About

I was born and raised in the Willamette Valley and has been a part of the Portland dance community in varying capacities since 2009. Growing up in the spellbinding scenery of the Pacific Northwest has undoubtedly influenced my work as an artist of dance and movement.

Formally, I hold an MFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City (2015) where I was granted a Graduate Teaching Assistantship and was the recipient of the Dee Winterton Award. Additionally, I hold a B.S. in Dance from the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR (2009). These formalized experiences have provided me the ability to integrate thought and experience into action as I engage with dance and movement in the span of my career. Currently, I am a teaching artist at Open Space Dance and throughout Portland, OR, working with students of all levels and training backgrounds. I also create dances, perform in my own work, and am a dancer in Darvejon Jones (NYC) creative work. 

I believe that dance is a radical act of liberating one’s body to more fully engage and connect with the deeper and more subtle layers of existence. My recent creative work has been influenced by esoteric anatomy, psychology, storytelling, myth and ritual. I am enamored by ‘what comes up’ while I’m in the studio, and the relationship between my lived experience and the ‘bigger picture’. The micro and macrocosm.

My choreographic work has appeared at New Expressive Works, Open Space Dance Center, BodyVox Dance Center, The Headwaters Theatre, Portland Community College, Lane Community College, Portland State University, The Hult Center, Lincoln Performance Hall, Conduit Dance Inc., Northwest Dance Project Studio and Performance Center, Mariott Center for Dance, Mudson, and the Ladies Literary Club, Portland5 at The Brunish, On the Boards, and Portland Center Stage's at The Armory.

I believe that dance is a powerful catalyst for personal and communal revolution and my aim is to make a positive impact while challenging viewers/participants through choreography, performance, and teaching.