Movement, improvisational dance, mindfulness meditation, and yoga.
Recent & Upcoming Events
Continuum of Sovereignty: A Somatic Inquiry of Individual and Collective Expression
May 28, June 4, June 11, June 25, and July 2 | 6:30-8:30pm ET | Virtual via Zoom
In this Continuum Movement® series, we inquire into sovereignty through a somatic and energetic lens – not as separation, but as coherence and belonging. Through movement, we will explore boundaries, speaking truth to power, and expressing agency without collapsing into disconnection. Together we’ll trace how systems, ancestral lineages, and cultural narratives shape the body’s relationship to autonomy, voice, safety, and expression. We'll engage with sovereignty in the relational field—within family, partnerships, community, and peer dynamics—and examine how fluid movement supports this inquiry. Grounding these explorations in biology, we’ll attune to inner landscapes shaped by mitochondria, fascia, exclusion zone water, and the body’s capacity for coherence. This series is an invitation into open systems: where sovereignty is not isolation, but interconnection in motion.
please
May 15 & 17th, 2025 at 8pm | Green Space, New York
In healing time, everything is already whole. In human time, nothing feels further from the truth. How do the parts of ourselves who know the truth of how things are care for the parts who seem to have no idea? Hard on the nervous system at times, please dwells in the weeds of mind and the high-tone illusion of control only to break into a spaciousness that was already here—and back again. please is femme and dark, a bit ridiculous and full of unconventional joy, deadly serious like a cosmic joke. And who knew that integrating seemingly disparate parts of ourselves included a rather unexpected Björk dance party?
please is being brought to life by the gifts of the wildly talented, super smart, and deeply loving Adele Fisk, Sophia Diehl, and Casey Pfeifer. Our production is made possible through the generous support of the DIG Residency at Green Space and the New York City Trust Residency at Gibney.
You’ll also get to see three new dance productions from other NYC choreographers, including Natalie Clevenger, Caitlin Sikora, and Jeevika Bhat!
$22 | Advance
$25 | Door