Resume

Summary

Nearly 10 years of training in advanced classical and contemporary technique. Excels at partnering and has developed strong pas de deux skills in both classical and contemporary styles. Team builder and team player, comfortable with many leadership styles, willing to take choreographic risks.

Highlights

  • Advanced ballet
  • Advanced Contemporary
  • Exceptional partnering

Professional Experience

  • Tulsa Ballet (Marcello Angelini, Artistic Director)
    • Tulsa Ballet Second Company/Trainee (2020)
      • “Then and There” by Norbert De La Cruz III
        • Corps Role
  • Fokine Ballet – Oneonta, NY (Donna Decker, Artistic Director)
    • Was a guest soloist in “Nutcracker” (2019)
      • Roles: Snow King, Russian Cavalier
      • Five Performances 
  • Studio Company Member 
    • Phoenix Ballet – Scottsdale, AZ (Slawomir Wozniak, Artistic Director) 
      • Snow White (2020)
        • Roles for future performance: Huntsman, Bear, Crow, Castle Court
      • Nutcracker (2019)
        • Roles: Sugar Plum Cavalier, Waltz Cavalier, Snow Cavalier, Arabian Cavalier, Russian Cavalier, Rat, Party Parent
        • 15 Performances, varying roles
      • Snow White (2019)
        • Roles: Bear, Crow, Castle Court
        • Three Performances
      • Nutcracker (2018)
        • Roles: Waltz Cavalier, Snow Cavalier, Arabian Cavalier, Rat, Party Parent
        • 23 Performances, varying roles
      • Golden Swan Gala (2018)
      • Nutcracker (2017)
        • Roles: Arabian Cavalier, Rat, Party Parent
        • 20 Performances, varying roles

Competition Experience

  • Invitation to YAGP Finals 2020 (postponed) for contemporary and classical solos and contemporary and classical pas de deux
  • YAPG San Francisco (2020)
    • Classical Solo: Flames of Paris
      • 2nd place, Senior Men
    • Classical Solo: Sleeping Beauty Prince Variation
    • Contemporary Solo: Ticking Bomb
      • Top 12, Senior Men and Women Combined
      • Choreographer: Albert Blaise Cattafi
    • Classical Pas De Deux: Sleeping Beauty Pas De Deux, Act 3 
    • Contemporary Pa De Deux: Two
      • Choreographer: Rasta Thomas
  • YAPG Phoenix (2020)
    • Classical Solo: Flames of Paris
    • Classical Solo: Sleeping Beauty Prince Variation
    • Contemporary Solo: Ticking Bomb
      • Choreographer: Albert Blaise Cattafi
    • Classical Pas De Deux: Sleeping Beauty Pas De Deux, Act 3 
      • Top 6, Pas De Deux
    • Contemporary Pa De Deux: Two
      • Top 6, Pas De Deux
      • Choreographer: Rasta Thomas
  • YAGP Finals (2019)
    • Classical Pas De Deux: Le Corsaire Slave Pas De Deux, Act 3
  • YAPG San Francisco (2019)
    • Classical Pas De Deux: Le Corsaire Slave Pas De Deux, Act 3
      • Top 12, Pas De Deux
  • YAPG Phoenix (2019)
    • Classical Solo: Le Corsaire Slave Variation
      • Top 12, Senior Men and Women Combined
    • Contemporary Solo: Indecision
      • Choreographer: Mallory Henry 
    • Classical Pas De Deux: Le Corsaire Slave Pas De Deux, Act 3
      • 1st place, Pas De Deux

Dance Education

  • Master Ballet Academy – Scottsdale, AZ (Slawomir Wozniak, Artistic Director)
    • 2017-2020
  • Henry Academy of Dance – Fort Collins, CO (Mallory Henry, Artistic Director)
    • 2012-2017

Summer Intensives 

  • Master Ballet Summer Intensive (2017, 2018, 2019)
    • Teachers: Rasta Thomas, Taras Domitro, Adiarys Almeida, Anatole Karpuhin, Alexei Moskalenko
  • Open World Dance Foundation Summer Intensive–New York (2016) 
    • Teachers: Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Alexandr Stepin, Irina Kolpakova, Anton Boytsov, Elena Sherstneva, Cyril Atanasoff

Projects and Interests

  • Fight Choreography
  • Ballet Memes