Education
MASTER OF FINE ARTS in Dance, 2007–2009
University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Master's Concert, Co-Collaborator and Co-Artistic Director, Art.If.Act
MASTER OF ARTS European Dance Theatre, With Distinction, 2006–2007
Laban, City University, London, England
Master’s Performance Project and Written Dissertation,
Chiaroscuro (film/live solo performance)
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS in Dance, Magna Cum Laude, 1999–2004
University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Bachelor’s Performance Project,
Ozone (film/live solo performance)
Certifications & Additional Education
2012
Pilates Method Alliance Certification
2009–2010
Fletcher Pilates Comprehensive Program, Body Works Pilates, Tucson, AZ
1994-1998
Featured performer with the University of Arizona Dance Ensemble, over fifty performances a year, touring nationally and internationally
Formative years of study include full scholarships to Houston Ballet Academy, Gus Giordano Dance Center, Mark Morris Dance Group, the Limón Institute, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Broadway Theatre Project
Honors & Awards
2010
Collaboration with Ben Vereen, Solo performance and original choreography for Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, performed live as part of the University of Arizona’s School of Theatre, Film, and Television event Fusion
2009
Graduate Incentives Growth Award (G.I.G.A.) University of Arizona
2008
Collaboration with Liz Callaway, Solo performance and original choreography for Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year, performed live as a part of University of Arizona’s School of Dance event FIVE!
2004
Outstanding Senior, College of Fine Arts in Dance, University of Arizona
2003
Creative Achievement Award, College of Fine Arts in Dance, University of Arizona
2001
Medici Scholarship, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona
2000
Gertrude Shurr Award, College of Fine Arts in Dance, University of Arizona
1999
Collaboration with Ben Vereen, Co-choreographer and featured performer in Melancholy Pleasure, performed live, University of Arizona’s School of Dance
1998
Featured article (cover story), Dance Teacher Now, national monthly publication, December issue
Employment & Professional Service
Founder, Director
Two Trains, New York and Tucson, AZ
2019-Present
Co-artistic Director, Vice President of ADP Board of Directors
Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
2009–2019
Choreographer, teacher, performer
Faculty
Body Works Pilates, Tucson, AZ
2010–Present
Teaching group, private and semi-private Pilates classes
Advising and teaching national/international students of the Fletcher Pilates one-year Comprehensive Program
Directing the 8-week Preparatory Course
Faculty
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
2008–2012
Taught dance courses in ballet, pointe, partnering, modern, jazz, and careers in Dance
Advised student projects
Choreographed for end of the semester concerts
Faculty
Tucson Regional Ballet, Tucson Dance Academy, Ballet Continental
2000—2008
Taught ballet, pointe, partnering, repertory, modern, jazz
Choreographed for performing ensembles
Student project and career advising
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
2007–2009
Taught beginning level dance courses in ballet, pointe, modern, jazz and theatre dance
Faculty
Elton School of Music and Dance, London, England
2006–2007
Taught creative movement, ballet, modern, jazz, improvisation
Dancer
ODC Dance/San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2004–2005
Dancer and Assistant Choreographer
AZ Opera, Tucson, AZ
2002–2005
Dancer
River North Dance Company, Chicago, IL
1998–1999
Guest Residencies
University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Guest Teacher
Advanced Technique Classes in ballet, modern, and jazz
Tucson Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Project, Tucson, AZ
Guest Lecturer
Dance and Music Collaboration
University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Rehearsal Director
Ben Stevenson’s Three Preludes and End of Time
University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Rehearsal Director
George Balanchine’s Serenade and The Four Temperaments
San Francisco Conservatory of Dance
Rehearsal Director
Jiri Kylian’s Symphony of Psalms and Whereabouts Unknown
Teacher, choreographer for summer intensive
Limón Institute West Coast Summer Intensive, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Faculty
Dance conditioning
Broadway Theatre Project, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Faculty and Recruitment
Teaching audition class and recruiting students during the national audition tour
