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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • 2006 University of California Irvine, Lecturer (undergrad/grad Dance and Digital: Overview of Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Web Design)
  • 2006 St. Joseph Ballet, Faculty Santa Ana, CA (modern for 7th - 9th grade classes)
  • 2006 Ballet Pacifica, Guest Faculty Irvine, CA (intermediate modern)
  • 2004 - 2006 University of California Irvine, T.A./G.S.R. (courses taught - Modern; Video - Responsibilities in pre-production, production, and post production include: Video documentation director and camera operator for student and faculty concerts, Coordinating the video of concerts with production crew including lighting, audio, and stage managers, Executing video transfers and dubs in PAL, NTSC, analogue and digital, Assistant Director for the UCI Dance Film Festival, Final Cut Pro Editor for Donald McKayle’s “Beat: Beatific” Live Stage Work, Video Production Manager/Camera operator for Donald McKayle’s Mask of the Red Death, administrator for department website development)  
  • 2003 Clean House/Style Network, Production Manager L.A., CA (managed show budget and production for broadcast reality television show, booked crew and location shoots, coordinated equipment logistics, crew movements.  
  • 2002 - 2003 SYDA Foundation, Video Production Coordinator CA & NY (International Philanthropic Org. multi-camera live global satellite broadcasts coordinating with supervising producers, post-production supervisors, technical directors, assistant directors, camera coordinators, satellite producers, satellite engineers, wardrobe, and union crew.       
  • 1995 - 2002 Omega Dance Company, Artistic Director NYC (courses taught: modern, improvisation, and choreography for children and adults; workshops and lectures nationally; Omega is a professional modern dance ensemble founded by Carla DeSola in residence at The Cathedral of St. Paul the Divine; presented dance in theaters, universities, seminaries, and schools nationally;
  • 1996 - 2002 Convent of the Sacred Heart, Faculty NYC (courses taught - modern, improvisation, choreography, creative movement for kindergarten - 12th grade; developed movement curriculum in collaboration with science, history, art, and music teachers)
  • 1989 - 1993 The Juilliard School Lincoln Center Touring Program, Performer (presenting dance to inner city NYC public schools)

INTERNSHIP:                   

  • DREAMWORKS  (January – March 2006)
    Department: World Wide Technical Services (Creative) Responsibilities included: Translation and Title Research in over 23 languages, AV Equipment Inventory in preparation of move to Paramount, Photo Image Research, Data Research for Film Key Names and Phrases Documents, Review Scripts for Character Development and Write Footage/Reel and Scene Descriptions, Trailer Script Printing and Archiving, Casting Database Input, Voice Casting, QC of Translated Films, Participation in Weekly Production Meetings, Proofreading Creative Guidelines for Films, Review of P1 and P2 Films, Create Dialogue Scripts/Test Checks for Trailers.     

INDEPENDENT VIDEO PROJECTS:

  • "Groundswell" Video Documentation Director, Camera, Editor; Kristen Smiarowski Choreographer; Los Angeles, CA 2006
  • "Interview With Mary Anthony" Video Camera/Editor; Janet O'Faolain Producer; New York, NY 2006
  • "Magdalena Ecke Dance Concert" Video Documentation Director, Camera, Editor; San Diego, CA 2006
  • "A Fish Impression" Video Director/Camera/Editor; Calit2, Irvine, CA 2006
  • "Submerged Ascension" Video Director/Camera/Editor; Calit2, Irvine, CA 2006
  • "The Making of Watergirls Documentary" Video Director/Camera/Editor; Colombo, Sri Lanka 2005
  • "June Moon" Video Documentation; Loretta Livingston and Dancers; Los Angeles 2005
  • "The Border Starts Here" Video Director/Camera/Editor; Tijuana, Mexico 2005
  • "Ellas Danzan Solos" Video Director/Camera/Editor; Tijuana Cultural Center, Mexico 2005
  • "Urban Fabric" Camera; John Crawford/Lisa Naugle Directors, 2nd Annual International Biennale, The National Gallery of Prague, Czech Republic 2005
  • "Bamboo Study" Video Director/Camera/Editor; U.C.I., CA 2005

FILM:

  • "Stepmom" Thanksgiving Turkey Scene Choreographer, Director Chris Columbus, 1998

THEATERS AND SITES PERFORMED, PRESENTED, FILMED, OR CREATED WORK IN:

