Education  

S.U.N.Y. Brockport, Brockport, NY www.brockport.edu
M.F.A. in Dance, Dec. 2005

Instructors: Jenny Coogen, Bill Evans, Sondra Fraleigh, Santo Giglio, Edward Murphy, Susannah Newman, Mark Olivieri, Marianne Rielly, Juanita Suarez, Vicki Uris, Wallie Wolfgruber

Classes: Modern Technique, Ballet Technique, Irish Dance, Graduate Composition, Children's Dance I and II, Teaching Secondary Education I and II, Studies in Dance Education, Dance Research, Dance History/Aesthetics/Culture, Dance Injury Prevention, Music Resources for Dance, and Rep & Lit

Alumni Association Scholarship Recipient
Dance Department Summer Study Scholarship

Grove City College, Grove City, PA www.gcc.edu
B.S. in Marketing Management, May 2002

Grove City College Orchesis Dance Co.
Choreographer, Teacher, Publicity Chair, Costume Mistress, Professional Development Coordinator

Slippery Rock University , Slippery Rock, PA www.sru.edu

Studied Modern, Ballet and Jazz with Jennifer Keller, Nola Nolen and Ursula Payne

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Training

Jeanne Ruddy Dance, Philadelphia, PA www.ruddydance.org (Fall 2005-Present )

Studying modern with former Martha Graham principal Jeanne Ruddy.
Studying ballet with former Pennsylvania Ballet principal Dede Barfield.

Dance Alloy Summer Intensive, Pittsburgh, PA (summer 2007)

Studied with Artistic Director Beth Corning and Swedish choreographer Christina Caprioli

Limón Institute Summer Intensive, Brockport, NY (Summer 2005)

Studied Jos Limón technique and repertoire with Carla Maxwell and Roxanne D'Orleans Juste

Bill Evans Teachers Intensive, Brockport, NY (Summer 2005)

Studied modern technique, Laban/Bartenieff fundamentals, tap and pedagogy with internationally renowned dancer/teacher/choreographer Bill Evans.

Koresh School of Dance, Philadelphia, PA www.koreshdance.org (Summer 2004)

Garth Fagan Dance , Rochester , NY www.garthfagandance.org (Spring 2004)

Melissa Thodos and Dancers Workshop , Chicago, IL www.thodosdancers.org (Summer 2003)

Joel Hall Dance Center , Chicago , IL www.joelhall.org (Summer 2003)

Jazz Dance World Congress 2002 (Summer 2002)

Lou Conte Dance Center, Chicago, IL www.hubbardstreetdance.org (Summer 2000, 2001)

Ruth Page School of Dance, Chicago , IL (Summer 2000)

Point Park International Summer Dance Summer (1996, 1997, 1999)

Walnut Street Lodge, Sharpsville, PA (1997-2000)