Teaching ballet, modern, jazz, Pilates
Choreographing for summer intensive final concert
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts, Dallas TX
Guest Teacher and Recruiter
University of Arizona School of Dance Faculty Representative, freshman recruitment from high school graduating class
New Mexico Dance Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Repetiteur, Rehearsal Director
Staging of David Berkey’s Sentinel
Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Repetiteur, Rehearsal Director
Staging of David Berkey’s Sentinel
University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Repetiteur, Rehearsal Director
Staging of David Berkey’s Sentinel
University of Arizona School of Film, Theatre and Television, Fox Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Solo performance with Ben Vereen, Life is a Bowl of Cherries
University of Arizona Dance Liaison to Tucson Unified School District
Coordinator for A Day in the Life of UA Dance, lecture-demonstration for fifty middle/high school students
Ben Vereen Awards, Fox Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Choreographer, Adjudicator
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, University of Arizona Student Union, Tucson, AZ
Choreographer, MODA:Provacateur
University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Choreographer, Dances Near and Far
Adams Company Dance, CBG Dance Festival, Access Theater, New York, NY
Dancer, Willing to Catch
Adams Company Dance, Secret Theater, New York, NY
Dancer, Dream Spell
Adams Company Dance, Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY
Dancer, Drift
Commissioned Choreography
2009–Present
As You Like It (2021) | The Rogue Theatre, Tucson AZ
Umbel (2020) | Two Trains / Kansas City Dance Film Festival
A Painted Devil (Film Version, 2020) | Two Trains
The Perfect Year [On Stage With Liz Callaway] (2020) | University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Spring Will Come A Little Late This Year [On Stage With Liz Callaway] (2020) | University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Unicorn (2020, David Berkey, Chor.) | University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Dance Suite (2019) | Angel Charity Gala, La Paloma Resort, Tucson, AZ
Sentinel (2019, David Berkey, Chor.) | University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Monologue of A Muted Man (2019) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
The Oval Portrait (2018) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
A Painted Devil (2018) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
The Grapes of Wrath (2018) | The Rogue Theatre, Tucson AZ
Much Ado About Nothing (2018) | The Rogue Theatre, Tucson AZ
The Magic of Christmas (2017) | University of Arizona Dance School of Dance with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Tucson, AZ
Dido and Aeneas (2017) | True Concord: Voices and Orchestra, Tucson, AZ
The Story of the Good Samaritan (2016) | Tucson Chamber Artists, Tucson, AZ
The Grand Parlor (2016) | Artifact Dance Project, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Tucson, AZ
Animal Farm (2016) | Artifact Dance Project, MOCA, Tucson, AZ
Haven: Songs of Memory and Mystery (2015) | Annual Organ Conference, West End Collegiate Church, New York, NY
Impetus (2015) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
An Artist’s Proof (2015) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
A Swingin’ Christmas | Lonely Street Production’s A Swingin Christmas, Broadway cast, AZ Tour
Menotti | University of Arizona School of Music UA Choral Ensemble, Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Gala, Drachman Hall, Tucson AZ
All is Wild, All is Silent | Glendale Community College, Recharged Dance Festival, Glendale Performing Arts Center, Glendale, AZ
The Great Gatsby (2012) | Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix and Tucson, AZ
The Riddle (2012) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Rip Van Winkle (2012) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
All is Wild: All is Silent (2012) | Arizona Dance Festival, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ
The Oval Portrait (2010) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Unicorn (2010, David Berkey, Chor.) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Sentinel (2010, David Berkey, Chor.) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Helix (2010) | Pima Community College, Proscenium Theatre, Tucson, AZ
The Insiders (2010) | Pima Community College, Proscenium Theatre, Tucson, AZ
