EDUCATION
2024 M.F.A. Dance, Montclair State University
1999 B.F.A. Dance, SUNY Purchase, Cum Laude
1995 Baltimore School for the Arts
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Merce Cunningham Trust Certified Teacher and Stager
Pilates Method Alliance Certification
Certificate in Arts Management, SUNY Purchase
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
2022-present Cunningham Trust
Fall 2025 Modern 3, SUNY Purchase, Adjunct Faculty
2024-2025 Cunningham Technique, SUNY Purchase, Substitute Faculty
Spring 2024 Dance Appreciation, Montclair State University, Adjunct Faculty
Fall 2023 Modern 3, Montclair State University, Adjunct Faculty
Fall 2022 Dance Appreciation, Montclair State University, Adjunct Faculty
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2025 Every Step Has Value: Merce Cunningham Technique, National Dance Education Organization National Conference
PROFESSIONAL DANCE EMPLOYMENT
2016-2018 Second Story Dance Project, founding member and choreographer
2006-2011 Stephen Petronio Company, company member (with national and international touring)
Originated roles: Beauty and the Brut, I Drink the Air Before Me, Ghostown
Repertory Performed: This is the Story of a Girl in the World, Bloom, The Rite Part, Bud Suite, Lareigne, Middlesexgorge
2004-2006 Liz Gerring Dance Company, company member
2004-2005 Cornfield Dance, company member
2000-2004 Merce Cunningham Dance Company, company member (with national and international touring)
Originated roles: Way Station, Loose Time, Fluid Canvas, Split Sides
Repertory Performed: Summerspace, Cross Currents, How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run, Scramble (excerpts), Signals, Changing Steps (excerpts), Un jour ou deux (excerpts), Duets, Fielding Sixes (excerpts), Pictures, Native Green, Fabrications, Change of Address, Ground Level Overlay, Windows, Pond Way, Biped
PERFORMANCE RELATED REVIEWS (selected)
Slayton, Jeff. “A Belated Happy Birthday to Jasper Johns.” LA Dance Chronicle, September 2020.
Scherr, Apollinaire. “Critic Mesmerized.” Foot in Mouth, Arts Journal, May 2010
O’Connell, Kathleen. “Vintage.” Dance View Times, April 2010
Atamian, Christopher. “Stephen Petronio Company.” Dance Magazine, April 2009
Full CV available upon request
