Curriculum Vitae
Education and Training
Graduated from the University of Cincinnati studying classical ballet with the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), and entrepreneurship with the Carl H. Lindner College of Business. Received Bachelor of the Fine Arts with a GPA of 3.9.
Trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in the Modern Ballet course between September 2016 through June 2017.
Previous dance training and intensives include: Gaga Europe Intensive (2017), Colorado Ballet Intensive (2016), Rockettes Intensive (2014 NYCDA Scholarship Recipient), Interlochen Summer Program (2013), and Sweatshop Dance Academy (Denver, 2012-2014).
Current and recent teachers include: Deirdre Carberry, Qi Jiang, Andre Megerdichian, Fabrice Maufrais, Louisa Ross, and Diana Loosmore.
Performance Experience
Professional Work and Opportunities
(Chronological Order)
*Included Aerial Work
2021
Dublin Worldwide Productions
Winter 2021
"Santa's Christmas Wonderland"
*Carnivale De Sensuale
Fall 2021
Performed Duo Aerial Straps Act "Paint it Black"
*Convergence Circus
Fall 2021
Performed Duo Aerial Straps Act "Dancing in the Moonlight"
*Grand Opening of the MAC Performance Center
Fall 2021
Performed Duet "Tale as Old as Time" and Aerial Loops Act "Never Enough"
Candlelight Concerts by Fever USA
Spring 2021
Performed "Dying Swan" Variation, and two duets "Noctune" and "Halo" alongside Brandon Welch.
Various Video Commissioned Work
Spring 2021
"Joke's On You" for Eddy Sound LLC.
Promotional Dance Footage for The Workshop, by SNM.
2020
Celebrity Cruise Productions
Celebrity Constellation
Fall 2019 - Summer 2020
Mainstage Shows: "Elyria", "Soundtrack", "Rock City", and "Land Of Make Believe".
2019
Celebrity Cruise Productions
Celebrity Constellation
Fall 2019 - Summer 2020
Mainstage Shows: "Elyria", "Soundtrack", "Rock City", and "Land Of Make Believe".
Dublin Worldwide Productions
Summer 2019
"Dancing Queen"
Celebrity Cruise Productions
Celebrity Millennium
Summer 2018- Summer 2019
Mainstage Shows: "iBroadway", "Boogie Wonderland", and "Elysium".
2018
Celebrity Cruise Productions
Celebrity Summit
Fall 2017- Summer 2018
Mainstage Shows: "Soundtrack", "Life", and "Chandelier".
Celebrity Cruise Productions
Celebrity Millennium
Summer 2018 - Summer 2019
Mainstage Shows: "iBroadway", "Boogie Wonderland", and "Elysium".
2017
Modern Ballet Graduation Performance, Glasgow, UK
Rep. included: Christopher Hampson’s Esquisses, Helen Blackburn’s Berceuse pour un Héros.
Competition - Concurso Internacional de Bailado do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Solo Rep. Competed includes: Excerpt from Mat Ek’s Smoke (1st place in division) and Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations (3rd place in division).
Ballet Divertimento 25th Anniversary, Montreal, Canada
Helen Blackburn’s Berceuse pour un Héros
Piano and Dance Festival, Glasgow, UK
“Gershwin’s An American in Paris”
2016
Colorado Ballet Intensive Performance, Denver, Colorado
Rep. included: Excerpt of Martha Graham’s Acts of Light, and Swan Lake Pas de Trois.
Swan Lake, Cincinnati, Ohio
Roles Performed: Big Swan, Princess Lead, Waltz Lead, Czardas, Cygnet.
Choreographer’s Showcase, Cincinnati, Ohio
Rehearsal Director for Within Dreams and performed in two other student works.
Honegger’s Joan of Arc at the Stake, Cincinnati, Ohio
Performed the Dance of Cards
‘Earth’ for International Trombone Festival, Film, Premiere in D.C.