The Shadow (2010) | Pima Community College, Proscenium Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Steam Heat (2010) | Pima Community College, Proscenium Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Paquita (2010) | Tucson Regional Ballet, Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Figure 1-12 (2010) | Tucson Regional Ballet, Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Samaya (2010) | Tucson Regional Ballet, Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Cygnets (2010) | Dance Force 1, Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Inertia (2010) | Dance Force 1, Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Sweet and Lowdown (2010) | Kids Unlimited, Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind, Tucson, AZ
Blind Date (2009, David Berkey, Chor.) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Within the Bending of an Arm (2009, David Berkey, Chor.) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Molinete (2009) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Bewitched (2009) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Richard Strauss: Salome (2009) | Arizona Opera, Tucson Convention Center, Music Hall, Tucson, AZ
Happy Feet (2009) | Pima Community College, Proscenium Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Translocation (2009) | Pima Community College, Proscenium Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Thread (2009) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Between Us (2009) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
Seven Eves (2009) | Artifact Dance Project, Tucson, AZ
2000-2008
The Bridge (2008) | Ina Gittings Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Slideshow (2008) | University of Arizona Dance Ensemble, Tucson, AZ
Chiaroscuro (2007) | Trinity Laban, Bonnie Bird Theater, London, England
Prototype (2006) | Laban, City University, London, England
Duality (2006) | Laban, City University, London, England
Disfocus (2006) | Laban, City University, London, England
B Suite (2005) | San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, San Francisco, CA
Constant Change (2005) | San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, San Francisco, CA
La Fille San Facon (2005) | University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
OZONE (2003) | University of Arizona School of Dance, Tucson, AZ
Samaya (2003) | Tucson Dance Academy, Tucson, AZ
Translocation (2003) | Tucson Dance Academy, Tucson, AZ
Falling in Love (2003) | Tucson Dance Academy, Tucson, AZ
Into the Heart of the Orient (2003) | American Heart Association Benefit, Ventana Canyon, Tucson, AZ
A Taste of Fashion (2002) | Tucson Abused and Homeless Women Benefit, St. Philips Plaza, Tucson AZ
Bartok Suite (2002) | Leo Rich Theater, Tucson, AZ
Dido and Aeneas (2001) | Catalina Foothills Performing Arts Center, Tucson, AZ
Returning (2001) | Leo Rich Theater, Tucson, AZ
2000–2003
Speaking of Women’s Health conference, Kansas City, MO
The Healing Power of Movement
Keynote presentation with movement therapist Rebecca Gorrell
Creative Activity & Research (International)
2013
Artistic Director for Artifact Dance Project’s second The Great American Dance Tour, retrospective concert featuring 28 dancers, 13 musicians and 5 crew touring 15 cities in China
2011
Artistic Director for Artifact Dance Project’s first The Great American Dance Tour, retrospective concert featuring 28 dancers, 12 musicians and 4 crew, touring 15 cities in China
2007
Master’s project Chiaroscuro, solo performance, original choreography and video, collaboration with scenographer Chan Vi. Trinity Laban, Bonnie Bird Theater, London, England
Co-creator of Sea Suite: Ultraviolet, multi-media performance incorporating live music, poetry, dance and film, performed in numerous venues including across London, England
Video Installations: Prototype, Duality, and Disfocus, original videos, collaboration with scenographer Chan Vi. Trinity Laban, London, England
Creative Activity & Research (Local)
2019
Co-artistic director and featured performer for Artifact Dance Project’s concert Monologue of a Muted Man, Ina Gittings Studio Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
2018
Artistic director for Artifact Dance Project’s concert Positions of Power, original choreography The Oval Portrait and A Painted Devil, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Co-artistic director and featured performer for Artifact Dance Project’s concert Frida, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
2017
Co-artistic director and featured performer for Artifact Dance Project’s concert Surrounding Dillinger, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
2016
Co-artistic director and featured performer for Artifact Dance Project’s concert The Grand Parlor and Animal Farm, Scottish Rite Cathedral and MOCA, Tucson, AZ
2015
