education

• University of Roehampton, Dance Practice-as-Research, Ph.D. Student (present)

• M.F.A. Goddard College, Interdisciplinary Arts/ Dance (2014)                                            

•  B.F.A.  The Juilliard School, Dance (2003)                                                                 

• The Kane School of Core Integration, Pilates Mat & Apparatus Certification (2004)     

 choreography / residencies

• Dance/NYC Dance. Disability. Artistry. Residency Program (2022)

• Movement Research Artist in Residence, NY. (2019-2021)

• O+ Festival, Kingston, NY. Colored Shadow Evening length (2021)

• Arts Society of Kingston, NY. Colored Shadow Evening length (2021)

• Movement Research at Judson, NY., Chorea (2019)                                              

• Brooklyn Arts Exchange Space Grant, NY. (2018)                                                             

• Dixon Place, NY. Excerpt 15 Excerpt (2017)                                                                            

• Danspace Project DraftWork, NY. Flinch/Speck Evening length (2016)                                                                             

• Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, MASS. Flinch/Speck Evening length Commission (2016)              

• Gibney Dance Work Up 2.0, NY. Flinch/Speck Excerpt (2016)                                                

• AIR, Center for Performance Research, NY. Duck & Goose Evening length (2015)             

• AIR, Chez Bushwick, NY. (2015)                                                                                            

• The Juilliard School Summer Dance Intensive, NY.  (‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘14)                                    

• Center for Performance Research, NY. Drill Piece Evening length (2013)                        

• Springboard Dance Festival, Montreal, CAN. Belly Machine Evening length (2013)          

• Dance Conversations at the Flea, NY. Drill Piece Excerpt (2013)                                           

• West End Theater, NY. Drill Piece Excerpt (2013)                                                                    

• VA. Regional High School Dance Festival, Drill Piece Excerpt (2013)                            

• Trisha Brown Improvisational Collaboration, NY. (2011-2013)                                                 

• Center for Performance Research AIR, NY. Drill Piece Excerpt (2013)                                       

• Mascher Space Co-op/ Fidget: Philadelphia, PA. Drill Piece Excerpt (2013)                        

• Center for Performance Research AIR, NY. Underwater Evening length (2012)                        

• Chocolate Factory Theater, NY. Drill Piece Excerpt (2011)                                                   

• Causey Contemporary Gallery, NY. Underwater Evening length (2011)                                

• Rooftop Dance, NY. Underwater Excerpt (2011)                                                                  

• Dance New Amsterdam RAW Directions, NY. Underwater Excerpt (2011)                          

• Movement Research at Judson, NY. Underwater Excerpt (2011)                                        

• SUNY Purchase College, NY. Guest Artist (2010)                                                                  

• WAX works at Triskelion, NY. Underwater Excerpt (2010)                                                    

• Toybox Theater Company, NY. Choreography for Theater (2009)                                       

• Joyce SoHo, NY. We Are Here After Evening length (2010)                                                    

• Wave Rising Series- John Ryan Theater, NY. Waiting Room Evening length (2009)               

• Joyce SoHo, A.W.A.R.D. show finalist, NY. (2009)                                                            

• Movement Research at Judson, NY. Waiting Room Excerpt (2008)                                    

• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council –SITELINES, NY. (2008)                                                  

• The Juilliard School Commission, NY. (2008)                                                                         

• Dance New Amsterdam’s OBJECT series, NY. (2008)                                                             

• Dance Theater Workshop’s Fresh Tracks, NY. (2008)                                                               

• HERE’s American Living Room Festival, NY.  Bridge Evening length (2007)                                    

• Dance New Amsterdam, Raw Materials, NY. (2007)                                                               

• The Wooster Group, NY. ICE Festival, Choreography for Theater (2006)                               

• The Whitney Museum, Vision Into Art, NY. Choreography for Theater (2006)                     

• 1st, 2nd Dance Festival Oltre Passo, Lecce, Italy- Commission (‘04, 2005)                              

• Stella Adler Studio of Acting, MAD AIR, NY. (2005)                                                               

• The Juilliard School Commission, NY. (2005)                                                                           

• Assistant Director- Shi-Zheng Chen and the Handel & Haydn Society, MASS (2003)         

teaching experience

• Marymount Manhattan College, Associate Professor of Dance                

Teaching of Composition & Improvisation to Dance BFA/BA students. Choreography Concentration Coordinator. (2015-Present)

