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Dance and Choreography Resume
SAG-AFTRA Eligible

CHOREOGRAPHY

Telephone     Screendance documentary, co-directed with Krishna Washburn
Perfect   Montage Contemporary Company
Little Boxes   Montage Contemporary Company
Somehow   Montage Contemporary Company
Wild Hearts   Montage Contemporary Company
Shadow   Independent for YAGP and CDC (solo) 
Dancing in the Dark   Montage Contemporary Company
All the Light that Lifts Us   Montage Contemporary Company
City of Stars   Ayana Ballet for California Dance Classics (solo)
Palladio   Ayana Ballet for California Dance Classics (solo)
Cold as Ice          Montage Contemporary Company
Missed Connections          Montage Contemporary Company
Good Girls          Montage Contemporary Company
All We Do           The Dance Company of Los Gatos - solo for 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 

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) 

​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 
Guest Lecturer      Carnegie Mellon University 
Guest Lecturer      Rutgers University Dance Department
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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 
Pop-Up Instructor (Ballet/Contemporary Fusion)   Fremont, CA - Redwall Dance 
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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