CV
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TRAINING
Miami City Ballet School / University of North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA)
Edwin & Gaile Holland, Beatrice LaVerne, Bernadette Toussaint‐Pierre, Michael Langlois, Brigid Baker
MDC Live Arts / Live Arts LAB with Nora Chipaumire @ New World School of the Arts + scholarship recipient (2013)
Creative Capital Professional Development Program @ Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs (2012)
The Field Miami / Performance Workshop @ Miami Theater Center (2012)
Creative Capital / Individual Artists Professional Development Program @ Deering Estate at Cutler(2011)
ACADEMIC
Florida International University – Masters in Public Health and Epidemiology (2009)
Florida Internation University – B.A. Honors in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude (2007)
The Center on Aging – Certificate in Gerontological Studies (2007)
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High – HS Diploma, Dance Department, Summa Cum Laude (2006)
CERTIFICATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
- SandBox @ Miami Theater Center Residency (February-March 2013)
- Leaps & Bounds Artist Residency @ Miami-Dade College – Kendall (November-December 2012)
- Cannonball Residency – Fellowship and Artist Live/Work Residency (2012-2013)
- Dance Camera West – Member (2012-Present)
- Dance Films Association – Member (2012-Present)
- Best Cinematography and Choreography – Indie Film Club Miami @ O Cinema (2012)
- Autism Movement Therapy – Level II Training Certification (2012)
- LegalArt Miami – Fellowship and Artist Live/Work Residency (2012-2013)
- Miami Beach Arts Trust – Member, Board of Directors (2011-Present)
- Florida Dance Association – Member (2011-Present)
- Leslie W. Brown – AFP Broward – Fundamentals of Fundraising Certification (2011)
- Nominated for the Mario Savio Memorial Fund: Young Activists Award (2010)
- Special Commendation – City of North Miami (2010)
- Horatio Alger Scholar (2006-2009)
- Florida Dance Masters – Teaching Certification (2006)
COMPANY EXPERIENCE
Edwin Holland Dance Ensemble (2001‐2007), Jubilee Dance Theatre (2005‐2010), Laissez‐Faire Dance Repertoire (2008‐2010), Dance Now! Miami (2008‐2010), Next Step Dance Company (2009‐Present), Ballet Etoile (2011-Present), Aire Dance Company (2012-Present)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Edwin Holland School of Dance (2005‐2008), Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High (2007‐2009), Performing Arts Network (2009‐2010), Jubilee Dance Theatre (2009‐2010), Next Generation Dance Academy (2008‐Present), Peaches School of Dance and Music (2010‐2012), Arts for Learning | Arts in the Park (2012-Present), Miami-Dade College – Kendall Campus – A.I.R. Dance Conference & Leaps and Bounds Artist Residency (2012), Alvin Ailey / Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts – AileyCamp Miami (Summer 2012), Miami Dance Studio (2012-Present), Project LEAP (2012-Present)
EVENING-LENGTH PERFORMANCES / PROJECTS / INSTALLATIONS
- Pie Solo (2013) – one-man show produced by Miami Theater Center + Artist Residency at SANDBOX – Miami Shores
- “Pant Suit” (2012/2013) – to be performed at the American College Dance Festival, March 12-16, 2013
- “Pant Suit” (2012/2013) – to be performed at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, January 25, 2013
- FILMGATE Miami Festival – Curator of the dance on film and transmedia component @ O Cinema on February 2, 2013
- A Proper Marriage / My Eyes Move You (2012) – transmedia performance + dance and interactive film, produced by Indie Film Club Miami, during Art Basel December 6-8, 2012 @ O Cinema, February 1-3, 2013 @ FILMGATE Miami Festival, March 2013 @ FIU Frost Museum of Art
- Project L.E.A.P. (Living Equality through Arts and Performance) (2012-2013) – GLBTQ Youth Arts Enrichment and Mentorship Program, a 6-month free program for GLBTQ-identifying youth and their allies, November 2012-May 2013 + culminating performance at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Peacock Foundation Studio
- “Pant Suit” (2012) – performed December 7-8, 2012 by Miami-Dade College – Kendall dance program, as part of the Leaps and Bounds Artist Residency
