Alan’s dance work is focused on the development of movement vocabulary which emanates from a physically disabled body to express beauty, power, and autonomy. In doing so, he explores new movement which is only possible because of physical disability. He aims to directly challenge the representation of physical disability as symbolizing weakness, confinement and despair. Instead, he works to expand our cultural notions of beauty, power and autonomy to include physical disability.

Since 2001, Alan has collaborated with many dance artists to create and perform dynamic, thought-provoking performances. He has frequently performed improv with Shara Weaver, an independent dance artist based in Ottawa, appearing with her at the Bijou Jazz Club, the Avante-Garde Bar, Carleton University, Ottawa City Hall, and the Congress Centre. Alan and Shara have also toured to Burlington, Vermont to perform at the First Night Festival where they had live musical accompaniment by soloist Ken Easton. Alan has also worked with Toronto dance artists Kazumi Tsuruoka and Frank Hull. They have appeared at Art With Attitude – an annual event of disability arts and culture hosted by the disability studies department at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.  Alan, Kazumi and Frank created and performed a structured improv piece entitled Three Men Exploring in 2002. This work explored masculinity in terms of touch, relationship to self, and relationship to one another while searching for connectedness, intimacy and meaning. In 2006 they were invited to create a piece which examined the themes of boundaries and belongings through the lived experience of disability. The result was a piece entitled Three Men Being which was presented at Buddies in Bad Times theatre in Toronto. Alan's newest work is a full-length integrated dance piece entitled View Finder.

Alan has studied Structured Improvisation and Contact Improvisation since 1995. He has taken numerous movement workshops with Peter Ryan from prima materia, and has studied with Naomi Sparrow, with Alexis Andrews, Elizabeth MacKinnon and Ken Emig, and with Dante Vantresca Theater of Inclusion. Additionally, Alan has taken clowning and physical comedy training with the Toronto Theatre Alliance.