Education
2023
Began PhD program
School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Concentration: Arts Education
Minor: Dance Pedagogy and Choreography
2021-2022
Master of Arts
New York University
Concentration: Dance Education, ABT Pedagogy
2013-2016
Bachelor of Arts
Indiana University
Major: Theatre & Drama
Select Teaching Experience
2023-present Interlochen Center for the Arts, Michigan
I lead the junior dance program in the summer for students aged 9-11. We study ballet, jazz, contemporary, and choreographic tools. Each session culminates in a performance.
2023-Present Indiana University
I teach undergraduates as an associate instructor in the School of Education. My primary course is M334, Drama in Education. This course introduces students to diverse ways drama can be understood and applied as a critical social and cultural experience with youth, emphasizing its potential to support social and academic growth. By the end of the course, students should feel confident integrating drama into their curriculum and be able to articulate how it informs their pedagogy and praxis. I also teach Z402, Youth Theatre Production tour and M235, Art, Interdisciplinarity and Education.
2024 Constellation Stage & Screen
I designed and taught a creative movement camp for preschool students. We learned movement fundamentals, choreography skills, and incorporated visual art and picture books into our lessons. I also worked as the choreographer for a musical theatre camp for 1st-3rd graders.
2024 Motion Arts Dance Academy
I worked as a guest teacher for the advanced ballet intensive. I also taught jazz and contemporary for the elementary dance camp.
2023 Stages Bloomington
I taught a course for 3rd-8th graders focusing on the idea of becoming a “triple threat”. I taught dance and acting skills, choreographed numbers for performance, and directed a 20-minute play.
2022-2023
American Youth Dance Theatre, New York
I taught ballet, pointe, musical theatre jazz, and creative movement classes for students aged 3-18. I also led a workshop focused on acting skills for dancers in the school’s summer intensive. I choreograph and stage pieces for recitals, and work backstage during performances.
2022-2023
Allegro Arts Academy, New Jersey
I taught ballet, jazz, and musical theatre to students on the studio’s competition dance team.
2022
Iona University, New Rochelle, NY
As part of the 2022 dance symposium, I offered a musical theatre jazz workshop to undergraduate dancers. We explored the historical context of the dance form, followed by a jazz technique class and musical theatre combination focused on acting through dance.
2021-2022
American Ballet Theatre JKO School, New York
Duties included demonstrating combinations, assisting students with questions, and helping control the flow of the class.
Select Choreographic Experience
2026 Constellation Stage & Screen, Finn: A New Musical
2026 Constellation Stage & Screen, The Da Vinci Code
2026 Bloomington High School North, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
2025 Bloomington High School North, Hadestown: Teen Edition
2024 Constellation Stage & Screen, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
2024 Bloomington High School South, Lord of the Flies
2024 Bloomington High School North, Mean Girls
2024 Stages Bloomington, Little Mermaid Jr.
2023 Bloomington High School North, It’s Our Town, Too
2022 Radio City Music Hall, Empire State of Love Medley/New York, New York NYU Graduation
2022 New York University, ‘til proven guilty
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Presentations
2024
National Dance Education Organization National Conference: I will be presenting two sessions; one entitled Creating a Collaborative Choreographic Community, and one as a panel member discussing the Independent Sector Mentorship Program.
2023
National Dance Education Organization National Conference: I presented research findings and proposed a paper entitled “Unconditional Positive Regard as Dance Pedagogy” at the 2023 NDEO conference in Denver.
2022
National Dance Education Organization National Conference: I presented my paper entitled “Mommy and Me Reimagined: Empowering our Youngest Dancers” at the 2022 NDEO conference in Atlanta.