Co-artistic director and featured performer for Artifact Dance Project’s concert Impetus and An Artist’s Proof Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
2014
Co-artistic director and featured performer for Artifact Dance Project’s concert Speak Easy, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
2013
Co-creator of Wear.house for Artifact Dance Project, Installation evening of fashion and flash-mob performance with DJ SYNC and dancers, LOVESmack Studios, Tucson, AZ
Co-artistic director and featured performer for Artifact Dance Project’s concert Souls and I Wonder if My Name is Alice, a collaboration with the band Reverie, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
2012
Co-artistic director of Artifact Dance Project’s concert Fairy Tales, Original choreography for The Riddle and Rip Van Winkle, featured performer Rumpelstiltskin, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Guest choreographer and performer, All is Wild: All is Silent, Arizona Dance Festival, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ
2010
Co-artistic director for Artifact Dance Project’s concert POE, Original choreography for The Oval Portrait and The Fall of the House of Usher, featured performer The Tell Tale Heart, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Co-artistic director of Art.if.Act Dance Project’s Dance in the RED, a full length benefit concert for SAAF (Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation) featuring live music, dance and film. Reconstruction of David Berkey’s Sentinel and Unicorn, Stevie Eller Dance Theater, Tucson, AZ
Original choreography for Pima Community College, Helix, The Insiders, The Shadow, Steam Heat, Proscenium Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Original choreography for Tucson Regional Ballet, Paquita, Figure 1-12, Samaya, Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Original choreography for Dance Force 1, Cygnets, Inertia, Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Original choreography for Kids Unlimited, Sweet and Lowdown, Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind, Tucson, AZ
Guest performer, Diamond Children’s Hospital Gala, David Berkey’s Someone to Watch Over Me, Marriott at Star Pass, Tucson, AZ
Guest performer, College of Humanities, University of Arizona, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, Tucson, AZ
2009
Co-artistic director of Artifact Dance Project’s premiere concert Artifact, a full length concert celebrating the collaboration of live music, dance and film. Reconstruction of David Berkey’s Blind Date and Within the Bending of an Arm. Original choreography for Molinete and Bewitched, Stevie Eller Dance Theater, Tucson, AZ
Re-staging of original choreography for Arizona Opera’s, Salome, Tucson Convention Center, Music Hall, Tucson, AZ
Special solo guest performance for the Arizona Opera League of Tucson, Soiree du Monde (Italian section) Rancho Valle Milagro, Tucson AZ
Original choreography for Pima Community College, Happy Feet, Translocation, Proscenium Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Co-artistic director of full length master’s concert Artifact, featuring the collaboration of live music, dance, and film. Original choreography for Thread, Between Us, Seven Eves, Stevie Eller Dance Theater, Tucson, AZ
Special guest performance for World AIDS Day, Hotel Congress, Tucson, AZ
Special guest performance for the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, 26th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, Himmel Park, Tucson, AZ
Special guest performances and lecture-demonstrations for Tucson Music and Dance Academy, You Can Dance, Peter and the Wolf, Oro Valley Town Hall, AZ
2008
Assistant to the director, Mythos: Journey Toward What End? UA Dance Master’s concert featuring mime, dance, circus, Taiko and film, Stevie Eller Dance Theater, Tucson, AZ
Multi-media installation (visual art and film projection) for UA Dance Ensemble, The Bridge, Ina Gittings Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Original choreography for University of Arizona Dance Ensemble, Slideshow, Stevie Eller Dance Theater, Tucson, AZ
2007
Featured solo performance in fundraiser for SACASA (Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault), La Paloma Resort, Tucson, AZ
2005
Assistant coordinator, Capital Campaign Wrap-up Event, Arizona First, personal assistant to principal guest artist Liz Callaway, University of Arizona, Student Union, Tucson, AZ
Original choreography for University of Arizona Dance student, La Fille San Facon, Stevie Eller Dance Theater, Tucson, AZ
2003
Original choreography, BFA capstone, OZONE, solo performance, multi-media, original choreography and video, University of Arizona, Crowder Hall and Stevie Eller Dance Theater, Tucson AZ
