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EDUCATION/ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2006)
Master of Fine Arts, Choreography
Research Emphasis:
Practice Through Repetition Plus Rehearsal: Investigating An Alternative Choreographic Process Model
4.0 Cumulative GPA

2003 - 2006 - Teaching Assistantship and Full Funding
2005 - Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS Grant)

The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (1994)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dance
3.96 GPA
1990 - 1994 - Academic Excellence Scholarship and Out-of-State Fee Scholarship
1990 - 1994 - Annual Service Scholarships
1994 - Department of Dance - Most Outstanding Senior
1990 - Department of Dance - Most Outstanding Freshman

WORK HISTORY

2001 - Present
Webdesigner
Methods, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

Present
Visiting Lecturer (Academic Year 2007-08)
Department of Dance
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2006 - 2007
Assistant Professor of Dance
Department of Dance
School of Music and Dance
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

2003 - 2006
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Dance
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2002 - 2003
Adjunct Dance Instructor
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2000 - 2001
Manager and Receptionist
Body Beautiful Spa, New York, NY

1999 - 2000
Administrative Assistant/Web Designer
Methods,Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

1997 - 1999
Co-founder/Artistic Director/Graphic Designer
Ground Level Dance Company, Dallas, TX

1996 - 1999
Graphics/Multimedia/Web Designer
Bigby, Havis & Associates, Inc., Dallas, TX

1995 - 1996
Administrative Assistant
Bigby, Havis & Associates, Inc., Dallas, TX

1995 - 1999
Adjunct Faculty (ballet, modern, jazz)
Brookhaven Community College, Farmers Branch, TX

1994 - 1997
Company Member, Choreographer, Instructor
Dancers Unlimited Repertory Company, Dallas, TX

1995 - 1997
Performer and Instructor
Young Audiences of Greater Dallas, Dallas, TX

1995 - 1997
Performer and Instructor
Young Audiences of Greater Dallas, Dallas, TX

1989 - 1990
Company Member
In The Company of Dancers, Baton Rouge, LA

1987 - 1990
Instructor
Turning Pointe Dance Studio, Baton Rouge, LA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Columbus, OH (2007 - 2008)
Visiting Lecturer in Dance
The Ohio State University Department of Dance
Major Level Modern Technique, Repertory

Eugene, OR (2006 - 2007)
Assistant Professor of Dance
The University of Oregon
Major Level Modern Technique, Major Level Ballet Technique, Jazz Technique, Contemporary Dance Partnering, Looking At Dance (Introduction & Appreciation of Dance), Improvisation, Composition, Graduate Research Seminar, Student Dance Concert Advisor

Hattiesburg, MS (April 2006)
Guest Artist in Residence
The University of Southern Mississippi
Non-Major Modern Technique, Freshman Modern Technique, Advanced Modern Technique

Columbus, OH (2003-2006)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
The Ohio State University Department of Dance
Major Level Modern Technique (Instructor)
Major Level Ballet Technique (Instructor)
Intro to Dance Composition for Freshman (Co-Instructor with Karen Bell, Dean of the College of the Arts, OSU)
Intro to Dance & Technology for Freshmen (Instructor)
Intro to Dance & Technology for Graduates (TA)
All Levels of Elective Ballet, Modern, and
Jazz, Hip Hop I, Dancers in the Schools,
Undergraduate Weight Studies Composition (TA)

Baton Rouge, LA (2002-2003)
Adjunct Dance Instructor
Louisiana State University
Beginning/Intermediate Modern

Denton, TX (2002)
Guest Instructor
University of North Texas
Master Class

Baton Rouge, LA (2000 - 2001)
Instructor/Guest Artist-in-Residence
Of Moving Colors Productions
Annual Company Audition - 2000
Master Classes while in residency

Baton Rouge, LA (2000)
Instructor
Dancer's Workshop
Beginning modern

Dallas, TX (1997 - 1999)
Instructor
Ground Level Dance Company
Company Class

Farmers Branch, TX (1995 - 1999)
Adjunct Faculty
Brookhaven Community College
All levels - ballet, jazz, modern

Dallas, TX (1995 - 1997)
Substitute Instructor
Dancers Unlimited Repertory Company
Company Class

Instructor
Young Audiences of Greater Dallas
Elementary and Middle Schools in the Greater Dallas Area - creative movement

