Resume & Curriculum Vitae
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Education
University Teaching
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Masters of Fine Arts Candidate 2023-2025
Masters of Fine Arts Research: Exploration of the Integration of Laban Movement Analysis to the Teaching and Practice of Ballroom Dance (Committee Chair: David Olarte)
*Graduate Fellowship for research and teaching
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Bachelor of Arts in Dance 2023
Professional Teaching
Westlake High School, Saratoga Springs, Utah
Choreographed a theater arts routine 12 the schools top ballroom team to be used as their creative and competitive works.
Las Vegas Academy of the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada
I was invited to host a master class to teach and choreograph a Lindy Hop routine for the top ballroom team.
Brigham Young University, Provo, Ut
I was invited to collaborate in chorographing for the BYU Ballroom Touring team’s Lindy Hop number entitled “Do Your thing” with Curt Holman. 2023
I was invited to participate about my experinces and process of applying and attending graduate school for obtaining my MFA in Dance. 2023, 2024
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Invited to teach master classes for the university ballroom club
Invited to teach partnering mechanics and technique for university jazz classes
Guest instructor for DCE 356 Creative Approaches to Teaching Dance II. Taught 30 undergraduate students’ skills for teaching in a K-12 setting including curriculum development, Laban Movement Analysis, classroom management, creating lesson aims, and time management.
Scholarship-Creative Works
Oh, That Man Medley (2019)
Choreographed a 3 min ballroom dance medley for 16 students between the ages of 7-10. This routine was performed and competed throughout Utah Valley by Island Style Ballroom LLC.
You Are the Reason (2019)
I was invited to host a master class to teach and choreograph a Lindy Hop routine for the top ballroom team.
Mario Medley (2019)
I was invited to collaborate in chorographing for the BYU Ballroom Touring team’s Lindy Hop number entitled “Do Your thing” with Curt Holman. 2023
I was invited to participate about my experinces and process of applying and attending graduate school for obtaining my MFA in Dance. 2023, 2024
Hello Dolly Medley (2022)
Choreographed and created the routine Hello Dolly for the BYU Youth Dancesport Junior B team, which included 18 dancers between the ages of 12-16. Choreography practices took place from July2021 until March 2022. The entire work was 4 minutes. The routine is still performed and competed throughout Utah.
Pentatonixs Samba (2022)
Choreographed a number for 18-22 dancers between the ages of 12-16. The entire work was around 4 minutes.
Fragments of Infinity (2023)
Collaborated with YAWEN LUO in choreographing a work as part of our MFA in dance program. The process of exploration of this piece was to explore opposites and how they are connected and meaningful. Often what might seem meaningless to one has great significance to another, it is all about our perspective. The entire work is 8 minutes.
Feeling Good (2023)
Developed a work focusing on a unique perspective of chorographing ballroom dancing through a Laban Movement Analysis Perspective. The work focuses on effort qualities of weight, flow, time, and space. The entire work is 4 minutes.
Safety in Danger(2024)
This choreographic installation explores the complex relationship between feeling safe and being in danger, drawing inspiration from the iconic photograph “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper”. The piece guides the audience through a four-story stairwell, engaging them in dialogue with the performer. along the way a series of safety and warning signs are strategically placed to heighten the tension between the physical environment and the emotional experience of perceived risk and security.
Inferno Samba (2024)
This choreographic work involved 8 members of ASU’s ballroom dance club known as Devil Dancesport. This performance was 4 minutes in length and was first performed at the ASU homecoming event held in the Mountain American Football Stadium.
2017
Deferred Missionary Scholarship: Fine Arts Dance $250
Incoming Freshman Scholarship Ballroom: Fine Arts Dance $500
2018
Deferred Missionary Scholarship: Fine Arts Dance $250
Ballroom Dance: Fine Arts Dance $1,405
Marjorie Snyder: Fine Arts Dance $200
Cheri De Bonneville: Financial Aid Office $1,405
2019
Majorie Snyder: Fine Arts Dance $200
Ballroom Dance: Fine Arts Dance $200
2020
COVID19 Impact Assistance Fund $717
ID Idaho Falls Replenishment: Alumni Association $750
Ballroom Dance Company Alumni: Alumni Association $1,492
Dayna Lynn Ahern: Student Life Accessability Center $1,000
2021
Ballroom Dance Company: Fine Arts Dance $1,492
Ballroom Dance: Fine Arts Dance: $3,060
Dayna Lynn Ahern: Student Life Accessability Center $1,000
2022
Ballroom Dance Company: Fine Arts Dance $3,060
Dance Major Scholarship: Fine Arts Dance $100
ID Falls Replenishment: Alumni Association $788
Emerson & Legene Lyman: Fine Arts Dance $1,576
Performance Ballroom Dance: Fine Arts Dance $3,152
CE Student Employee Rextbook Scholarship $200
2023
ID Idaho Falls Replenishment: Alumni Association $788
Emerson & Legene Lyman: Fine Arts Dance $1,576
Performance Ballroom Dance: fine Arts Dance $3,152
Herbert Smith Fellowship: ASU $338
Swartz and Lessard Award in Dance: ASU $150
Brigham Young University $1,000
University Graduate Fellowship: ASU $500
Tuition Waver Resource: ASU $11,196
Professor of Impact Award
2024
Herbert Smith Fellowship: ASU $337
Swartz and Lessard Award in Dance: ASU $150
Brigham Young Unviersity $1,000
University Graduate Fellowship: ASU $500
Tuition Wavier Resource: ASU $14,519
University Grant-Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts: $2,000
2025
University Grant-Herbert Institute for Design and the Arts: $2,000
Herbert Smith Fellowship: ASU $337
Swartz and Lessard Award in Dance: ASU $150
University Graduate Fellowship: ASU $500
Tuition Wavier Resource: ASU $14,519
Shows and Performances
2002-2015
Extreme Ballroom Dance Company
Performed as a member of the Extreme Ballroom Dance Company from 2002-2015. Performances and competitions took place in Idaho, Utah, California, Florida, and the Bahamas.
Local and National Team Competitions 2002-2015
Performances in Disney Land 2014
Performances in Disney World 2015
Performances on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line 2015
Americans Got Talent Audition by invitation 2015
2017-2023
BYU Ballroom Company Member
BYU Ballroom Showcase Company: Performances in Utah Valley and the BYU Ballroom Concert 2018
BYU Ballroom Touring Company: Performances in the Utah States including Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, California, and Florida. 2017-2024
BYU Ballroom Touring Company: Performances in Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Belgium, and London.2022-2023
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Honors and Awards
Department of Dance, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Dance 180 Social Dance, 2018-2023
Dance 181 Country Dance, 2018-2023
School of Music Dance and Theater, Arizona State University
Dance 124 Latin/Ballroom/Swing, I 2023-2025
Dance 126 Country Western Line Dance I, 2023-2025
Dance 224 Latin/Ballroom/Swing II, 2023-2025
Dance 324 Latin/Ballroom/Swing III, 2023-2025
Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship, Arizona State University
Dance 356 Creative Practices to Teaching Dance II, 2024
Dance 306 History of Afro-Latin Salsa, 2024
Dance 306 History of Afro-Latin Salsa, 2025