Original choreography for Tucson Dance Academy summer intensive, Samaya, Translocation, Falling in Love, Tucson, AZ
Choreographer and performer for Into the Heart of the Orient, a fashion show to benefit the American Heart Association, Ventana Canyon, Tucson, AZ
2002
Assistant instructor (with Rebecca Gorrell, certified movement therapist) Meditation in Motion,Movement Therapy for Breast Cancer Patients, a free three-month program open to breast cancer patients in the Tucson community
Choreographer and performer for A Taste of Fashion, a fashion show to benefit Tucson Abused and Homeless Women, St. Philips Plaza, Tucson AZ
Original choreography for Tucson Regional Ballet School summer intensive, Bartok Suite, Leo Rich Theater, Tucson, AZ
2001
Choreographer and featured performer for Catalina Chamber Orchestra’s, Dido and Aeneas, Catalina Foothills Performing Arts Center, Tucson, AZ
Invited guest teacher for Ballet Continental summer intensive, Green Valley, AZ
Original choreography for Tucson Regional Ballet School summer intensive, Returning, Leo Rich Theater, Tucson, AZ
2000
Featured performer for University of Arizona’s Campaign AZ, University of Arizona, Old Main, Tucson, AZ
Invited guest teacher for YMCA children’s program, YMCA, Tucson, AZ
Original choreography for A Tucson Dance Company summer intensive, Rhapsody in Blue, Leo Rich Theater, Tucson, AZ
1994–1998
Featured performer with University of Arizona Dance Ensemble
Video Publications
2016
Featured performer in Cylan Shaffer’s The Seven Deadly Sins, GO DO Productions commissioned by Artifact Dance Project, filmed at various locations in Southern Arizona. Featured soloist and choreographer for Pride and featured performer in Sloth
2002
Featured performer/model in Melissa Lowe’s The New Ballet Workout for Wellness, Renewal and Vitality, a 45-minute ballet instructional video commissioned by KULTUR, filmed at the University of Arizona
1999
Performer Reality of a Dreamer: River North Rising, a PBS documentary about River North Dance Company, Chicago, IL
Acting Engagements
2020-21
Narrator in The Rogue Theatre’s Production of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, and Featured Roles in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
2016–2019
Featured roles in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tales of the Jazz Age, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince and The Fisherman and His Soul, John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Mary Zimmerman’s The Secret in the Wings, and staged readings of Marina Carr’s Marble and Barbara Seyda’s Celia with The Rogue Theatre in Tucson, AZ
Featured roles in Brian Friel’s Lovers and Finegan Kruckemeyer’s This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing with The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre in Tucson, AZ
2000–2009
Chorus parts in Salome and The Merry Widow with Arizona Opera in Phoenix and Tucson, AZ
Featured roles in Postcard from Morocco, Street Scene, The Mikado, and La Perichole with UA Opera in Tucson, AZ
Assistant to the Artistic Director Stephen Wrentmore in The Great Gatsby with Arizona Theatre Company in Phoenix and Tucson, AZ
Film Direction & Editing
2020
Umbel
A Painted Devil
2012
Unmade Movie
2010
Laundromats and Dream Destroyers
2009
The Performer
The Class
Tragedystrike
A Creation Feminine and Mine
All Men Are Mortal
2007
Chiaroscuro
Solo performance, original choreography and video, collaboration with scenographer Chan Vi.
Trinity Laban, Bonnie Bird Theater, London, England
2006
Prototype
Duality
Disfocus
Video installations, collaboration with scenographer Chan Vi. Trinity Laban, London, England
2003
OZONE
Solo performance, multi-media, original choreography and video. Crowder Hall and Stevie Eller Dance Theater, Tucson AZ
Service
Many of my artistic activities were offered as both creative projects and service opportunities. The importance of supporting various philanthropic organizations has always been something I believe in, and the following list, while repetitious in the sense that these items are listed above, illustrate the many causes I have tried to serve though my own choreography and/or performance.
University of Arizona Medical Center and College of Public Health, Angel Charity, United Way, Michael Landon Children’s Cancer Research Center, Diamond Children’s Hospital, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Foundation, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault, Sister Jose Women’s Shelter, Hand Maker Home for the Aged, USO 50th Anniversary end of WWII, A Grateful Nation Remembers, Pima Air Museum, YMCA, Tucson Fashion Week, St. Andrews Bach Society, Arizona Opera League of Tucson, Tucson Unified School District, Opening Minds Through the Arts