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