Training

 

Ballet                                       Lisa Cline – Norris                                         ’86-‘88

Fran Spector                                                  ’88-‘91

Susan Cable                                                   ’89-‘91

Tisch School of the Arts, NYU                     ’91-‘93

Jackie Villamill                                               ’94-‘96

Rebecca Bartlow                                            ’01-‘03

Modern Dance                       Susan Cottrell                                                ’88-‘89

Tisch School of the Arts, NYU                     ’91-‘93

Frey Faust (Axis Syllabus)                           ’04 – Present

Jazz Dance                             Dupree Dance Academy (scholarship)        ’85-‘88

Juaquin Escamilla                                          ’89-‘91

Susan Cable                                                   ’89-‘91

Acting                                     American Conservatory Theater                  Summer ‘93  

James Price (Meisner Technique)                 ’93-‘94

John Grabowski                                             ’94-‘98

Aerial Dance                         Miranda Janeschild                                       ’02-‘05

Project Bandaloop workshops                      ’04, ‘05

Samba                                    Marsea Marquis                                            ’02-‘04

Tango                                     Julie Goldman                                                ’02-‘03

Contact Improvisation          Workshops with KarlFrost, Scott Wells       ‘06

                                                Frey Faust                                                      ‘05

                                                Nita Little                                                       ’04-‘06

 

Performing Experience

 

COMPANY MEMBERSHIPS

 

Chelsea Repertory Company, New York , NY , ‘95 – ‘99.

 

Dr. Schaffer & Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble, ‘00 - 04.  Co-Artistic Directors, Karl Schaffer and Erik Stern.  Dance/theater shows involving math, geometry, interactive riddles and puzzles, performed in California schools

 

Mir & a Company, Artistic Director, Miranda Janeschild.  ‘02 – ‘05.  Aerial and modern dance, harness, sling, web and tissue.

 

Project Bandaloop Training Group – ’06 - present

 

 

DANCE and THEATER PERFORMANCE

 

Tisch School of the Arts dance concerts, work by faculty member James Martin, students Davis Brimberg, Deborah Mueller, ’91-‘93

 

Top Girls , by Caryl Churchill, Directed by John Grabowski,  Angie  and Dull Gret, ‘95

 

Heat , by William Hauptmann, Directed by John Grabowski, Susan Harder, ‘97

 

Pitching to the Star , by Donald Margulies, Directed by John Grabowski, Hollywood Soup festival of one-act plays, ‘98

 

Selling in America , Created by Wendy Ward, Makeup Saleswoman - Text by Rebecca Wells, Vacuum dance – solo, ‘98

 

Space, Choreographed & presented by Stephanie Spencer, in collaboration with Yogamotion.  418 Project, Santa Cruz , ‘01

 

Caught in a Thread, 418 Project, ‘02, Choreographer - Miranda Janeschild, Mir & a Company  

 

Broken Wings, Take Me Home, Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz , ‘03.  Choreographer - Miranda Janeschild, Mir & a Company  

 

Moving & Storage/Crash, Burn & Die, 25^th Anniversary Show, Choreographer - Therese Adams. The Attic, Santa Cruz , ‘04

 

Table Whine, Choreographer, Lisa Christensen.  Presented at  Works in the Works, 8^th Street Studios, Oakland , CA , ‘04, The Attic Opening Gala, The Attic, Santa Cruz , ‘04, The Human Condition, ‘05, 418 Project, Santa Cruz , CA

 

Weaving One Peace at a Time, Choreographer - Miranda Janeschild, Mir & a Company, 418 Project, Santa Cruz , ‘04

 

The White Album, Choreographer - Sarah Wilbourne. Rio Theater, Santa Cruz, CA, ‘04

 

Intimate Distance, Choreographer - Sharon Took Zozaya, 2005 SoWat Now Performance Festival in Santa Cruz

 

Place of No Escape, Choreographer - Miranda Janeschild, Mir & a Company, the Attic, Santa Cruz , ‘05

 

Red – Improvisational score by Nita Little.  Cabrillo College Winter Concert, ‘05

 

Lucky Lady, solo, International Academy of Dance Fundraiser Performance , ‘06

 

Legend of the Red Tiger Ninja Clan, group piece, “The Blue Dragons,” comic multi media performance, 418 Project, Santa Cruz, ‘06

 

Carnival, Aerial cameo, Santa Catalina High School , Choreographer – Susan Cable. Sister Carlotta Performing Arts Center, Monterey ,  ‘06

 

We, Choreographer - Shelly Stryker-Adams, 2006 SoWat Now Performance Festival, , 418 Project, Santa Cruz , ‘06

 

CHOREOGRAPHY

 

The Playground, 4 Dancers, Tisch School of the Arts, Music by Adam Nigh, ‘91

 

Taking Five, Solo, Tisch, Music by Dave Brubeck, ‘92

 

Romeo & Juliet, Directed by John Farmenesh Boca, Carmel Playhouse, ‘01

 

I Drink Alone, solo, Music by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, ‘01

 

Stand by Your Man, 4 Dancers, presented as part of the Z Space Artists in Residence program, ‘01

 

Addictus, solo with Spanish web, Music by John Zorko, ‘04

 

Shelter, 5 Dancers, Music by Nine Inch Nails & Michael Gordon, featuring umbrellas by Bridget Henry, 7th Sense Fashion Show, ‘04

 

Pollinate Me, Duet with Brendan Ramsden, Music by Janis Joplin & Led Zeppelin, What is Erotic? ‘06

 

Ka Boom solo, SoWat Now Festival.  Music by Pat Benatar, ‘06

 

Ground Play WINNER  Mad Hot Dance Off, Duet with Isabella Golino.  Music by Wireless, ‘06

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Axis Syllabus,

            Workshops:

Centro Scenotechnico, Porto Alegre , Brazil , ‘05

Santa Catalina High School, ‘05

Meme, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ^‘06

Solvang, California, ’06, ‘07

Centro Scenotechnico, Porto Alegre, ‘07

San Francisco , ‘07

Classes

International Academy of Dance, Scotts Valley , ‘04 – ‘07

418 Project, Santa Cruz , ‘05 – ‘06

University of California , Santa Cruz , ‘05

Danceground Keriac, San Francisco , ‘06

Aerial Dance,

Spanish Web Workshop, Veteran’s Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz , ‘04

            Sling and Harness, Veteran’s Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz , ‘04

Creative Movement for children:

Shoreline Middle School , ’03, Moving Expressions Summer Camp, ‘04, ’05, ’06

Gyrotonic^Ò & Pilates, Owner/Trainer, Body Language Studio, ’01 – ‘04

Pilates & Gyrokinesis Mat Class, ’01 - ‘06