vitae

education

  • University of New Mexico | MFA – 2015 | Dance

residencies | awards

  • Recipient of Dance/NYC’s Dance Workforce Resilience (DWR) Fund (February 2026)
  • Guest Choreographer and Teaching Faculty at Cohesion Dance Project, Helena, MT (April 2025)
  • Dancer/Interpreter for Tanya Lukin Linklater projects at the Toronto Biennial, ON (2023-2024) and The Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio (2024)
  • Janam International Exchange Workshop with Jana Natya Manch and Radical Evolution Theatre, New York City (October 2023)
  • The Chocolate Factory Creative Residency with Hungry Mothers Collective, L.I.C., Queens, NY (June 2022)
  • Parbleux Inception Residency for solo development of skin of trees, Montréal, QC (June 2022)
  • Ohakwront Group Residency at Centre de Création O Vertigo (CCOV), Montréal, QC (May 2022)
  • Monson Arts Residency, for solo development of skin of trees, Monson, ME (February 2022)
  • Ucross Foundation Artist Residency, Ucross, WY (May 2021) 
  • Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant (August 2020)
  • Tofte Lake Center Group Residency, Ely, MN (June 2017) 
  • Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge Performance Artist of the Year, Albuquerque, NM (October 2014) Recognized for integrating dance-based performance with environmental education to increase awareness of bird migration, sustainable land practices, and community involvement. 
  • New York State Summer School for the Arts in Saratoga Springs, NY, (July 2012) Via the Arts Learning Lab (ALL) program at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.  One of four artists in residence with Dancing Legacy to learn, teach, and perform the Battleworks Etude, choreographed by Robert Battle and arranged by Erika Pujič.

choreographies & performance: land-based | site-specific | concert stage | theatre

  • a cosmos underfoot: soil study part one (2025) Commission by Cohesion Dance Project, Helena, MT
  • water//coyote – work-in-progress (2023-2026) New Mexico, New York City
  • The Dastardly Thornes v. The Town of Goldhaven (2023) The Brick, Brooklyn, NY, a new musical by Ben Holbrook & Nate Weida, directed by Benjamin Viertel
  • IN CORPO – (2022-2023) Choreographer for The Assembly’s original experimental musical at Theatre Row, New York City, written by Ben Beckley & Nate Weida, music Nate Weida, directed by Jess Chayes.
  • skin of trees (2021/2022) CPR – Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY; Parbleux Montréal, QC
  • skin of trees, film (2022) virtual festival for Shooting Gallery’s Performance Series #11, Vancouver, BC
  • lullaby: an offering/ a cleansing/ a blessing (2019/2020) Brooklyn, NY; Ciudad Juárez, MX; Montréal, QC
  • waiting for humanity (2018) – Albuquerque, NM
  • TRIO (2017) New York City; Albuquerque, NM
  • Golden Migration (2016) Commission by 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM, land-based dance performance at Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge.  Made possible by special support from the Kurz Foundation, New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities, Friends of Valle de Oro and 516 ARTS.  muralist jetsonorama aka Chip Thomas. 
  • From the Ground Up (2015) Commission by 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM, site-specific dance for opening of From the Ground Up: Design Here+Now at 516 ARTS. 
  • Radicles: Rediscovering Humankind’s Primary Roots (2014) South Valley, ABQ, NM, land-based MFA Thesis Concert.
  • peculiar/particular (2013) Commission by John Donald Robb Musical Trust, Albuquerque, NM, choreographies for the 42nd Annual John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium at the University of New Mexico. 
  • some higher glimmer in our landscape of flat (2018) New York City, playwright Cara Scarmack, directed by Sarah Hughes.
  • Holidays In/COYOTE (2018) Exponential Festival, New York City, playwright Adam R. Burnett, directed by Jess Chayes. 
  • TB SHEETS (2017) Commission by Buran Theatre, New York City, playwright Adam R. Burnett. music by Broken Chord. co-directed by Adam R. Burnett and lisa nevada.
  • Threepenny Opera (2017) Commission by Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM, playwright and lyrics Bertolt Brecht.  music by Kurt Weill.  directed by Kenn McLaughlin, Artistic Director of Stages Houston.
  • Golden Drum Year (2015) Commission by Radical Evolution, New York City, playwright Beto O’Bryne, directed by Simón Hanukai.
  • Decline and Fall (2015) Tricklock Company, Albuquerque, NM, playwright Caroline Prugh, directed by Simón Hanukai.  

teaching | movement experiences

University – Adjunct Faculty

  • 2017 – University of New Mexico, Department of Theatre and Dance, Modern Dance I
  • 2016 – Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Performing Arts Department, Music Theatre Dance
  • 2012 – 2015 – University of New Mexico, Department of Theatre and Dance, Graduate Assistant, Modern Dance I

Community and Dance Organizations

Teaching

  •  July 2022 – present – Paul Taylor Dance Foundation at the Taylor Center for Dance Education, Dance teacher in studio programming and community outreach programs, New York City
  •  Oct/Nov 2022-2025 – Arnhold Tier 3 workshop series for the Taylor School at Paul Taylor Dance Company, New York City.
  •  July 2022 – Global Kids summer dance series with the Taylor School at Paul Taylor Dance Company, New York City.
  •  May 2022 – Rainbow Etude Residency for Dancing Legacy at Garrison Union Free School District, Garrison, NY.
  •  August 2021 – Modern dance Intensive for ages 8-11 and 12-16 at Barefoot Dance Studio in Rapid City, SD.

Workshops

  •  May 2023 & 2024 – Land-dance experience with Tyler Rai at The Field Center, VT
  •  July 2022 – Land-dance experience at Riverside Park, NYC, hosted by the Performing Arts Conservatory at Goddard Riverside.
  •  April 2022 – Land-dance experience with Tyler Rai at Black Hole Hollow, VT and The Sable Project, VT.
  •  August 2021 – Land-dance experience in Paha Sapa/Black Hills, SD in partnership with Barefoot Dance Studio.
  •  April 2018 – “Spring POP-UP classes w/ lisa nevada” at Maple Street Dance Space, Albuquerque, NM.
  •  March 2018 – “Theatre-Making Practices” with lisa nevada and Adam R. Burnett at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 
  • Keshet Dance Company (Albuquerque, NM) -Youth Diagnostic and Development Center (YDDC) School Dance Program for incarcerated youth. 
    • 2004 – 2012, Teaching, Mentorship, and Curriculum Design for the Dance Education Program.
  • Keshet Dance Company (Albuquerque, NM) – Studio Classes
    • 2008 – 2012, Keshet Pre-professional Program (KP3) Director – youth pre-professional training program for ages 9-18.  
    • 2002 – 2012, Community Outreach Teacher and Community Class Teacher specializing in Modern, Improvisation, Creative Movement, Physically Integrated Dance, and Stretch and Strength.