PAYGE

LECAKES

THEY/THEMME

movement artist, creative, and teacher director of not a dance company freelance media professional

about
about

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF

NOT A DANCE COMPANY

Not A Dance Company is a movement arts collective that strives to deconstruct and analyze societal patterns, constructions, and realities as independent dance artists within a communal structure.

They have participated in such residencies as Green Space’s D.I.G. and Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company's STUDIO TO STAGE, have performed as part of WestFest; Top Floor on Bank, Dancing Beyond, and the Uptown Rising Performance Series, and have contributed dance films to Dance Source Houston’s Barnstorm Dance Fest and the Dance is Activism Film Festival, where they were awarded ‘Best Choreography’.

Two women on a darkened stage, one suspending the other, who is slack, in the air at her waist.
A dancer hesitantly makes contact with a mannequin torso on a stage with dark, bold lighting. A taunt rope hangs behind the dancer's left and another person is sitting on the floor to their right, looking at the scene.
Two women on stage. One woman is standing, looking down with a concerned expression. The other's head is being supported from the side by the other's outstretched palms, looking forward blankly.
not a dance company
not a dance company

MOVEMENT

ARTIST

Payge is a current company dancer with JKing Dance Company, directed by Joyce King.

As a freelance dance performer, Payge has performed works by Cat Cogliandro, Danielle Diniz, Fredrick Earl Mosley, and Katherine Pace, among others.

perfomance
perfomance
Three dancers in earthy-toned clothing, one seated and another leaning back into the third's arms, against a plain beige background.
Two dancers in a studio, with one holding a brown, wooden briefcase while the other balances on one leg and stretches out to remain in contact with it.
A dancer performing a high kick on a dark stage, wearing an orange jacket and white pants.
Person standing on a stage with a dark blue background, wearing a white puffy jacket with embroidered and beaded designs, and a long white skirt, seen from behind. The jacket has rounded edges and reads "when I left the dying".

MEDIA

PROFESSIONAL

After seeing a need among freelance artists for affordable administrative, performance preparation, and media support, Payge has drawn on their professional experience to offer assistance with such services as photography, website creation, résumé, application, reel, and music editing; costuming and event styling, and promotional material design.

artist support services
artist support services