EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in English & Dance, Minor in Women and Gender Studies, Concentration in Writing, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre,

     Pennsylvania, 2020

Limon Professional Training Program; Limon Dance Foundation; New York, NY, 2021 (online)

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Extended Education

2022     Doug Varone & Dancers Winter Intensive, New York, NY

2020     Limon Summer Workshop, New York, NY (online course)

2019     Paul Taylor American Modern Dance Summer Intensive, Baltimore, MD

2019     Parsons Master Choreography Workshop, New York, NY

2019     Limon Summer Workshop, New York, NY

2018     Paul Taylor American Modern Dance Summer Intensive, Baltimore, MD

2018     Dance Composition, Kris Cross, M.F.A., Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Classical Performance

2022                Interrupted, choreo. Xedera Townsend, to be presented at the Valentina Koslova International Ballet Competition,

                             Contemporary Division, New York, NY

2022                Etudes, choreo. Peter Degnan and Kristin Degnan-Boonin, with the Wilkes Conservatory, Wilkes-Barre, PA

2021               Kinetic Canvas: Frida Kahlo, choreo. Lauren Carnesi-Daniels & Harford Dance Theater, Bel Air, MD 

2021               Excerpts from Missa Brevis, choreo. Jose Limon, New York, NY (virtual performance)
                       Excerpts from Suite Donuts, choreo. Chafin Seymour, New York, NY (virtual performance)
                       Excerpts from Dances for Isadora, choreo. Jose Limon, New York, NY (virtual performance)

                       Within One, Within the Other, choreo. Kathryn Alter (film)

2020               Excerpts from There is a Time, choreo. Jose Limon, New York, NY (virtual performance)

                       What Initiates from Magic, choreo. Jonathan Fredrickson, New York, NY (virtual performance)

2020               Slow Poison, choreo. Annmaria Mazzini, Wilkes-Barre, PA (virtual performance)

2016-2020;     Wilkes Conservatory, dir. Kristin Degnan-Boonin, Wilkes-Barre, PA

  2023             Corps and Featured Roles in: The Nutcracker (Snow Queen, Spanish, Chinese, Marching Doll), Waltzes from Vienna

                            (Demi-Soloist), Swan Lake (Four Cygnets, Peasant Lead)

2018               The Solitary Dancer, a collaboration with the Wilkes University Civic Band, dir. Dr. Phil Simon, Wilkes-Barre, PA

2018               A Chorus Line, dir. Joseph Dawson, choreo. Lynne Esgro, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Bare, PA

2017               Carmina Burana, dir. Kristin Degnan-Boonin, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Teaching

2018-2020;     Instructor at Ballet Northeast, Wilkes-Barre, PA

   2023-

2016;              Instructor at Heart n' Sole Dance Academy, York, PA

   2020-2023

2017-2019     Demonstrator for DAN100, Wilkes University; Wilkes-Barre, PA

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PROJECTS

2021     Brutal Beauty, a collaboration with Martha Posner, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes-Barre, PA (film)

2020     Flawed Beauty, Ballet Northeast, Wilkes-Barre, PA (virtual performance)

2018     Pretty Girls, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA

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AWARDS & GRANTS

2020               Dance Award, Wilkes University

2018, 2019     Ballet Society of Wyoming Valley Scholarship, Ballet Society of Wyoming Valley

2016               Honors Scholarship and Grant, Wilkes University

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