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PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

Fort Wayne Ballet, Soloist (2018-Present)

  • Italian Suite (Choreographed by Gerald Arpino)
  • Empyrean Dances, Premiere Revival (Choreographed by Edward Stierle)
  • Light Rain, Excerpt performed in Taizhou, China (Choreographed by Gerald Arpino)
  • Pas de Déesses (Choreographed by Robert Joffery)
  • The Nutcracker, Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy (Staged by Karen Gibbons-Brown)
  • The Phantom of the Opera, Christine (Choreographed by Darren McIntyre)
  • Cinderella, Spring and Fall Fairy (Staged by Karen Gibbons-Brown)
  • Violins of Hope Collaborative Performance (Choreographed by Tracy Tritz)
  • Bolero (Choreographed by Tracy Tritz)
  • Dracula, Weird Sister (Choreographed by Tracy Tritz)

Contemporary Dance Oklahoma (2017-2018)

  • Acceptance (Choreographed by Roxanne Lyst)
  • Flock of Dreams (Choreographed by Jean Guillaume Weis

Centre de Dansa de Catalunya Gala – Barcelona, Spain (2017)

  • Impromptu (Choreographed by Austin Hartel)
  • Tethered (Choreographed by Austin Hartel)

Traverse City Dance Project – Apprentice (2016)

  • I’m Not Leaving Until the Amber Turns to Gray  (Choreographed by Brent Whitney)

Oklahoma Festival Ballet (2014-2017)

  • Opaque, Unfazed (Choreographed by Trey McIntyre)
  • Harlequinade Pas de Deux (Staged by Clara Cravey Stanley)
  • Swan Lake Act II, Cygnet (Staged by Mary Margaret Holt, Clara Cravey Stanley)
  • Pas de Quatre, Carlotta Grisi (Staged by Pamela Bjerknes)
  • Graduation Ball, First Student Variation (Staged by Clara Cravey Stanley)
  • Carmina Burana (Staged by Mary Margaret Holt)
  • The Nutcracker, Dew Drop Fairy, Clara, Flower (Choreographed by Mary Margaret Holt)
  • Flower Festival in Genzano (Staged by Ilya Kozadayev)
  • Raymonda Pas de Dix (Choreographed by Ilya Kozadayev)
  • Rags to Jazztime (Choreographed by Jeremy Lindberg)
  • La Bayadère, Act I, III (Choreographed by Mary Margaret Holt)

Milwaukee Ballet – Summer Intensive 2016

  • Turbulence (Choreographed by Timothy O’Donnell)
  • Watch and Wait (Choreographed by Roxanne Kess)

EDUCATION

The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

  • BFA in Ballet Performance, BA in Mathematics, Class of 2018
  • School of Dance – Dean Mary Margaret Holt, Director Michael Bearden, Clara Cravey Stanley, Ilya Kozadayev, Boyko Dossev, Austin Hartel, Pamela Bjerknes, Jeremy Lindberg, Roxanne Lyst, Rebecca Herrin

Centre de Dansa de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

  • Trained with Roser Muñoz and Joan Boix

Ballet Etc. Dance Institute, Traverse City, MI

  • Trained from 1999-2014 with Thomas Morell, Rachel James, Ramon Gaitan, Amy Russel, Lisa Reehorst

Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee, WI (Summer 2015)

Boston Ballet, Boston, MA (Summer 2012, 2013)

American Ballet Theatre, Detroit, MI (Summer 2011)

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Twin Lake, MI (Summer 2009, 2010)

AWARDS & HONORS

  • Dance Partners Outstanding Senior Award, 2018
  • University of Oklahoma Award of Excellence Scholar
  • University of Oklahoma President’s Honor Roll, 2015 – 2017
  • Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts Dean’s Honor Roll, 2015 – 2017

TEACHING & CHOREOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE

American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum Certification, Pre-Primary – Level 5

Auer Academy of Fort Wayne Ballet, Fort Wayne, IN (2018-Present)

  • Teaching students age 3-11 in creative movement and ballet

Fort Wayne Ballet

  • “Informal Groove” (2019)

The University of Oklahoma

  • Young Choreographer’s Showcase – “Tautly Linked” (2018)
  • Young Choreographer’s Showcase – “Entropy” (2017)
  • Teaching Assistant
    • Understanding Dance (2016-2017)
    • Bayesian Statistics (2018)

Classical Ballet Academy, Norman, OK (2017-2018)

  • Taught students aged 3-8 in creative movement, ballet and lyrical/modern

Ballet Etc. Dance Institute, Traverse City, MI (2013-2017)

  • Taught students age 3-18 in ballet, pointe, jazz, modern and creative movement

SPECIAL SKILLS

  • Flamenco and Character Dance
  • Stage Lighting (Light Board Op – “Biloxi Blues”, Spot Light Op – “Hands on a Hardbody”)