Professional Work

Winter Guests/Alan Lucien Øyen • August 2023

New York, NY Alan Lucien Øyen, Director Creative Workshop/Residency

LA Dance Project • 2022-2023 Season

Los Angeles, CA Benjamin Millipied, Artistic Director Guest Artist

Dark Circles Contemporary Dance Company • Summer 2021

Las Cruces, NM Josh Peugh, Artistic Director Creative Workshop/Residency

VOID Movement Project • 2018

New York, NY/Istanbul Cemre Du Salur, Director Artist

Performance

Self Choreographed work 2024:

VAMP - performed at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

LA Dance Project 2022-2023:

Quartet for 5 by Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber

Water and Power by Dimitri Chamblas

Anthem by Janie Taylor

La Recreation by Salia Sanou

Devotion by Madeline Hollander

East/West by Benjamin Millipied

Eryc Taylor Emerging Artist Showcase • April 2022:

Performance of a Live Performance by William Ervin

New York Fashion Week • September 2021:

The Imitation of Christ designed by Tara Subkoff - Movement Direction by Dead Serious NYC

Dark Circles Contemporary Dance Company • August 2021:

Something Square by Joshua L. Peugh

Teaching + Dance Education

Freelance + Drop-in teaching - New York, NY

Contemporary Process: 2023-present

o Teaching groups of professional adult dancers contemporary material and creative process sessions

Ballet Technique: 2019-present

o Experience teaching students ages 8 to adult foundational ballet technique to advanced adult ballet.
o Structured year-long curriculum for students advancement in ballet technique

Contemporary + Improvisation: 2019-present

o Experience leading and structuring classes based in contemporary forms, contemporary ballet, and improvisatory techniques for ages 7 to adult
o Structured curriculum per semester of material, culminating in a in class showing

Modern Technique: 2019-present

o Experience teaching modern technique classes in the styles of Horton and Graham techniques for ages 7 to adult

Assistant Faculty - Ailey Fordham New York, NY • 2022 Spring Semester

  • Assisted and taught college sophomores rudimentary contemporary and contemporary partnering technique

  • Provided feedback and assessments for various areas of improvement throughout the semester

  • Created lesson plans and choreography per class topic

  • Led and mediated in-class discussions

    Substitute Teacher / Rehearsal Director - Dancewave Brooklyn, NY • 2020-2021

  • Taught the professional teen company repertoire and assisted in choreographing and setting work

  • Taught weekly technique classes in Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, and Improvisatory styles

  • Assisted rehearsals in tandem with and in the absence of the resident choreographer

Education

Montclair State University • 2015-2019

BFA in Dance Performance, Honors and Scholarship Student

American Dance Festival • Summer 2019

Scholarship Student

Sidra Bell’s Module • Summer 2018

Hubbard Street Summer Intensive • Summer 2017

Scholarship Student

Capital Area School for the Arts • 2012