Education
2013 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI -- BA, Dance; Communications, specialization in Public Relations
Awards
2020 Artist Initiative Grant: Dance, Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB) : $10,000
2020. Foundation for Contemporary Arts: $2000
2021 Springboard For The Arts: $1500
2021 Flexible Support Grant, Minnesota Regional Arts Council (MRAC) : $15,000
2023 Jerome Hill Artist Alternate Fellowship: $10,000
Certifications
Present Minnesota Teaching Licensure, Tier 1 - Dance
Choreographic Experience
2014 Chair and Space
9x22: Bryant Lake BowlTheater
2015 //CATHEDRAL\\- Milky Justice Musik
Works-In-Progress: Red Eye Theater. Curated by Dolo McComb.
2015 //CATHEDRAL\\- Tyrannosaurus Wench Pt. 1/3
Choreographer's Evening: The Walker Art Center. Curated by Dolo McComb.
2015 //CATHEDRAL\\- woo
Isolated Acts: Red Eye Theater. Curated by Dolo McComb.
2016 //CATHEDRAL\\- MediuM
Vital Matters Dance Festival: The Southern Theater. Curated by Dolo McComb.
2017 //CATHEDRAL\\- De’Light
Momentum: New dance works: The Southern Theater. Curated by Dolo McComb.
2017 “Phrases”
Dance-for-film work with St. Paul-based filmmaker, Elliot Malcolm.
2018 “…Her’s A Queen”
Written by Neal Medlyn, Directed by Steve Busa: Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, MN.
2018 “will it last if not”
PetriDish: 3Play – Fresh Oysters Performance Research. Curated by Charles Campbell.
2019 Pride and Prejudice
Written by Kate Hamill, Directed by Lisa Channer: Park Square Theater, St. Paul, MN.
2020 The Skryker
Written by Caryl Churchill, Directed by Lisa Channer: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
2021 Honey
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
2022 9 to 5: The Musical
Musical theater show. Blue Water Theater Company, Wayzata, MN.
2022 We Will Rock You
Musical theater show. Blue Water Theater Company, Wayzata, MN.
2022 Honey
Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, MN.
Performance Experience
2013 Kristi Faulkner Dance, Detroit Dance CityFestival
2014 Women of Substance Series, The Student
Choreography by Vanessa Voskuil: O’Shaughnessy Theater, St. Catherine’s University.
2015 Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater: Touring Season (2015 – 2016)
Artistic Direction: Stuart Pimsler & Suzanne Costello
Duluth, MN - New York Mills, MN - Ely, MN – FergusFalls, MN – Minneapolis, MN - Louisville, KY - Birmingham, AL - Detroit Lakes, MN.
2016 Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater: Touring Season (2016 – 2017)
Artistic Direction: Stuart Pimsler & Suzanne Costello
Ely, MN - Bigfork, MN – St. Olaf College, MN –Minneapolis, MN – Weber State University, Utah – Palm Beach, FL - VirginiaTech, VA.
2018 Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater: Touring Season (2017 – 2018)
Artistic Direction: Stuart Pimsler & Suzanne Costello
Ely, MN – Grand Rapids, MN – Duluth, MN – Rochester, MN – Michigan State University, MI – Lanesboro, MN.
2018 Karen Sherman’s “Soft Goods”
2018 TBA Festival, presented by the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA):Portland, OR
2019 The Sunset Ball
Presented by Fatha Jazz Bordeaux, Category: Vogue Performance. Walker Art Center, Mpls, MN
2019 Pulling BackThe Curtain
Choreography by Gabbie “The Baddie” Abrams, The Southern Theater: Minneapolis, MN
2019 Fashionopolis
Artistic Direction, Grant Whittaker, ARIA Event Venue, Minneapolis, MN
2019 The Graffiti Ball
Presented by Fatha Jazz Bordeaux, Category: Vogue Performance. First Avenue, Minneapolis,MN
2021 The Paradox of Stillness
Created by Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1991), curated byThe Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
2021 Honey
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
2022 Looking For Liza: Liza Minelli Tribute Cabaret
Choreographed by Justin Leaf. Bryant Lake Bowl Theater, Minneapolis, MN.
2022 Honey
The Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, MN.
Teaching Experience
2018 – 2024 Teaching Artist - Cowles Center For Dance - Minneapolis, MN
The Cowles Center for Dance was an arts organization based in Minneapolis, MN providing artsprogramming around the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota. The Cowles closed operations in May2024. I was in residence with an average of 12 schools per year, engaging in the following programs:
- First Moves (Grades k – 3)o Afour-day residency focusing on Body, Action, Space, Time & Energy.
- Dance Without Barriers (Grades 1 – 12)o Afive-dayresidencywherestudentsfocusonagiventopicindance–rangingfromtechnique, composition, dance in society, and dance history.
- University of Minnesota College of Education – Topics in Dance
o A three-day residency with undergraduates in the College of Education at the University ofMinnesota. Students are introduced to concepts of body awareness, somatics, composition,dance in the classroom, and dance as an artistic and cultural body of knowledge. - Creationso A10-sessionresidencywithhighschoolstudentstocreateanoriginalperformancework.Students performed this work on stage at The Cowles Center, in a concert featuring fiveother Twin Cities high schools.
Daosit flow is a practice influenced by threads of yoga, qigong, and somatics.
2019 - Present Faculty - St. Paul Conservatory For Performing Artists– St. Paul, MN
• Faculty at St. Paul Conservatory For Performing Artists. Courses taught: Contemporary,
Composition, Voguing, Composition, Jazz, Conditioning.2024 Faculty - University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts (Theater)
• A BA Masterclass Course – Spring Semester, 2024. Topic: Qigong
2022 - Present Qigong – Dakota County, Scott County, Three Rivers Parks, Hothouse Dance, Sunna, Independent
• Commissioned respectively by Three Rivers Parks, Scott County, and Dakota County to teachoutdoor qigong classes. Weekly classes offered across the Twin Cities and metro.
2014 - 2018
Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater
I toured as a performer and teaching artist with Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater for four seasons.Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater is a Kennedy Center recognized leader in Arts Education.
- Repertory / Contemporaryo St. Olaf College (MN), Mankato State University (MN), U of M Duluth (MN), Weber StateUniversity (UT), Virginia Tech (VA), Michigan State University (MI), Youth Performing ArtsSchool (KY), Maltz Theater Professional Training Program (FLA)
- Family Albums
o A two-week residency program within k-12 celebrating identity through movement, musicand text. - Caring For The Caregivero A program focused on expressive skills for caregivers. Populations ranged from nurses,doctors, medical students, hospice staff, stroke survivors and across the spectrum ofinvolved spouses and family members.