DANCE EXPERIENCE

Aerial Dance (specializing in silks, trapeze, lyra, corde lisse & cloud swing), Choreography, Argentine Tango, Salsa, Swing, Ce Roc, World Dance (specializing in Belly Dance, African Dance, Polynesian dance, and Korean Fan work), Yoga, Modern Dance, & Jazz

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
The School of CircustentialismNew York City, NY2009

The Skybox Brooklyn, NY 2009

The Trapeze Loft Brooklyn, NY 2009

Co-Founder and artistic director of the School of Circustentialism, an emerging company which draws on the influences of dance, theater, and fine art to expand the experience and articulation of Circus Arts

Classes.

Designs and teaches courses in Circustentialism (dance, theater, circus, & stagecraft), Creativity & Choreography, Developing a Piece, Storyboarding, and Stagecraft as well as beginning through advanced Trapeze, Lyra, Silks, Cloud Swing, & Corde Lisse

Classes & Performances @ The Skybox, The Trapeze Loft, NYCA, & STREB

Le Cirque Center Ashland, OR2005-2008

Worked as a teacher (for both children and adults), choreographer, performer, and artistic director of Aerial Dance & Multi-dimensional theater. Returned to Le Cirque in 2009 to perform & teach at the Ashland Circus Festival

SHOWS: Chicago, The Lion King, & Quarterly showcase performances featuring solo, duo, and company pieces

Circo Piccolino Bahia, Salvador, Brazil 2009

Volunteered at a Circus School in Bahia working with kids ages 4-16. Circo Piccolino is a government-sponsored school which produces incredible performances as well as amazing students; they house about 30 street children, who live in the compound under the tent and train during the afternoons after they have finished their studies.

Argentine Tango

Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, OR2006-2007

New York UniversityNew York City, NY 2008-2009

Taught Beginning & Intermediate classes, including connection, movement, centeredness, and fluidity

CHOREOGRAPHY
Trapeze – “peel” (trio), “sisters” (duo) “autumn leaves” & “vertigo” (solos)

Cloud Swing Solos - “Sinking Soon”, “Mal de Mar”, “Chinese Bubbles”

Fabric Solos – “Edward in Blue”, “Elephant Song”, “Nude”, “4:33”, “Catwoman” (Superhero festival, Scienceworks), “Pink Panther with Duct Tape”, & “Forgive me”

Company performances – “Razzle Dazzle” & “Roxy” (Chicago), “Scar Rising” & “The Death of Moufasa” (The Lion King), & “Fashion” (Spring Showcase)

PROJECTS & Performances

Sep 2009 Skybox Benefit Show

Oct 2009 CIrque du Soleil & ONEDROP

Times Square, NYC

Oct 2009 STREB Halloween Show

“a Nightmare on North 1st St”

Nov 2009 Trapeze Loft Caberet

Cream of the Big Top II

Dec 2009 Skybox Christmas Spectacular