Richardson, TX (1995 - 1996)
Instructor
Nortel Fitness
Adult Beginning Modern

CREATIVE WORK

Columbus, OH (autumn 2007)
Choreographer and Performer: "Wishing on Dandelions or Convertible Response" (duet)
FROM : here / a shared evening of dance at Columbus Dance Theatre (CDT)
Produced by Colleen Leonardi and Julie Mayo
New Work Commissioned by OSU Dance Major Amy Campbell for her BFA Senior Project in Dance

Choreographer: "7 Maidens & The Afterlife of Centuries" (septet)
The Ohio State University
Department of Dance Open Repertory Class

Choreographer: "Untitled" (solo)
The Ohio State University
New Work Commissioned by OSU Dance Major Stephen Andrews for his BFA Senior Project in Dance

findhorn, Scotland (Summer 2007 / ongoing)
Deborah Hay Solo Performance Commissioning Project (SPCP): "The Runner" (solo adaptation)
A 10-day workshop in which 22 performers from around the world commissioned a solo from contemporary dance pioneer, Deborah Hay.
Each performer must practice their adaptation of the solo daily for 3 months before presenting it publicly.
www.deborahhay.com

portland, OR (june 2006)
Choreographer, Performer and Producer: "It Could Happen.....an evening of dance and music"
All new dance works and music through a collaboration with composers Christian Cherry and Brian McWhorter and dancers Sarah Ebert and Christine Rice
dance Works Presented:
"Small Talk" (solo for CoCo Loupe and her Fan Man)
"i(N)tera(C)tion: city series / portland (dance with audience and camera)
"flowing #1" (solo for Christine Rice)
"wholeheartedness" (duet for Sarah Ebert and CoCo Loupe)
Conduit Studios, Inc.

EUGENE, OR (WINTER 2006)
Choreographer: "When The Prophetess Suffered...." (septet)
The University of Oregon Department of Dance Faculty Concert

Performer and Movement Contributor: "Whorl" (duet with Polly Anna Lind)
Choreographer: Walter Kennedy
Music: Christian Cherry
The University of Oregon Department of Dance Faculty Concert

EUGENE, OR (AUTUMN 2006)
Choreographer and Performer: "Black is White" (solo)
Music: Brian McWhorter
The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance New Faculty Forum
The University of Oregon Department of Dance Quarterly Informance

Choreographer: "Let Me Get My Shoes & I'll Be Ready......." (group)
The University of Oregon Department of Dance Quarterly Informance
Repertory Class

Hattiesburg, MS (April 2006)
Guest Artist in Residence
Non-Major Modern Technique, Freshman Modern Technique, Advanced Modern Technique
Choreographer and Performer: "Beam" - premiere (solo)

Columbus, OH (2003- 2006)
Choreographer: "In the Clear" (quartet)
Glass Panorama - An MFA Dance Concert by CoCo Loupe and Kathryn Padberg (January 2006)
The Ohio State University

Choreographer: "In the Clear" (quartet)
American College Dance Festival Association Gala Concert (2006)
The Ohio State University

Choreographer: "In the Clear" (quartet)
National College Dance Festival (2006)
The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Choreographer with Amiti Perry: "Duet Dance for a Couple of Small Furry Forest Animals"
Senior Project for Megan Smith and Michelle Gest (2005)
The Ohio State University

Choreographer: "Claude" (solo)
American College Dance Festival Association Gala Concert (2005)
Bowling Green State University

Choreographer with Amiti Perry: "Two Arms: Full Circle"' (quintet)
Choreographer and Performer: "Role with the Punches" (duet)
Performer: "The Long Road to Tucson" / Choreography: Michael Estanich
OSU Sullivant Summer Performance Series (2005)

Choreographer: "Ritmica #5" (quartet)
Performer: "The Invisible Proverb: Okarche" and "Drumtalker" choreographed by graduate student, Blake Beckham and faculty member, Susan Hadley respectively
OSU Drums Downtown (2005)

Choreographer: "Claude" (solo)
OSU Rough Cuts #1 (2004)

Choreographer, performer: "Clock" (trio) with original string trio score by composer Stephen Wood
OSU Winter Dance Concert (2004)

