EDUCATION

Wayne State University Detroit, MI CGPA: 3.9

Bachelor of Science, Major: Dance (ballet/modern) – Graduated May 2014

Recipient of Rose Marie Floyd Endowed Scholarship & Presidential Scholarship

Equilibrium Mind-Body Fitness Farmington Hills, MI (May 2013)

Stott Pilates Mat Certification (essential-advanced repertoire)

Bodycenter Studios Seattle, WA
Stott Pilates Level 1 Certification

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

HYPERNOVA Contemporary Dance Company: 2018-Present

Dancer

SeattleDances: 2016-Present

Writer

GRANTS RECEIVED

Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP): 2018

PRODUCTION WORK

Countertechnique Workshop: December 2019

Co-produced with and held at Velocity Dance Center. Taught by Charles Slender-White.

Things That Need To Be Done: June 2019

A six hour durational work. Choreographed, crowd and grant funded, and independently produced the show.

CHOREOGRAPHY

Canopy

Scenes From Dry Land

Things That Need To Be Done

step one.

Trails & Errors

Missed Connection

Sans

Teeter

Love Sucks: A Vampire Musical Parody

Shifting Shadows

Soft Concrete III (Livestream Event)

Drove VIII and IX (Livestream Event)

A Base Independent Production

12 Minutes Max (Base: Experimental Arts + Space)

Dance Film

Wayne State University Student Showing

Steps On Broadway Summer Intensive

Wayne State University Student Showing

Canton High School

Lifechurch Canton

(11/20)

(9/20)

(6/19)

(12/17)

(5/14)

(10/13)

(7/13)

(4/12)

(3/12)

(8/10)

PERFORMANCES (chronological)

Canopy

Scenes From Dry Land

Thrill Me, Chill Me

Confetti

Herz to Herz

Bitter Suites

Eleven Eleven

The Lesser Evils

no lack

WATER

Identify: Fuzzy Math

Underscored Proscenium Grind

Surface, Emerge, Arise

Je Suis Sublime No. 1 (soloist)

The Machine

Destroy \\ Seattle

Hot Wax

krav

This border called my back

Get Down

Cinetopia Circus Street

Drones of Love

Orange

Improvisation

Cinetopia Circus

Destroy \\ Detroit

Crash

Haylcon

Medulla

Often There, Lasting

Inside Out

Improvisational Skype Performance

San

Shifting Shadows

Blue Group

for judy

Introducing

To What Length?

Entry Open

Sweet Charity

Smokey Joes Cafe

Lynn Tofil

HYPERNOVA

Dylan Ward

Alexandra Spencer

Wade Madsen

Dylan Ward

Lauren Linder

Austin Sexton

Wade Madsen

Gabrielle Kazuko

Leyya Tawil

Rainbow Fletcher

Nathan Blackwell

Adriana Hernandez

Zia Sunseri

Lisa LaMarre

Pat Graney

Spark(edit) Arts

Sidewalk Fest

Leyya Tawil

Rachael Harbert

Michelle Brock

Kate Hutter

Sam Horning

Sean Hoskins

LaMarre and Dancers

Steps On Broadway

Haiti Benefit Concert

Dwight Rhoden

Lisa LaMarre

Karen Prall

Megan Montgomery

Dawn Cantwell

Kristen Quesada

Soft Concrete III (Livestream Event)

Drove VIII and IX (Livestream Event)

Dance Film

Yaw Theater

RainWorks

Velocity Dance Center

Northwest New Works (On The Boards)

Out Of Nowhere: Three Dance Works

8x8 (The Pocket Theater)

Full Tilt Festival 2017

Music Video

Converge Dance Festival 2016

Relay Dance Collective: PRIME 2016

Pivot Arts + Culture

Full Tilt Dance Festival

The Bridge Project

Motopony MTV Music Video

Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts

Broadway Performance Hall

Old Miami

Eastern Market

Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit

WSU Spring Concert

WSU Spring 2014, DWS Jan 2014, Dec concert, ACDFA

WSU Dance Workshop Showcase

WSU December Concert

Imagining America Conference

Steps on Broadway Summer Study

Lifechurch

Detroit Music Hall

WSU December Concert

WSU December/Spring Concert

WSU Senior Capstone Concert

Tree of Life Studio

Salem High School

(11/20)

(8/20)

(2/20)

(7/19)

(1/19)

(11/18)

(6/18)

(12/17)

(4/17)

(12/16)

(5/16)

(4/16)

(1/16)

(5/15)

(1/15)

(9/14)

(8/14)

(7/14)

(6/14)

(5/14)

(2/14)

(1/14)

(12/13)

(10/13)

(8/13)

(6/13)

(7/12)

(12/12)

(12/12, 2/13)

(4/13)

(3/12)

(3/10)

(3/09)

INTENSIVES

Catapult Dance Company Winter Intensive / Seattle, WA / January 2016

Strictly Seattle / Velocity Dance Center / Seattle, WA / July 2014

Performed Pat Graney's Orange in final performance.

Paul Taylor Summer Intensive / University of Michigan / June 2014

Contemporary Masters Summer Study / Steps On Broadway / New York City, NY / July 2013

Worked closely with Mark Dendy in the creative process.

Ad Deum Dance Company Summer Intensive / Houston, TX / August 2012

Complexions Contemporary Ballet Summer Intensive / Wayne State University / Detroit, MI / July 2012

CONFERENCES/RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS

Ralph Lemon Guest Residency / WSU / March 2012

Discussed and experimented theories of the definition of art, specifically within the realm of dance.

International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference / Washington, D.C. / June 2013

ACDFA / Ohio State University / January 2014

Performed student work Halycon in Informal Performance.

INTERNSHIPS

Velocity Dance Center / Communications Intern / September 2014 - March 2015

Updated Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with events and postings for center. Archive press. Help design e-blasts.

Intership with Lisa LaMarre of LaMarre and Dancers / May - July 2013

Gain knowledge of how to work in the Detroit arts community by means of collaboration, exposure, teaching, and administration work.

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