• University of Roehampton, Fulbright US-UK Scholar Award                               

Teaching of BA & MFA Choreography & Improvisation course. (2018-2019)

• Manhattanville College, Adjunct Dance Professor                                             

Teaching of Modern Dance technique to Dance & Theater majors. (2014-2015)           

• Peridance Center, International Certificate Program Faculty                         

Teaching of Improvisation to professional level dance students (2014-2015)

• Bowdoin College, ME. Guest Artist/ Teacher

Improvisation and contemporary master class & lecture-performance (2015)                 

• Lafayette College, PA. Guest Artist/ Teacher

Lecture & Demonstration For Health & Wellness Panel (2014)

• The Juilliard School Summer Dance Intensive, Faculty

Improvisation, and set original choreography on participants ( ’04, ’05, ’06, 2014)

• Snow College, UT. Guest Artist/ Teacher

Teaching of daily contemporary technique classes to college dance ensemble, choreography of 2 original works (2014)

• Springboard Danse Montreal, CAN. Emerging Choreographer

Teaching of warm-up and improvisation to professional level dancers. Set original, site-responsive choreography on participants (2013)

• VA. Regional High School Dance Festival, Faculty                                 

Advanced modern technique, improvisation and interdisciplinary vocal/dance score” which links a vocal processor with 

 improvisation. Presented lecture/demonstration on Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process (2013)

• Dance New Amsterdam, NYC. Guest Artist Faculty

Modern technique, improvisation, and “vocal/dance score” (2013)

• The Playground, NYC. Guest Artist 

Taught electronically interactive workshops to professional level dancers linking music creation with choreography and improvisations (2013)

• Private Pilates Practice

Sustained private Pilates practice with focus on populations with neurologic disorders (‘07-2013)

• SUNY Purchase College, Guest Artist

Taught original work (2012)

• The Well Williamsburg, Pilates

Taught Pilates Apparatus & Mat classes to adult students of all levels. Pre and Post Natal  (‘07-2010)

• Freedom Road Pilates

Taught Pilates Apparatus & Mat classes to adult students of all levels. Pre and Post Natal ( ‘05-2007)  

• Centro Dimensione Danza, Lecce Italy. Guest Teaching Artist

Taught modern dance technique master class to high school level students (‘04, 2005)

awards & grants received

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Choreography Commission (2022) 

Dance/NYC Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellow (2020)

Fulbright US-UK Scholar Award (2018-2019)                                                                     

Brooklyn Arts Exchange Space Grant (2018)                                                                           

Andrew Mellon Foundation Space Grant (12, 14, 2016)                                                    

The Mertz Gilmore Foundation Late Stages Grant (2013)                                                      

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant (2013, 2021)                                               

The A.W.A.R.D. Show Finalist (2009)                                                                                      

The Hector Zaraspe Choreography Award (2003)          

 invited talks

• International Federation for Theatre Research Conference - Performance & Disability Working. Presentation of Paper “Crip Movement Lab as a Generative Framework for Movement and Creative Practice” (Reykjavik, Iceland 2022)

• NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program - Guest speaker in Yo-Yo Lin’s course “Media-making as a Healing Practice” Talk on Anarchivic Relief (Creating a Framework - Reclaiming the Archive: Ownership and Legibility (NY. 2022)

• University of Michigan Initiative on Disability Studies - Hosted by Dance/NYC’s Disability. Dance. Artistry. Residency Program and Gibney Dance. Presentation on Crip Movement Lab with co-founders Kayla Hamilton + Elisabeth Motley (Virtual, 2022)

• Dialogues in Dance Lecture Series, “Indeterminable Bodies: Thinking Through Crip Choreographies” Marymount Manhattan College(2021)

• US-UK Fulbright Scholar Award and University of Roehampton’s Center for Dance Research - “Indeterminable-ness: Choreographies of Neurodivergence” (UK, 2019)

• NYC Seminar Guest Lecture “Movement Research / The Judson Church Theater and Visual Rhetorics of Disability” - Marymount Manhattan College, (2020, 2021)

• Progressive Pedagogy Lecture Series. Co-presented with Prof. Catherine Cabeen - Marymount Manhattan College (2021)

additional performance experience

Pat Catterson  (2016, 2018)                                                                                                            

Yvonne Rainer-Trio A, Trio A With Flags  (2017)                                                                   

Trisha Brown: Improvisational Project (2011-2013)                                                                  

Charlotte Griffin- Repertory (2015)                                                                                       

Sue Bernhard Danceworks- Repertory (‘04, 2003)