Rehearsal Assistant and Lead Dancer
Neurology of Dance, Film
Improvised as base for computer graphic overlay in an informal video.
2015
Fall Dance Concert, Cincinnati, Ohio
Rep. Included: Diego Salterini’s Themes and Variations and Andre Mergidercian’s Night’s Daughters.
Kings Island, Mason, Ohio
Four month contract dancing on the summer season, live-band show Off the Charts
Spring Dance Concert, Cincinnati, Ohio
Tian Tian’s Chiaroscuro and Les Noces staged by Andre Mergidercian
Choreographer’s Showcase, Cincinnati, Ohio
Performed in three student works
2014
Fall Dance Concert, Cincinnati, Ohio
Rep. Included: Tong Wang’s Good Monsters
American Voices XVI, Cincinnati, Ohio
Rep. Included: Judith Mikita’s The Three Sundays of a Poet
Rockettes Summer Intensive Show, NYC, New York
Rep. Included: Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Santa’s Rag Dolls, and Electricity.
Additional Skills
Comfortable in contemporary and classical partnering.
Aerial - Performance experience on harness, pole, straps/net. I have been training in straps, strap loops, and duo straps starting from 2020. Have basic skills on tissu/silks, hammock, and lyra/trapeze.
Basic acting and vocal training at College-Conservatoire of Music, mid/soprano.
Basic tumbling skills including aerial and handspring.
Tap training intermittently throughout education.
Special Interest in Choreography and Film
Performance Choreography Experience
Halo Beyonce, 2021
Performed for the Candlelight Concert by Fever. Commissioned through the Denver Circus Collective.
Nocturne-Borodin, 2021
Performed for the Candlelight Concert by Fever. Co-choreographed with Brandon Welch. Commissioned through the Denver Circus Collective.
[De/Con]Struct, 2015
Performed at Scottish Ballet’s Tramway in Glasgow, Scotland.
Gershwin’s An American in Paris, 2016
Co-choreographed and performed in the Piano and Dance Festival at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Filmed Choreography Experience
Time-SG Lewis and Rhye, 2021
Self choreographed and edited. Filmed by Russel Klimas.
Keep You Waiting, 2020
Self directed, choreographed, and edited. Created for performance while on board Celebrity Constellation during the start of the Covid -19 Pandemic.
Champs-Elysees, 2018
Self directed and choreographed. Filmed and edited by Maciej Osinski.
Life To Fix, 2018
Self directed and staged, collaboratively choreographed by dancers. Filmed by friends and self edited.
In This Shirt, 2017
Self directed and choreographed. Performed by Lucy Macphail and filmed by Paul Barrie.
Derniere Danse, 2016
Self directed, choreographed and performed. Filmed by Daniel Hofmeister.
La La La, 2015
Co-directed, choreographed, and performed with Bri Levy. Filmed by Daniel Hofmeister.
Work Song, 2014
Self choreographed and performed. Directed and filmed by Laura Walters.
Other Dance Experience in Film
Joke's On You, 2021
Created by the Eddy Sound LLC. Collaborative effort between speciality lighting and choreography. Choreographed by Rachel Grinde, filmed and edited by Gold Peak Productions.
Earth, 2016
Head of staging. Performed in collaboration with other artists. Contracted by Nissi Collins.
Read All About It, 2016
Created by Bri Levy, filmed by Prathiba Prabhakar.
Neurology of Dance, 2016
Solo improvisational dance. Contracted by Lauren Konig.
Love Me Like You Do, 2015
Created by Bri Levy, filmed by Daniel Hofmeister.
The Light, 2015
Created by Bri Levy, filmed by Daniel Hofmeister.
Teaching Experience
Mentored in ballet pedagogy at the CCM Ballet Preparatory School, experience with all levels.
Currently teaching professional level ballet and jazz classes, and coaching aerialists at the Denver Circus Collective in ballet and floor work.