Resume & References

Performance Experience, Training, Education & Certifications, Choreographic Commissions

References at the bottom!

Performance Experience

2021 -- Texture Contemporary Ballet

• In the Light (Alan Obuzor)

• The Nutcracker (Alan Obuzor)

2021 -- Ballet North Texas, Guest Artist

• Cinderella (Nicolina Lawson) Fall Fairy, Ballroom Corps

2020 -- Fort Wayne Ballet

• Diversions (Saki Morimoto)

• Dracula (Tracy Tritz) Peasant Corps, Maid

2016-2020 -- Oklahoma Festival Ballet

• Concerto Barocco (George Balanchine, staged by Nilas Martins), corps, First Violin understudy

• Opaque, Unfazed (Trey McIntyre), original cast

• The Nutcracker (Willam Christensen), Sugar Plum Fairy, Mirliton, demi-soloist Flower, Snowflake.

• Swan Lake Act Ⅱ (Petipa), swan corps, cygnet understudy, tall swan understudy

• I Rise (Amy Hall-Garner) - Les Noces (Nilas Martins)

• The Garden (Mary Margaret Holt)

• Simpatico (Michael Bearden)

• The Firebird (Miguel Terekhov) Tsarevna

• The Golden Cockerel – opera dancer

• L’Enfants et les Sorteliges (Jeremy Lindberg) – opera dancer

2018-2019 -- Contemporary Dance Oklahoma

• How to Pass, Kick, Fall, and Run (Merce Cunningham), Sandra

• Dirty Water (Roxanne Lyst)

• On the Rim (Austin Hartel)

2014-2016 -- Dayton Ballet

• The Nutcracker (Karen Russo Burke) Waltz of the Snowflakes corps, Waltz of the Flowers corps, Chinese, Russian, Nanny

• Cinderella (Karen Russo Burke) Ballroom corps

• Romeo & Juliet (Dermot Burke) Peasant corps

• Peter Pan (Septime Webre) Indian Princess understudy

Training, Education & Certifications

• University of Oklahoma School of Dance, BFA in Ballet Performance, Minor in Health/Exercise Science (2016-2020)

  • Instructors: Michael Bearden, Boyko Dossev, Jan Fugit, Karel Cruz, Ilya Kozadayev, Mary Margaret Holt, Clara Cravey-Stanley, Pamela Bjerknes, Jeremy Lindberg, Rebecca Herrin

• Dayton Ballet School (2008-2016), Oakwood Ballet (2002-2008)

  • Instructors: Karen Russo Burke, Dermot Burke, Paul Gilliam, Camille Izard-Morris, Sharon Lancaster Neumeister

    Summer Studies:

    • Milwaukee Ballet (2019), Orlando Ballet (2017, 2018), The Washington School of Ballet (2015), American Ballet Theater (2014), BalletMet (2013)

Choreographic Work & Commissions

• University of Oklahoma School of Dance (2018, 2019)

  • Young Choreographer’s Showcase: “Everybody Swing” (2018), “Relinquish” (2019)

  • Norman Arts Gala “CanCan” (2018)

• Confluence Ballet Company (2022)

  • Inaugural Season at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater: “Mirrors Where She Lies” (2022)

• DeCruz Ballet (2022)

  • Tour to Costa Rica for the Festival Ballet San Jose: “Currents” (2022)

  • The Nutcracker Act 2; “Waltz of the Flowers” & “Marzipan” (2022)

  • “Ellipse” (2022)

  • The Nutcracker: “Waltz of the Snowflakes” (2023)

  • “Voltaic” (2023), “Fragments” (2023), “Vivid Vehemence“ (2023)

• Ballet North Texas (May 2023)

  • “Preludes”

  • New Work coming Spring 2024

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Choreographer 2018-present

• Pilates Certified – PhysicalMind Institute (2019) 

• Certified in ABT’S National Training Curriculum, Levels Pre-Primary through Level 3 

• Costumer for OU University Theater (2017 – 2020)

• Social Media/Marketing for DeCruz Ballet, under Lindsi Dec & Karel Cruz (IG: @decruzballet)

Teaching Experience

• 2015-2016 - Ballet Instructor (ages 3 – 18) at Dayton Ballet, Dayton Dance Conservatory    2017 - Present - Guest Modern & Ballet Instructor (ages 11 – 18) at Dayton Ballet 

• 2020 - Present - Private Pilates Coach  (ages 7+)

• 2021-2022 - Dance Mechanics, Allegro Ballet Academy (ages 6-18)

• 2021-Present - Contemporary, Ballet, Pilates, & Pointe instructor at DeCruz Ballet PTD program