Choreographer, performer: "PRACTICE: a study in repetition and creative interruption"
Summer Independent Research Project (2004)
4 week project in which a 2.5 minute phrase of movement was performed in silence in a loop for 45 minutes straight. Anyone could enter the loop at anytime and suggest choreographic changes based on a menu of choices. The changes would be implemented and the loop would continue until another change was made by another suggestion.
The Ohio State University

Choreographer, performer: "Information Loss Therapy" (solo)
Co-choreographer, performer: "Sideshow" (duet)
First Perch Works-In-Progress (2004)
The Ohio State University

Performer: 2004 - "An Elephant Sneezed" choreographed by OSU faculty member, Vicki Uris
Performer and Movement Contributor: 2005 - "Just Add Water" choreographed by OSU faculty member, Susan Hadley
OSU Dance Downtown (2004 & 2005)

Soloist, performer: "Tesselations" choreographed by Chad Hall
Graduate Student Final Project (2004)

Choreographer: "Untitled Four" (quartet)
Performer: "Information Loss Therapy" (solo)
OSU Reach (2004)

Performer: Multimedia Art Installation by graduate student, Jean Haluska
Graduate Student Final Project (2003)

Mt. Vernon, ME (2005)
Participant: Choreography for Choreography Teachers: a one-week workshop with Susan Rethorst
Bearnstow

Chicago, IL (2004)
Guest performer: "The Long Road to Tucson" choreographed by Michael Estanich
Links Hall Collective Performance

Dallas/Denton, TX (2002)
Guest choreographer and performer: "Clock" (trio) co-choreographed with Amiti Perry
University of North Texas

New York, NY (1999 - 2002)
Co-founder, choreographer, performer
DIP/dance in person

Choreographer and performer: Premiere of "Two Arms Full Circle: Origins of Disharmony "
(evening length quintet)
DIP at the Bridge (2000)

Company Member
Skip Costa Core Movement Project - ('00)

Performer: "Would You Please Shut Up?" choreographed by Angela Sharp
Performer: "Intrude" choreographed by Angela Sharp
Choreographer and performer: "Smile Daddio" (duet), "Beginners" (duet), "Clock" (duet)
Uptown Performance Series at the Bridge ('99, '00, '01)

Baton Rouge, LA (2000 & 2001)
Guest choreographer: "One/None, Many/Any" (group)
Guest company and performer: Restaged "Two Arms Full Circle: Origins of Disharmony" on combined cast of eight dancers, four from New York and four dancers from OMC. Also performed DIP repertory work, "Sideshow" and "Arch", a commissioned solo choreographed by J Hammons.
Of Moving Colors Productions

Dallas/Denton, TX (1994 - 1999)
Co-founder, choreographer, performer
GroundLevel Dance Company ('97 - '99)

Repertory Contributions to GroundLevel Dance Company
"Remake" - 1992
"Flippin' & the 5 faux pas" with text written by CoCo Loupe - 1995
"Nudge Me at 6" with original music score by Dallas composer Frank Lacey - 1996
"Backs & Bellies" - with original music score by Dallas composer Frank Lacey - 1996
"Some Star Lanes" - 1996
"Combat Comeback" - with original music score by Dallas composer Frank Lacey - 1997
"Slow" - with original music score by Dallas composer Frank Lacey - 1997
"Warming" - 1997
"RoundTrip, OhVille, Dresser Tramp" - 1997
"Smile Daddio" - 1997
"LaLa Polka" - 1997
"Not Gonna Listen, Short 1, 2 and 3" - 1997
"Ouch" - 1997
"Dummy" - 1998
"The Night You Can't Remember" - 1998
"Tangle" - with original music score by Dallas composer and classical guitarist Bryan Burns - 1998

Performance Contributions to GroundLevel Dance Company
"the story of whatever" - Choreographed by Angela Sharp - 1997
"Intrude" - Choreographed by Angela Sharp - 1997
"Over Me" - Choreographed by Angela Sharp - 1997
"People Dancing" - Choreographed by Angela Sharp - 1998
"Would you please shut up?" - Choreographed by Angela Sharp - 1998
"Just Because" - Choreographed by Shanon Leyrer - 1998

Guest performer in Faculty Concert: "EVOL" choreographed by J Hammons
Texas Woman's University (1999)