- “Glory Tap” (2011/2012) – presented at the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, November 8-11, 2012 @ CounterPULSE
- TEDxMIA (2012) – performance of “Search: __________” at New World Symphony, commissioned by TEDxMIA for Framing the Future 2012 series
- “Lövheim Cube: A Movement Study” (2012) – site-specific performance + installation, commissioned by ART LIVE Fair, benefiting Lotus House Women’s Shelter @ Coconut Grove Convention Center
- 1000th Random Act of Culture (2012) – choreography and dance coordinator in Knight Foundation’s partnership with Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Ode to Joy performed at Euclid Oval, Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, FL
- Art Wynwood (2012) – “Glory Tap,” screendance video + performance in collaboration with Southernmost Situations Art – Miami
- “Mother-Son(days)” (2011) – spoken word with contemporary dance: performed at Miami Open Stage @ Little Haiti Cultural Center (2011), The Field Miami @ Miami Theater Center’s SANDBOX (2012 ), Daniel Lewis Miami Dance Sampler @ Little Haiti Cultural Center (2012), & Florida Dance Festival @ University of South Florida (2012)
- “AMY” (2012) – music video parody/tribute (Film Location: LegalArt Miami, 4th Floor)
- “Ebb/Flow” (2012) – site-specific performance piece in a canoe – SoBay Festival of the Arts, Deering Estate at Cutler
- “Heterodox” (2011) – original film – Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach (Film Location: Ancient Spanish Monastery)
- 42: A Stonewall Prospective (2011) – mixed media w/performance – Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach
- Phallussy (2011) – mixed media w/performance, Miami Made Weekend – Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
- Miami Miami Beach Arts Gala (2010/2011) – Miami Beach Convention Center
- Reaching the Surface: Evolution of AIDS (2010) – spoken word, mixed media w/performance – Little Haiti Cultural Center/Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Plaza, Little Haiti & North Miami
- “Miz Zéri” (2008) – Performed by Jubilee Dance Theatre @ Hollywood Center for the Performing Arts
- Godspell: The Musical (2007) – International Fringe Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
GRANTS / COMMISSIONS
International Fringe Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland (2007), Jubilee Dance Theatre (2008), Miami‐Dade Cultural Affairs (2010), Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (2011), City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs (2011), Miami Beach Arts Trust (2011), Next Step Dance Company (2011), Miami Open Stage (2011), SoBay Festival of the Arts (2012), Florida Dance Festival / Florida Dances (2012), Art Live Fair (2012), TEDxMIA (2012), The Miami Foundation (2012), Miami Theater Center (2013), the end / SPRING BREAK with Miami Art Museum and New Work Miami (2013), Puffin Foundation (2013), Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs (2013), Miami Performance International Festival (2013)
FREELANCE
- Pablo Cano’s The Toy Box (2012), puppeteer – Museum of Contemporary Art – North Miami (Choreography: Katherine Kramer)
- Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (2012) – The Orange Gala & Awards Celebration – Miami
- Living Oceans Foundation, in honor of Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz (2011) – Miami
- Art Basel (2008/2011/2012) – Miami
- Florida Dance Festival (2008/2009/2012) – Miami
- Broward Bares It! (2010/2011/2012) – HIV/AIDS Fundraiser for Broward House – Ft. Lauderdale
- Miami Made Weekend – Here & Now (2009) – Miami
- Cotton Club Revue (2005/2006) – Madrid/Barcelona, Spain; Las Vegas Revue (2008) – Mexico City
REFERENCES
Hollie Altman, Miami Art Museum, formerly with Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts – (786) 468‐2287
Ana Bolt, Dancer/Educator – (786) 512-8783
Kathleen Carignan, former Executive Director of LegalArt Miami – (786) 473-0573
Claudio Marcotulli, Filmmaker – (786) 208‐9832
Andre Pierre, City of North Miami Mayor – (305) 893‐6511
Harvey Burstein, Miami Beach Arts Trust/MiamiArtZine – (786) 301‐9967
Diego Salterini, Dance Now! Miami – (305) 610‐0602
Marie Whitman, North Miami Arts Collective – (954) 536‐0076
