Teaching
2016-2019 Workshops with Danielle Guillermo- Progressing Ballet Technique, Ballet, Modern
2017 & 2018 Director, Messiah College Summer Dance Intensive
2015-2018 Messiah College Department of Theatre & Dance- ballet, pointe, Dance History, choreography
2005-2015 Pennsylvania Regional Ballet- modern, ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, rehearsals
2008-2014 Hershey School of Dance- modern, jazz
2013 Regional Dance America/Northeast Festival, guest teacher, modern
2007-2010 Sight & Sound Theatre- dance captain, rehearsal director
2008, 2011-12 Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Summer Intensive- ballet, modern, jazz
2006 Prazon Contemporary School of Dance- ballet
2005 Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II- modern
2004-05 Jeraldyne's School of the Dance (school of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Co.)- ballet
Choreography
2019 A Harrisburg Christmas, Sylvan Chorale
2018 A Harrisburg Christmas, Sylvan Chorale
2018 Prodigal Daughter, Messiah College Ensemble: "GiViM"
2017 Eye on the Sparrow, Messiah College Ensemble: “GiViM”
2017 Not Forgotten, Messiah College Ensemble: “GiViM”
2017 A Harrisburg Christmas, Sylvan Chorale
2016 In His Image, Messiah College Ensemble: “GiViM”
2016 Trio in Three, Messiah College Ensemble: "GiViM"
2016 Rites of Harvest, Pennsylvania Regional Ballet
2014 The Ugly Duckling, Pennsylvania Regional Ballet
2013 Saidi Reflections, Providence Creek Ballet Theatre
2013 Kodo Suite, Pennsylvania Regional Ballet
2011 This is My Father's World; Mary, Did You Know?
2010 Premiere: Joseph Sight & Sound Theatres, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2009 Into the Hiding Place, Pennsylvania Regional Ballet
2007 Liberation: Movement & Light, Pennsylvania Regional Ballet
2006 Need You Now
Honors
2013 Selected for the Inaugural Breaking Glass Emerging Female Choreographer's Project
2007 Best Emerging Choreographer/Monticello Award Regional Dance America/Northeast
2007 Josephine Swartz Award for Choreography
2001 PepsiCo Minority Scholarship (SUNY-Purchase)
2000 Royal and Shirley Durst Scholarship & Robert Weiner Scholarship (SUNY-Purchase)
2000 Alpha Kappa Alpha Arts Award
1998 & 1999 Regional Dance America/ Northeast Scholarships
Performance Experience
2011 ReignSong Concert featuring mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Bowers
2011 The Butterfly Project- Solo Work
2006-2010 Featured Dancer/Performer Sight & Sound Theatre, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2006 L'Arte de la Danse Festival, Heidelberg, Germany
2003-2005 Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II, Shonna Hickman-Matlock, Artistic Director
2002 Avodah Dance Ensemble, JoAnne Tucker, Artistic Director
Teaching Pennsylvania Regional Ballet Students: 2013 Breaking Glass Emerging Female Choreographer's Project
Education
2011 Mansfield University, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Art History.
2007 Craft of Choreography Conference, Seattle, WA Kathryn Posin, Choreography Director
Elements of Choreography, Music
2000-01 State University of New York- Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, Carol Walker, Dean
Ballet, Graham, Cunningham-based modern, Ballet Partnering, Pointe, Dance Composition/Improvisation, Dance Production, Music
1987-2000 Pennsylvania Regional Ballet (formerly Cumberland Dance Company)
Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Partnerning
Additional Studies
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Modern Traditions), The Juilliard Summer Intensive, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New Arts Festival (Parsons Dance Company & Dayton Contemporary Dance Company), Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, American Dance Festival