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