Resume
Education:
- MFA Interdisciplinary Arts, Goddard College. Concentration: Performance Creation
- Embodyoga 500 hour certified instructor
- BFA Contemporary Dance, Concordia University. Specialization: Choreography
Teaching Experience:
Amherst College: September 2014 – Present
Wellness & Embodyoga instructor for students, faculty and staff
Amherst Ballet: January 2012 – May 2019
Artistic Director (June 2017 – Present)
Resident Modern dance choreographer 2013 – 2017
Faculty & Director of Contemporary Dance & Conditioning programs 2013 - 2017
Set/Props Master for performances
Videographer/Projection and visual artist
Amherst Yoga Center: September 2017 – Present
Faculty member for the 500 hour teacher-training program
Winchester Ballet Arts: September 2015 – May 2016
Modern dance and Ballet instructor
Center for the Performing Arts Methuen: August 2015 – May 2016:
Contemporary/Modern dance program faculty
Guest Teaching:
Amherst Yoga Center: March 2017 – Present
Assistant Faculty for 200 and 500 hour Teacher Training certificate programs
Endicott College: March – April 2016
Guest teacher for Endicott College dance program
Workshop leader and presenter of collaborative work-in-progress
Amherst Regional High School: March – June 2013
Guest Choreographer
Production Experience:
ConcorDance
Artistic Director, Rehearsal Director, Producer
UMass Contemporary Art Museum, December 2018
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Artistic Director, Producer, Choreographer, Stage Manager, Stage Design
Academy of Music Theater, April 26 & 27, 2019
Collaborators: Ben Peterson & the Amherst High School Symphonic Orchestra
Moving (p)Arts
Artistic Director, Producer, Choreographer, Stage Manager, Stage Design
Shea Theater Arts Center, May 2018
Snow White: A Grimm Fairytale
Artistic Director, Producer, Choreographer, Stage Manager, Stage Design
Academy of Music Theater, December 2017
Fantasm
Choreographer, Stage Manager, Stage Design
South Hadley High School, May 2017
The Adult Swim
Producer, Creative Director, Choreographer
Shea Theater Arts Center, April 2017
One Trillion Down
Choreographer, Stage Manager, Stage Design
Bowker Auditorium, May 2015
Scholarly Research & Writings:
Embodying Transitional Space, Time and Movement
Author
Article appears in the Embodyoga online blog resource
Submitted to: Contact Quarterly, Dance Research Journal
We Never Arrive
MFA Thesis Portfolio
Available through the Goddard College Library, Final Product Database
Fascia Foundations Training Course
Contributor, Research Assistant
Course is owned and distributed by the Merrithew Corporation
Workshops:
Dance as Social Commentary: The Brink
Endicott College, Beverly MA
Floor Strength in Contemporary Dance
The Dance Place, Newburyport MA
Therapeutic Movement & Yoga for Lower Back Pain
Serenity Yoga, South Hadley MA
Therapeutic Movement & Yoga for the Spine
Northeast Pilates, Manchester-By-The-Sea MA