Master of Arts in Dance, 1987
State
University of New York at Brockport
Honors: • Pylyshenko-Strasser
Graduate Dance Award, 1986-1987 • Graduate
Teaching Assistantship, 1985-1987
Bachelor of Arts in Dance, 1983
State University of New York at Brockport
Honors: • Dean’s List
American Dance Festival and American College Dance Festival,
June, 1993 and 1999
Pilates Training from Certified Pilates Instructors, 1998-present
Dance Teaching & Performance Experience
Second Wind Dance Company. Executive Director.
Virginia Beach, Virginia 1994
- present. Produced and choreographed 30 full-length
productions. Work included grant writing, dance administration,
public relations and collaborative teaching for disadvantaged
children.
Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia. 1996 - present.
Taught modern dance technique, Improvisation, Dance and its
Audience, and Dance History
Regent University Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1991 - present.
Taught modern and jazz dance technique.
American College Dance Festival Frostberg, Maryland. 1999
Brought O. D. U. dance students to festival.
Eastern Regional High School Dance Festival Baltimore Maryland.
1995 and 1999 Taught modern and
improvisation dance technique.
Governor's School for the Arts Norfolk, Virginia. 1993 - 1998.
Taught modern and improvisation dance technique,
choreography and repertory..
Jamaican National School of Dance February 1991.
Taught modern dance technique.
Young Audiences of Western New York Buffalo, New York. 1990 -
1991.
Western New York Institute for the Arts Buffalo, New York. 1987
- 1988.
State University of New York at Brockport Brockport, New York.
1985 - 1987. Taught modern dance
technique.
Buffalo Academy of Performing Arts Buffalo, New York. 1987 -
1988. Taught modern dance technique.
Arts Commissions:
Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission Chesapeake, Virginia. Member,
1999-present