PROFESSIONAL DANCE EXPERIENCE

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TwoPoint4 Dance Theater
Company Member, Social Media Assistant Aug 2023 – June 2024
Danced with contemporary dance company, under artistic direction of Amy Tabback and Leandro Glory Damasco Jr. I trained and performed in contemporary floorwork and partnering styles, as well as low fly and wall fly. Additionally, I was a Teaching Artist in the outreach program, delivering instruction to young kids. I also curated content for the company’s social media channels.
 
DTM2
Guest Artist, April 2023 – July 2023
Rehearsed and performed with the international project-based company spearheaded by Dr. Lisa Naugle. In accompaniment with live musicians, I performed a contemporary solo along with partner and floorwork that premiered at the Philharmonica Romana in Rome, Italy. 

 

CHOREOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE

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Dance Escape at University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) Dance Department Show, Spring 2025
Imagined, constructed and rehearsed for the premiere of Fabric of Life, a contemporary ballet piece at the Claire Trevor Theatre. I worked with 8 dancers to create an 8-minute piece over 2 months.

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New Slate at UCI’s Dance Department Show, Fall 2024
Created, produced, and rehearsed for the world premiere of my contemporary ballet piece, My Felicity at the Claire Trevor Theatre. I worked with 14 dancers to create a 7-minute piece over 2 months. 

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Youth Theater Choreographer, Summer 2023
Choreographed for West Valley Youth Theatre’s The Lighting Thief and Roberta Jones Junior Theater’s The Little Mermaid. I worked with 50+ kids aged 9-18 over a 2-month period. 

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Senior Thesis Performance at Santa Clara University, Winter 2022
Devised, produced, rehearsed, and performed a 30-minute original length work titled [E.O.N.] Edge of Now, as a culmination of my senior thesis research. The dance performance consisted of 7 dancers and 3 styles of dance, contemporary, lyrical, and hip hop, with research and rehearsals spanning over 3 months.  

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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The Dance Complex OC
Teacher, Jun 2025 – now
Deliver instruction to young dancers (7-18) in ballet, contemporary, acro, and hip hop

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UC Irvine
Teaching Associate/Assistant, September 2024 - now
Educate undergraduate students in all styles of dance (ballet, contemporary, hip hop)

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Aria’s To The Pointe 
Teacher, July 2024 – June 2025
Deliver instruction to young dancers (3-15) in ballet, jazz, lyrical, and hip hop

 

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

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MOVE at NW Dance Project, July 2025
Performed in a 15-minute work by James Gregg and a 30-minute work by Rebecca Margolick with a cast of 16 dancers over a 2-week creation and incubation period. 

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Dance Visions at UCI, February 2025
Performed in Marimba by Lar Lubovitch, with 7 other dancers and rehearsals spanning a 2-month process. Also performed in Archaea Extremophile by Dr. S Ama Wray and Cyrian Reed, with 24 other dancers over a 5-month period.

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The Nutcracker at San Jose Dance Theater, December 2024
Performed as a snowflake in the yearly performance of The Nutcracker at the Center for Performing Arts in San Jose, CA. 

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Emergence Festival at The Edge Theater, June 2024
Performed Everything I Touch Smears at a national choreography festival in Chicago, IL. I collaborated with 3 other dancers in the creation process over 2 months, under the dance collective INK. 

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Annual Spring Performance at TwoPoint4 Dance Theater, March 2024
Performed in The Constant Becoming along with 4 other dancers over 6 months. Also performed Dirty Laundry by Derion Loman. 

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LA Dance Project at LA Dance Project, February 2024
Performed Dirty Laundry by Derion Loman, a 15-minute work with 4 other dancers. 

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Connections at Nabla Festival, June 2023
In collaboration with Dr. Lisa Naugle and 3 other dancers, I performed an hour-long work with my own 6-minute solo and group partner work. 

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Dance Performance/Film, 2023
Performed in Sixth Period, a live performance translated into film with choreography by Alexis Morris. I worked with 4 other dancers over 6 months in the creation and filming process, to culminate in an 8-minute film. 

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Images at Santa Clara University, Spring 2023
Performed in an 8-minute ballet piece, Jupiter, choreography by Karyn Connell, along with 11 other dancers over a 3-month rehearsal process, at the Louis B. Mayer Theatre in Santa Clara, CA.

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TRAINING

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NW Dance Project, Summer 2025
UCI Classes in Ballet and Contemporary, 2024-25
TwoPoint4 Dance Theater, 2023-24
SCU Classes in Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, and Hip Hop, 2019-23
Alonzo King Lines Ballet Trainee Program, 2018-19

 

EDUCATION

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Santa Clara University 
B.A. Theater Arts (Dance emphasis), B.A. Communications - March 2023
Alpha Psi Omega Theater Arts Honor Society
National Honor Society for Dance Arts

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University of California Irvine
M.F.A. in Dance – June 2026