Teaching

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Master Classes

PDC, Sacramento, CA

Utah Dance Artists Conservatory

Teacher (Draper, UT)

ADJUDICATION

Nationwide judging of: Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, Jazz, Drill, Hip Hop, Character, Kick, Pom, Cloggin, Voice, Musical Theatre, Tap, Ballet and Cheer

The Ballet Co

Owner/ Teacher/ Choreographer

Over 300 students per year, ages 3-20, Dual Concerts. Developed curriculum based on Vagonava and PBT method.

Academy of Ballet Arts

Jazz and Ballet teacher/ Set Nutcracker Ballet for Moutainwest Ballet

Brigham Young University

Adjunct professor for SLC extension, teaching Ballet. Under direction of Sandra Allen.

Atlanta Decatur Ballet Arts

Ballet and Jazz Teacher. Assistant in Choreography for Company I and II.

Education

New York Dance Teacher Summit- National Conference. Also Training in New York at Steps on Broadway, Alvin Alley and Broadway Dance Center.

UDJA- adjudication training and workshops. Guest Teaching, Curriculum Review, Guest Choreography, Private Lessons, Dance camps.

University of Utah - BS, Advertising Public Relations

EUROPEAN tour- danced in London, Amsterdam, Belgium, Ireland, Scotland and Paris, France. Jazz, Hawaiian, Tap and Contemporary.

Brigham Young University - Theatre Ballet (Talent scholarship), Soloist, demi-soloist, teaching. Major: communications, Minor: dance. RDA, Cecchetti, Vaganova Methods

Atlanta Ballet, Decatur- Choreography scholarship SERBA, Soloist, Vaganova, Cecchetti,

Joffrey Summer Intensive- Marysville, South Carolina...Swan Lake

Lakeside High School- Cheerleader, Captain, USA Cheer, NCA cheer, Crowned Miss Lakeside assigned to Miss Atlanta pageant.

Students

My students have danced in the following locations: YGAP, New York, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Italy, Florida, BYU Cougarettes, University of Utah Ballet, UDA, Los Angeles, Mountain West Ballet, MOS.A.I.C., and Expansion. Many of these students have gone on to teach around the country.

Skills

I am currently judging and teaching. I teach ballet in many studios as well as guest classes. In addition to teaching and choreography, I clean and set classical and original pieces. I have taught such subjects as motivation, jazz, turns, health and fitness, health for dancers. I have had the privilege to work and dance with: Chris Young, Eunice Kim, Sheila Cramer, Karen Chatterton, Daryl Yeager, Marie Roberts, Kathleen Banks, David Howard, Robert Joffrey. I love taking classes from Denise Wall and Anthony Morigerato, Mandy Moore, Twitch.

Pageant work: Crowned Miss Lakeside, Atlanta Georgia. Modeling and runway work.