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I began my training in music and dance at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, the Academy of Ballet Florida and Boston Ballet; performing in works by Marie Hale, Gerri Houlihan, Gina Buntz, Jeff Satinoff and Kathryn Posin. After high school, I was accepted into the Ballet program at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington Indiana. There I was coached and mentored by Violette Verdy, Guillaume Graffin, John Clifford, Julie Kent, Jacque Cesbron, Iris Rosa, George Pinney, and performed principal roles within the classical, contemporary and African diaspora repertoire. Graduating with a Bachelors of Science double focusing in Ballet and Fitness: Kinesiology, I moved back to the east coast where I've had the pleasure of working with leading choreographers including Mark Morris, Elisa Monte, Jennifer Archibald, and Karen Gayle. Company credits include Chicago Dance Theatre-Chicago IL, Roxey Ballet-Lambertville NJ, American Repertory Ballet-Princeton NJ and Elisa Monte Dance Company-NYC. While with these companies, I toured throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, France and Greece performing in works choreographed by Graham Lustig, Twyla Tharp, Lisa de Ribere, Elisa Monte and Tiffany Rea-Fisher. Stage and industry credits include The Radio City Christmas Spectacular by Linda Haberman, Cirque du Soleil at Radio City by Benoit Lusignan, Iphigénie en Tauride at Lyric Opera of Chicago by Robert Carsen and Philippe Giraudeau, and Orfeo ed Euridice at The Metropolitan Opera by Mark Morris. During this time, I was invited to perform original works with  xodus dance collective created by artistic director and professor Karen Gayle at the Inside/Out Festival at Jacob’s Pillow, DUMBO Dance Festival, and at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto, CA for The International Association of Blacks in Dance Festival.

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My passion for dance paved the way toward dance education at both academy-based and competitive dance institutions; teaching virtually and directly at dance schools including The Joffrey Ballet School-NYC, American Youth Dance Theater-NYC, Joffrey SPECTRUM-NYC, STEPS on Broadway Youth-NYC, The Harlem School of the Arts-NYC DOE, Ballet Tech-NYC DOE, TAG Young Scholars-NYC DOE, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater IUBT, Princeton Ballet School-NJ, Kicks Dance Studio-NJ, Diva Dance-NYC and Art of Dance-NJ.

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I am a certified dance educator accredited through American Ballet Theatre that has successfully presented students for examination in Pre-Primary through Level V as a Fellow of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. Under my mentorship, several students have been coached and accepted into prestigious arts institutions such as the Professional Performing Arts School, Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Performing Arts, American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and various Ivy League Universities nationally and abroad.

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