EDUCATION & TRAINING
How I Know What I know
MILLS COLLEGE
OAKLAND, CA
MFA in Dance
Masters of Management
Instructors: Abby Crain, Sonya Delweide, Molissa Fenley, Abby Keyes, Amy Kweskin, Latanya L’Tigner, Kate McGinity, Robert Moses, Ann Murphy, Suhaila Salimpour, Ruth Sherman, Sheldon Smith
Courses: Contemporary Technique, African, Somatics, Screendance, Group Choreography, Choreography Construction Project, Ballet, Contemporary Choreography, Music & Dance, Business of Being an Artist, Dance History, Critical Acts, Jazz, Digital Performance, Core Momentum, Thesis Writing, Thesis Concert, Marketing Management, Sources & Inventions, Theory of Teaching, Financial Accounting, Pedagogy, Persuasive Communications, Stage Production
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
BUFFALO, NEW YORK
BFA in Dance
Magna Cum Laude
Instructors: Tom Ralabate, Jeanne Fornarola, Kerry Ring, Shelly Hain, John Lehrer, Joyce Lichtenberger, Anne Burnidge, Tracy Navarro, Melanie Aceto, Catherine Norgren
Courses: Modern Dance 1-6, Ballet 1-6, Jazz Dance 1-6, Laban Movement Analysis, Social Dance, Visual Imagination, Choreography 1-2, Improvisation, Pas de Deux, Kinesiology for Dancers, Tap Dance 2-3, Dance History, Production Practicum, Internship Dance Teaching, Independent Study of Solo Performance
MASA DANCE JOURNEY
KIBBUTZ GA'ATON
ISRAEL
Instructors: Dana Raz, Yamit Kalef, Yehuda Ma’or, Nir Ben Gal and Yuko Harada.
Courses: Modern, Ballet, Floorwork, Improvisation, Choreography, and Repertory alongside Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company.
2012
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF DANCE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Instructors: Summer Lee Rhatigan, Alex Ketley, Bobbi Jene Smith, Christian Burns, Tristan Ching and Thomas McManus
Courses: Modern, Ballet, Repertory, Choreography and Forsythe Improvisation
2010 & 2012
PRE-COLLEGE TRAINING
2003-2007
San Jose Ballet School - San Jose, CA
Teachers of note: Roni Mahler, Donna Delsini​ & Gerogina Coleman
Jensen's Performing Arts - Milpitas, CA
Member of Fancy Dancers
Lincoln High School - San Jose,CA
Member of Convertibles Dance Team
Studied under Glenna Bell Moenning
Passed Cecchetti Levels 1-5 Highly Commended​
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