Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Dance
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | 2017 •
Teaching Experience:
2025-Present - Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Academy - Denver, CO
Teen/Adult Ballet Level 1 - Monday 6:30-7:30
Teen/Adult Modern Level 2 - Tuesday 6:00-7:15
Jazz Basics, Ballet Basics, Children’s Ballet Level 1
2022-2025 - PHUMC Children’s Center - Denver, CO
I taught a variety of Creative Movement enrichment courses for ages 2-11 over the course of 13 weeks which utilized warm-ups like BrainDance to focus on building large and small motor skills, sensory motor systems, musicality, and rhythmic vocabulary.
2020-2023 - Dancin’ Dreams - Denver, COities
Jazz, Ballet, Pre-ballet, Tap, Musical Theater, Creative Movement, Contemporary, and Modern.
2018-2020 - Mark Morris Dance Group - Brooklyn, NY
I began at Mark Morris Dance Group as an intern in the Education department and established an organizational roster system spanning 35 dance integration classes throughout public and charter schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Following my internship, I worked as an assistant and substitute instructor for various classes and community initiatives including Adaptive Dance Programs, Hip-hop programs, Dance for PD®, language immersion programs, and in-school Dance Integration Programs.
2015-2018 - Elevé Performing Arts Center - Bloomington, MN
Jazz, Tap, Modern, Hip-hop, Contemporary, Creative Movement, Musical Theater, and Pre-ballet within a certified ABT® program. Additionally, administrative and front desk work, drafting studio newsletters detailing community events and instructor highlights, advertisements for the studio and its programs, upcoming performances, competitions, and instructor highlights to enhance engagement and increase visibility to prospective students and families.
2008-2012 - Betty Jo's Dance Center - Apple Valley, MN
Teaching Mission
I believe it is vital for teachers to not only understand and be able to demonstrate developmentally appropriate and engaging movements for their students, but to also be able to adapt to different teaching environments depending on their students’ levels of accessibility, family backgrounds, skills, and social/emotional needs. In younger classes especially, I strong believe in building autonomy within the classroom and utilizing somatic movement warm-ups like BrainDance to grow sensory-motor systems. I try to teach the importance of history, musicality, vocabulary, and technique foundation within all styles dance.