Profile

Department

Theatre and Dance

Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

Postal mail

Missouri State University
Theatre and Dance
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

Details

Education

  • M.F.A., Dance (Choreography), 2021, The University of Iowa
  • B.A., Dance, 2012, Slippery Rock University
  • B.S., Elementary Education, 2012, Slippery Rock University
  • 200 Hour Hatha Yoga Certification, 2021

Teaching

  • Applied Kinesiology for Dancers
  • Jazz Dance
  • Modern/Contemporary Dance
  • Dance Composition/Choreographic Tools

Professional experience

  • Five Years as a Teaching Artist for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
  • Additional Teaching Artist work for Lookingglass Theatre and Chicago Ballet Arts
  • Research presented at the National Dance Education Organization National Conference
  • Upcoming publications in "Dance Education in Practice (DEiP)" and "Embodied Dramaturgy: Liminal Movement in Dance and Theatre" (edited by Telory Arendell and Jessica Friedman)

Research and professional interests

  • Autobiographical Movement
  • Empathy & Human Connection
  • Embodied Memory & Authentic Movement as embodied reflection, response, and movement generation
  • Processes of Recovery & Resilience
  • Embodied Metaphor

Awards and honors

  • Teaching Artist Fellowship, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, 2014-2015
  • Iowa Arts Fellowship, The University Iowa, 2018