Guest choreographer and performer: "Slip" (duet)
Contemporary Dance Fort Worth (1998)

Guest choreographer, performer: "RoundTrip, Ohville, Dresser Tramp"
Heels n Nobs Theater and Dance Company

Guest choreographer: "Not Gonna Listen 1, 2, 3"
Nova Dancing Company

Guest choreographer, performer: "Smile Daddio" (duet)
Collage in Denton

Performer: "New Potatoes" choreographed by Sherrie Lacey (1995)
Choreographer and performer: "Rock and Roll" choreographed and performed by members of Dancers Unlimited (1996)
Performer: "Would You Please Shut Up?" choreographed by Angela Sharp (1999)
Dallas Morning News Dance Festival

Guest company, choreographer and performer: Ground Level Dance Company at PRT
Plano Repertory Theater (1998)

Choreographer, performer, adjunct faculty
Brookhaven Community College (1995 - 1998)

Guest choreographer: "Waited Gait" (group)
Booker T. Washington High School for the Arts (1999)

Performer
Dance for the Planet

Performer
Moving Collaborations

Choreographer, performer
Independent Choreographer's Coalition

Performer
Dallas Museum of Art Beaux Arts Ball

Performer: "New Potatoes" choreographed by Sherri Lacey
Performer and Movement/Conceptual Contributor: "Wild Kingdom: Dances from the Suburban Congo" choreographed by Sherri Lacey
Dancers Unlimited Repertory Company

Choreographer, performer, show developer
Young Audiences of Greater Dallas

Guest company / Ground Level Dance Company
Chamberlain Ballet Company

Guest choreographer
Sunset High School

Guest artist's assistant: Assisted Sherri Lacey in the restaging of "New Potatoes"
Master Class Instructor while in residence
Stephen F. Austin University

Hattiesburg, MS (1990 - 1994)
Performer: "Tactics" choreographed by Patti Amacker (1991)
Performer: "Reign of the Sun" choreographed by Dickie Hargrave (1991)
Performer: "Excerpt from Choreographic Offering" choreographed by Jose Limon and
restaged by Jonathan Leinbach (1992)
Performer: Fanny Ceritto's role in "Pas de Quatre" choreographed by Jules Perron and
restaged by Shellie Nielsen (1992)
Performer: " The Story" choreographed by David Appel and Cast (1993)
Performer/Soloist: "Carnival of Animals" choreographed by Janet Prieur (1994)
Choreographer: Junior Choreographic Project: "Grass Topped Roads" (1993)
Senior Choreographic Project: "Sketches" (1994)
The University of Southern Mississippi

Co-founder, choreographer, performer
Flexure Dance Group (1992 - 1994)

Durham, NC (1988, 1989, 1992)
American Dance Festival
Technique, Theory and Repertory Classes with the following artists and instructors:
1988: Betty Jones (Limón), Jim Sutton (Ballet), Natalie Gilbert (Music Analysis),
Glenna Batson (Functional Anatomy)
1989: Betty Jones (Limón), Jeff Slayton (Cunningham/Farber), Simone Forti and
Ismael Houston-Jones (Improvisation), Chuck Davis (West African Repertory Work)
Performer: 081 05 2193V-237 by Reijo Kela
1992: Donald McKayle (Modern), Mark Dendy (Modern), Dianne McIntyre (Repertory Work, Restaging of Helen Tamiris' "How Long Brethren"), Ron Brown (Repertory Work)

Baton Rouge, LA (1989 - 1990)
Company Member
Performer/Soloist: South choreographed by Joe Alegado (1990)
In The Company of Dancers

UNIVERSITY SERVICE & COMMITTEE WORK

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2007 - 2008)
Undergraduate Studies Committee
Undergraduate Audition Committee / Student Organizer
Freshman & Sophomore Mentor & Advisor

University of Oregon (2006 - 2007)
Dance Technique Task Force
Senior Project Advisor
MFA Committee Member

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2003 - 2006)
Dance Department Undergraduate Mentor Program (2005)
Undergraduate Choreographic Project Advisor (2005)
OSU Department of Dance Website Redesign Committee (2004 - 2005)
Council of Graduate Students, Dance Department Delegate (2004 - 2005)
Council of Graduate Students, Outreach and Engagement Committee Member (2004 - 2005)