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Dance and Choreography Resume
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CHOREOGRAPHY

Telephone          Screendance film, co-directed with Krishna Washburn
Good Girls          Montage Contemporary Company
All We Do           The Dance Company of Los Gatos - solo for 2023 competition season 
Misty Sea           
Ayana Ballet for YAGP and California Dance Classics (solo)
Soiree                Ayana Ballet for YAGP and California Dance Classics (solo)
Wings                Ayana Ballet for YAGP and California Dance Classics (solo)
New Beginnings  Ayana Ballet for YAGP and California Dance Classics (ensemble)
Embrace the World   Montage Contemporary Company
Living Feral        Montage Contemporary Company
When I Go         Montage Contemporary Company
Dawn to Dusk     Montage Contemporary Company
Blue-Eyed Grass    Montage Contemporary Company
Miss-Fitting        Montage Contemporary Company
In the Narrows      Regional Dance America's National Choreography Intensive - Project Tier Track 
Strands of You        UC Berkeley - Advanced Choreography Showcase
Falling Slowly        Co-choreographed with Masataka Aita, Berkeley City Club
All Beautiful Things     TDC of the Bay Area

PROFESSIONAL COMPANY WORK

ArcTangent Dance     Current Company Dancer, San Jose 
MKM Bollystars     Company Dancer, Los Angeles

Daurden Contemporary Dance Theatre    Company Dancer, Los Angeles 

MUSICAL THEATER

The Music Man     Zanetta, Sunnyvale Players 
Bye Bye Birdie     Margie, South Bay Music Theater
Oklahoma      Aggie, Coastal Repertory Theater
Camelot         Dance Captain, Tri-Valley Repertory Theater 
Jesus Christ Superstar       Featured Dancer, Aptos Theater Works

TRAINING

The Art of Choreography    10 week online course taught by Kevin Jenkins
Alonzo King LINES     San Francisco, CA (classes and adult dance intensive)
Vertigo International Dance Program     Jerusalem, Israel
Pure Dance Studio     Tel Aviv, Israel
Joe Goode Performance Workshop    Berkeley, CA
UC Berkeley Dance Department     Berkeley, CA
Backhaus Dance Intensive     Orange, CA
TDC of the Bay Area     Company Dancer, Mountain View, CA
Santa Cruz Ballet Theater   Company Dancer, Santa Cruz, CA (repertoire included Swan Lake, Paquita, The Nutcracker) 
*Styles include:    Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop, Gaga, Indian Classical, Bollywood

​TEACHING/LEADERSHIP

Artistic Director       Montage Contemporary Company 
Guest Lecturer         New York University (Dance Education Department and Center for Disability Studies)
Visiting Artist         Leadership Network for Accessible Arts Education, sponsored by BIAAE at Berklee College of Music 
Master Class Instructor (Ballet/Contemporary Fusion)   Fremont, CA - Redwall Dance 
Contemporary and Ballet Instructor (adult)     Santa Clara, CA - Montage Dance Productions 
Contemporary and Ballet Instructor (youth and adult) Sunnyvale, CA - Ayana Dance School and Los Gatos, CA - The Dance Company of Los Gatos 
Barre and Fitness Instructor     Los Angeles - Equinox, Art of Pilates, Pure Barre, Elliptifit, Plus One Fitness on the FOX Lot 
Ballet and Jazz Teaching Assistantship     UC Berkeley 


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