  • The National Gallery of Prague Prague,The Czech Republic
  • Colombo, Sigirya Cultural Triangle, Sri Lanka
  • The Tijuana Cultural Center Tijuana, Mexico
  • Casa Del Prado Theater, Balboa Park San Diego, California
  • The Japanese Cultural Center Los Angeles, California
  • Cal-IT2 Irvine Irvine,California
  • The Irvine Barclay Irvine, California
  • Winifred Smith Hall Irvine, California
  • The Claire Trevor Theater Irvine, California
  • Scripps College – SGD National Festival  Claremont, California
  • The Masonic Theater San Francisco, California
  • The Juilliard Theater, Lincoln Center New York, New York
  • The World Trade Center New York, New York
  • The United Nations New York, New York
  • The Riverside Theater  New York, New York
  • The 92nd Street Y   New York, New York
  • The Cathedral of St. John The Divine  New York, New York
  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral New York, New York
  • The Riverside Church  New York, New York
  • St. Ignatius Loyola New York, New York
  • Dance Theater Workshop New York, New York
  • Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse New York, New York
  • Union Theological Seminary New York, New York
  • Jewish Theological Seminary  New York, New York
  • St. John’s University  Long Island, New York
  • Jacob’s Pillow  Becket, Massachusetts
  • Sacred Dance Guild Regional Festival  Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Kansas Cathedral  Independence, Missouri
  • St. Louis Convention Center St. Louis, Missouri
  • Hartford College   Hartford, Connecticut
  • New Brunswick Seminary   New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Drew University Theological School  Morristown, New Jersey 
  • Newark Cathedral   Newark, New Jersey 
  • Strauss Performing Arts Center Omaha, Nebraska
  • Pittsburgh Convention Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • St. John’s University Collegeville, Minnesota
  • St. Joseph Cathedral  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Indianapolis Convention Center  Indianapolis, Indiana    
  • Indiana University East Richmond, Indiana
  • The Children’s Museum  Indianapolis, Indiana
  • The Museum of Modern Art Theater  Indianapolis, Indiana
  • CTS Seminary   Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Indiana University Musical Arts Theater Bloomington, Indiana
  • Sacred Dance Guild National Festival   Kamuela, Hawaii
  • Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey

CHOREOGRAPHY:

  • "Impression: Sunset" Calit2  UC Irvine, California: Music by Alan Terricciano 2006
  • “A Fish Impression”   Winifred Smith Hall, UC Irvine, California:   Music by Alan Terricciano  2005
  • “Bamboo”   UC Irvine, California:  Music by Aaron Huisenfeld  2004
  • “Harvest Dances”  Institute for Theology and Arts, Kansas:  Music by Univ. of Kansas faculty Michael Bauer  2004
  • “The 4 Loves”    St. John’s University, Minnesota:  Music by Frank Burch Brown 2004
  • “Forty Miles”  Playwrights Project Theater, San Diego, California: The Old Globe 2003
  • "Beach Dance" Experimental Film by Larry Asakawa, San Diego, California 2003
  • “Strands”   C. Temple, Independence, Missouri : Music by Petr Eben 2002
  • “Lament”   University of Omaha, Nebraska: Music by Petr Eben  2001
  • “In the Beginning”   Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York: Choral Music by Aaron Copland  2001
  • “Prelude”    Princeton Seminary, New Jersey:  Bach Organ “Prelude in E-flat Major”   2000
  • “Psalms”    Union Seminary, New York: Leonard Bernstein’s “The Chichester Psalms”  1999
  • "Stepmom" Thanksgiving Turkey Scene Choreographer, Director Chris Columbus, 1998
  • “Puppet Dances”  The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York: Annual collaboration with Den Puppet Theater    1998
  • “Hildegard of Bingen”   Riverside Theater, New York: Music by Hildegard of Bingen 1998
  • “Heart”   United Nations NGO Conference, New York 1996
  • "Wiggle Waggle" Countless dances for plays, musicals, and performances choreographed for grades K - 12 while faculty at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York 1995 - 2002
  • “Dance Offerings”  Over 100 short dances created for churches, synagogues, and seminaries across the country. 1995 - 2002
  • “A Ceremony of Carols”  Park Avenue Church, New York: Music by Benjamin Britten, annual x-mas dances 1994
  • “Morning of the World”  The Juilliard School:  Balinese Fusion Music   1993
  • "Dance Around the World" Director and Choreographer for Fusion Dance Performance Ensemble Tour, 1993
  • “Earth/Rocks”     Jacob’s Pillow: Natural Rock Sounds  1992                                              

MEMBERSHIPS & CONFERENCES:

  • Society of Dance History Scholars, Banff, Canada "Submerged" Dance and Digital paper presentation June 2006

AWARDS & HONORS:

  • Teaching Assistant Fellowship/University of California Irvine  2004 - 2006
  • Medici Summer Study Grant/University of California Irvine  2005
  • Leopold Schepp Foundation Full Scholarship/The Juilliard School 1990 – 1993
  • The Juilliard School Summer Travel Grant for study in Bali, Indonesia 1992
  • National Society of Arts and Letters (Dance) Scholarship  1989

EDUCATION/TRAINING:

  • 2004 – 2006  THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE.  CA
    Masters of Fine Arts in Dance with a focus on Technology.  T.A. Fellowship.
    Modern Dance Teacher/Teaching Assistant, Video Graduate Researcher.   Training in Dance for the Camera, Telematic Performance, Motion Capture, Video Documentation, Final Cut Pro, Camera Techniques, Web Design, Graduate Writing Courses in Dance Criticism, Philosophy, History and Research.
  • 1989 - 1993     THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL. NEW YORK, NY
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. Leopold Schepp Foundation Full Scholarship
    Training in Choreography, Ballet, Modern, Improvisation, Jazz, Baroque, Dance History, Music Theory, Labanotation

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