Education

York University (Toronto)
Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) June 2003

H.B. Beal Secondary School (London, Ontario)
Dance/Drama student: Graduated 1st in class – June 1998

 

Choreographic Experience

Insomnia (20 mins)
Premiere: April 2008 for Anthology Vol. 1 (DanceWorks) (Winchester Street Theatre); January 2008 Series 8:08 (YMCA); December 2007 Eros, Thanantos & The Avant-Garde (The Rivoli); September 2007  Folked Up! (Victory Café) & Ambitious Enterprises Fundraiser; July 2007 Hitch, Torque & Twist (Hub 14); June 2007 Eros, Thanantos & The Avant-Garde (The Rivoli)

Gifted (15 mins)
Premiered: November 2007 Larchaud Dance Project’s Caution (DanceWorks) (Winchester St Theatre)

Over the left shoulder (12 mins) choreographed with Ali Gratian
Premiered: October 2007 for Dance Matters (Pia Bouman’s); April 2007 for Artists’ Play (Artists’ play studio theatre) & Series 8:08 (Metro-Central YMCA); March 2007 for Kinetic Studio (DANSpace Halifax, NS)

Openings (5 mins)
Premiered: June 2007 for Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre apprentices (Winchester Street Theatre)

Are we there yet? (10 mins)
Premiered: June 2006 for Larchaud Dance Project’s Shinjuru (Dancemakers Theatre); September 2007 for Nuit Blanche (Distillery) & Junction Arts Festival; February 2007 for York Dance Ensemble (York University); August 2006 for Indie Unlimited (Harbourfront); April 2006 for Series 8:08 (Central YMCA)

all alone, together (9 mins)
Premiered: August 2006 for Toronto International Dance Festival (Young Center for the Performing Arts)

Past Progression (10 mins)
Premiered: July 2006 for Festival de Danse en l’Atlantique (Cap-Pele, New Brunswick)

Go Still (10 mins)
Premiered: June 2005 for Larchaud Dance Project’s Stript Bare (Dancemakers Theatre); December 2004 for A Choreographer’s Ball (The Mod Club); January 2005 for Series 8:08 (Metro-Central YMCA); November 2004 for Small Potatoes Series (St. Barnabas Hall)

14 Stairs; 1 Window (11 mins)
Premiered: August 2004 for fFIDA  (Dancemakers Theatre)

Waving from the Inside (18 mins)
Premiered: May 2004 for Season Finale of Series 8:08  (Dancemakers Theatre); November 2005 (excerpt) for Vessel Dance Projects (The Victory Café); November 2003 for Small Potatoes Series (St. Barnabas Hall); October 2003 for Series 8:08 (Metro-Central YMCA)

We Fill Up (8 ½ mins)
Premiered: August 2003 for fFIDA (Dancemakers Theatre)

living lapse (6 mins)
Premiered: July 2003 for Toronto Street Festival; September 2003 for Junction Arts Festival

Performance Experience

Insomnia; July 2007 (Hitch, Torque & Twist); June 2007 (Eros, Thanantos & The Avant-Garde)

Swim girl Swim; Choreography: Jesse Dell; May 2007 (Over the Top Festival) & (Fallen Fundraiser)

Over the left shoulder; Choreography: Ali Gratian and Tracey Norman; October 2007 (Dance Matters)   April 2007 (Artists’ Play and Series 8:08); March 2007 (Kinetic Studio Halifax, NS)

Untitled; Choreography: Kerry Rathje; February 2007 (Series 8:08)

all alone, together; Choreography: Tracey Norman; August 2006 (Toronto International DanceFestival)

Waving from the Inside (excerpt); Choreography: Tracey Norman; November 2005 (Vessel Dance Project)

You Win a Prize for That; Choreography: Roopa Cheema & Sarah Lochhead; August 2005 (fFIDA )

Glitch; Choreography: Nicole Bemister-Lardino & Jennifer Robichaud; June 2005 (Larchaud Dance Project)

Female; Choreography: Leah Archambault; June 2005 (Larchaud Dance Project)

Red and Blonde Roots; Choreography: Kerry Rathje; August 2004 (fFIDA) and January 2004 (Series 8:08)

The Mending Enchainement; Choreography: Suzanne Miller; July 2003 (Dusk Dances)

Untitled; Choreography: Michael Sean Marye; June 2003 (Breaking Ground)

Dance Training Hilights

Voicework Professional Development Workshops; Instructor: Katherine Duncanson  Sept 2003-present

Central Focus; Instructor: Tom Stroud  December 2007

Le Jeu, Bouffon and Clowning Workshop; Instructor: Adam Lazarus  November 2007

Self-Solo Creation Workshops; Instructor: Meagan O’Shea  May 2007 & August 2007

Freeing the Subconscious Intensive; Instructor: Stephanie Skura  November 2006

Contact Improvisation Workshop; Instructors: Kathleen Rea & Carlynn Reed  November 2006

Ways of Combining Movement with Spoken Story Workshop; Instructor: Sarah Chase  October 2006

Breaking Ground Summer School; Instructor: Michael Sean Marye June 2003

Site-specific Choreographic Intensive; Instructor: Holly Small May 2003

Making Dances Workshop; Instructor: Eryn Dace Trudell November 2002

Granville Ferry Studio Summer Dance Program; Randy Glynn and Pamela Grundy  Summer 2002

York University Dance Department; 1999-2003; Modern, contemporary, ballet, composition, history, kinesiology, pedagogy; Principal teachers/mentors: Susan Cash, Norma-Sue Fisher-Stitt, Donna Krasnow, Mary-Elizabeth Manley, Michael-Sean Marye, Selma Odom, Sara Porter, Holly Small, Claire Wootten

H.B. Beal Secondary School; 1996-1998; modern and ballet technique; choreography; drama; musical theatre; Principal teachers: Eric Brandsma, Karen Hypes.  Graduated 1st in class.

Laurie-Ann’s School of Dance; 1990-1998; Principal teachers: Laurie-Ann Graham, Sarah Steele.

 Current Related Employment

Series 8:08 Program Assistant; August 2006 to present

Dance Instructor; Toronto Dance Vibe: September 2006 to present

Dance Instructor / Choreographer/ Coach; Richmond Hill Gymnastics Club: October 2002 to present

Volunteer: Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists; 2007-08

Honours

Various Choreography awards for work in Provincial/National Gymnastics 2002-present; Graduated on York University Dean’s Honour Roll June 2003; Dean’s Honour Roll 2000-02; York University Returning Scholarship 2000; York University Entrance Scholarship 1998-99