PRODUCING/DIRECTING

2018-present Dance Together Festival, Toronto (co-producer)

2011 - present Dance Together Project, Toronto (founder and artistic director)

2011-2013 Toronto Dance Community Love-In (artistic co-director)

2009-2011 Mind the Gap Collective (artistic co-director)

2007 -2008 Dance Together Alaska Festival, University of Alaska Anchorage (producer)

2000 - 2008 Ritmovida Dance Partnership, Anchorage, AK (founder and co-director)

2007 University of Alaska Anchorage Theatre for Young People, Anchorage, Alaska (co-director)

2001 Sharing the Dance, Club Soraya, Anchorage, Alaska (producer)

TEACHING

2011 - present Instructor, Dance Together Project, Toronto

2009-2011 Instructor, York University, Department of Dance, Toronto, Canada
2000 - 2008 Instructor, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Alaska Anchorage
2004 Instructor, Alaska Theater of Youth Summer Conservatory, Anchorage, Alaska
2001 Instructor, Anchorage Classical Ballet, Anchorage, Alaska
1996–2000 Instructor, Academie de Danse, Anchorage, Alaska

CHOREOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE

2023 EVER SINCE, dance film choreography and production, Toronto
2013 WaltzBreak, commissioned by FELIX AUSTRIA!, premiered and the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, Toronto
2011 Her Illustrious Highness, premiered at Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, Toronto
2011 No More Accordion, premiered at Hub 14, Toronto
2011 Yes, but! with Mind the Gap collective, Scotia Bank Theatre, Toronto

2010 M’otherland, premiered at the McLean Performance Studio, Toronto
2010 Lighter, premiered at the Edward Day Gallery, Toronto

2009 How Do Bones Sound if We Really Listen, with Mind the Gap collective, Scotia Bank Theatre, Toronto

2009 Pomme de Terre and Nest, premiered at Scotia Bank Theatre, Toronto
2008 Ruffle Shuffle, premiered at UAA Mainstage Theatre
2007 Perfect Strangers and Salida, commissioned by the UAA Department of Theatre and Dance, premiered at Jerry Harper Studio Theater, UAA Dance Ensemble Concert
2007 Ocho, commissioned by the Alaska Dance Theatre, premiered at the Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts, LIVE Concert
2007 Face to Face and Sun in My Mouth, premiered at UAA Mainstage Theatre, New Dances Concert
2006 Got Cha, commissioned by the UAA Department of Theatre and Dance, premiered at Jerry Harper Studio Theater, UAA Dance Ensemble Concert
2006 Fall Ball, commissioned by the Alaska Dance Theatre, premiered at the Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts, LIVE Concert
2005 One, commissioned by the UAA Department of Theatre and Dance, premiered at Jerry Harper Studio Theater, UAA Dance Ensemble Concert
2005 Cruzada, premiered at the Northwestern Regional Conference American College Dance Festival, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; recognized in the Final Gala Concert
2002 Sounds Off Time, premiered at UAA Mainstage Theater
2002 La Boite a Joujoux, premiered at Jerry Harper Studio Theatre
2001 A Sense of Her, premiered at the UAA Black Box Theater
2001 Secrets by Unknown, premiered at UAA Mainstage Theater

DANCE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

2023 Richmond Hill Cultural Summit, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts
2023 UAA Dance in Concert Retrospective, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska
2022 Dance Together Festival, Toronto
2021 Dance Together Festival, Toronto
2020 Dance On Map, Toronto
2019 Dance Together Festival, Toronto
2013 WaltzBreak, premiered and the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, Toronto
2012 M'BODY with Mind the Gap collective, Creative Blueprint Gallery, Toronto
2011 Yes, but! with Mind the Gap collective, Scotia Bank Theatre, Toronto
2011 Global Excerpts, with Mind the Gap, Hub 14, Toronto
2010 Shooting a Bird, an evening of autobiographical solos, McLean Performance Studio, Toronto
2009 How Do Bones Sound if We Really Listen, with Mind the Gap collective, Scotia Bank Theatre, Toronto
2007 Renastere, a site specific performance with sculptor Vlad Basarab, MTS Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
2004-2007 New Dances, annual dance production, UAA Department of Theatre and Dance, Anchorage, Alaska
1998-2007 UAA Dance Ensemble Concert, UAA Department of Theatre and Dance, Anchorage, AK
2006 LIVE, Alaska Dance Theater concert, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Anchorage, Alaska
2005 Conversations, faculty concert at Rhythm Explosion Festival, Bozeman, Montana
1999-2005 Voices, UAA Department of Theatre and Dance, Anchorage, Alaska
2001-2008 Jazz Week Concert, annual live music and dance performance, with Rebecca Mauleon, Kristin Korb, Katherine Kramer, and Valeria Pinero, Anchorage, Alaska
2004 Expanding the Stage: The Image After, a multimedia production by Brian Jeffery and Marianne Kim, UAA Department of Theatre and Dance, Anchorage, Alaska
2002, 2004 Jazz Fighting Hunger Concert, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Anchorage, Alaska
2002 LOOK AGAIN: Alaskan Landscapes in Transition, a site specific performance at various sites in Homer, Anchorage, and Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 The Distance From Here to There, with the XSIGHT! Performance Group, UAA Department of Theatre and Dance, Anchorage, Alaska
2001 Special Olympics Closing Ceremony, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Anchorage, Alaska
2001 Sharing the Dance, an honors project in choreography, production and performance, Club Soraya, Anchorage, Alaska
2000 PASTForward, with the White Oak Dance Project and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Anchorage, Alaska
2000 Holiday Lights, with the Airforce Band of the Pacific, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Anchorage, Alaska
1991 Magadan Days, with Tanzgracia Ballroom Dance Company, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Anchorage, Alaska

EDUCATION

2009-2011 Master of Fine Arts Choreography and Dance Dramaturgy, York University, Toronto
2002-2006 Master of Arts Dance and Adult Education, University of Alaska Anchorage
1996-2001 Bachelor of Arts International Business and Arts Administration, University of Alaska Anchorage

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists

Canadian Dance Assembly
Neighbourhood Arts Network

CONFERENCES and COURSES

2023 - CanDance National Dance Presenter Conference

2021-2022 Participant, FLEX: Collaboration Festivals Exchange Program, WorkInCulture, Toronto
2017-2018 Participant, School of Social Entrepreneurship, Toronto
2017 Participant, Art Entrepreneurship Program, ArtScape Toronto

2009 Participant, Summer Dance School TsEKh'09
2001-2008 Participant, World Salsa Congress, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY
2007 Guest Artist, DanceFest, Juneau, Alaska
2001 - 2007 Guest Artist, Rhythm Explosion Workshop, Bozeman, Montana
2006 Participant, The School at Jacob’s Pillow, Cultural Traditions Program, Becket, MA
2006 - 2007 Instructor, American College Dance Festival, Ohio State University and University of Montana
2005 - 2007 Presenter, Annual Staff Development Day, University of Alaska Anchorage
2006 Presenter, Northwest Salsa Congress, Seattle, WA
2003 Participant, Jump Rhythm Jazz Summer Institute for Dance Teachers, Lexington, MA
2003 Participant, Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

2023 City of Richmond Hill Community and Cultural Grant for Dance Together Festival

2023 “Spark” Tourism Innovation Grant for Dance Together Festival

2018-2023 Toronto Arts Council Project Grant for Dance Together Festival

2020, 2022 Digital Transformation Grant for Dance Together Project

2018 School of Social Entrepreneurship Project Grant

2007 Faculty Minigrant for Dance Together Alaska Festival, University of Alaska Anchorage Center of Community Engagement and Learning