Dance Educator
20 Years
Performing &
Choreographing
18 Years
Teaching
11 Years
Cruise Ship
Industry
20 Years
Performing & Choreographing
18 Years
Teaching
11 Years
Cruise Ship Industry
Education
Graduate From Alabama School of Fine Arts (Dance, 1999), Under Tutelage of Sonia Arova
Dance Management, BS (Bachelor of Science) , Oklahoma City University (2003) Scholarships: Presidential Academic and Dance Talent
Choreography (Master of Fine Arts), Florida University (2017) Awarded by Career Transition for Dancers: Newhouse Grant and Sono Osato Grant
Dance Educator
“Soften your knees, feel the ground beneath your feet, look around you, make eye contact and say hello, find the joy in moving together.” As a jazz dance educator, I work to bring dancers back to their roots. I combine my own strong background in many forms of jazz dance with a sense of dance sciences and somatic methods to help create better, stronger, and smarter professionals. I also help dancers professionalize before entering the field by teaching dancers branding, marketing, and networking. I want dancers to be healthy, physically, emotionally, and financially. The only way to do this as an educator is to provide them with the skills I know they need in this field and then connect them to resources that will support them throughout their careers.
As a choreographer, I say “Let’s collaborate!” As a dance educator, I look at these young, hopeful, future professionals, and ask, “What do you want to do? How far do you want to go?” Essentially, I am always saying “Let’s collaborate.”
Curious what I've done as a dance educator?
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Jazz Dance Educator
Jazz Class Warmup
Performance Artist
Performance Artist Highlight
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Teaching Artist
I’ve performed on land and sea, small venues and big, and what I can say is that dancing is all I ever want to do. It’s not just about going places, it’s about meeting wonderful people, living your best life, and having fun doing what you love to do.