teaching
2017 Southeastern Theater Conference, presenter Mobile, Alabama
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Joining Forces: Contact Improvisation for Everyone
2016-pres Eastern Guilford Middle School, Dance Educator Gibsonville, NC
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Teach grades 6-8 NC Standard Course of Study in Dance
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Encore Department Chair (2019-2020)
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Leadership representative (2019-2020)
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Lead dance teacher, K-8 (2019-2020)
2015-pres Burlington Academy of Dance and Arts, Faculty Burlington, NC
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Teach Jazz, Tap and Ballet, ages 6-17
2008-pres Greensboro Contact Jam, Co-facilitator and skills instructor Greensboro, NC
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Teach Contact Improvisation and facilitate Contact Improv jams for all skill levels
2016-2017 City Arts Teachers in Residence, Instructor Greensboro, NC
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Teach Advanced Contemporary/Modern class for (Continued Training for Professionals)
2016-2017 Canterbury School, Afternoon Adventures Instructor
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Teach creative movement and storybook theater, pre-k
2016 Highpoint University, Adjunct Faculty, 6 week temporary position Highpoint, NC
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Taught Tap and Ballet
2016 Northern Guilford High School, Guest Artist Greensboro, NC
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Taught a one week intensive for Honors Dance students in Contact Improv
2010-2015 Lead Dance Teacher, Durham Public Schools Durham, NC
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Planned and led professional development activities for K-12 dance teachers throughout the district
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Developed, organized and maintained curricular documents
2007-2015 Durham School of the Arts, Faculty Durham, NC
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Taught the standard course of study for grades 6-12
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Taught independent studies included material in Dance and Technology, Dance Pedagogy, Dance Composition, and Qualitative Research in Dance
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Directed Honors Dance Company
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Advised dance concentration students
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Produced, choreographed and oversaw student and guest choreography for five concerts a year
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Designed lights and stage managed performances
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Coordinated community performances
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Developed course offerings, unit plans and assessments
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Choreographed school musicals
2012 NC Dance Alliance Annual Event, Guest Artist Durham, NC
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Taught an intermediate level master class in Contact Improvisation
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Facilitated a Contact Improv Jam
2011 NC Dance Alliance Annual Event, Guest Artist Durham, NC
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Taught a High School Level master class in Contact Improvisation
2010 NC Dance Alliance Annual Event, Guest Artist Charlotte, NC
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Taught an all ages/mixed level master class in Contact Improvisation
2008-2010 Power Company, Guest Artist Columbia, SC
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Set commissioned work on the company for their repertory
2006-2007 UNC-Greensboro, Adjunct Faculty Greensboro, NC
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Taught Jazz at the beginning and intermediate levels for undergraduate dance majors and graduate students
2006 Sun Valley Ballet School, Guest Artist Ketchum, Idaho
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Taught one week residency with master classes in Ballet, Pointe, and Modern
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Created original piece of choreography for the Sun Valley Ballet
2005-2007 Weaver Academy of Performing and Visual Art, Faculty Greensboro, NC
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Taught Ballet technique
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Modern Technique
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Jazz Technique and History
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Dance Composition
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Dance History
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Choreographed for department dance concerts
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Produced student choreography concerts
2003-2005 UNC- Greensboro, Graduate Teaching Assistant Greensboro, NC
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Taught undergraduate and graduate dance majors Beginning and Advanced Beginning Modern, Beginning and Intermediate Ballet, Intermediate and Advanced Jazz, and a University wide course of Dance Appreciation
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Graduate Teaching Assistant for Choreography the Craft and Career Management for the Dance Artist
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Managed video archives
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Served as technical director for dance performances
2002 Tri-District Arts Consortium, Faculty Columbia, SC
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Taught Modern, Ballet, and Dance Composition to gifted and talented dance students at the middle school level
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Created repertory for on dance students for performance
2001-2002 The Power Company, Instructor Columbia, SC
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Taught Modern and Creative Movement in “Power Tools” a community based class offered by the Power Company
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Taught company class for the Power Company
2000-2002 Miss Libby’s School of Dance, Faculty Sumter, SC
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Taught Ballet and Modern at the advanced level
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Choreographed work for Rising Stars competition dance team
1998-2002 Lower Richland High School, Faculty Columbia, SC
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Taught the standard course of study to 9-12 grade students including: Ballet, Modern and Jazz, as well as aesthetic valuing, cultural heritage and creative expression.
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Choreographed for two dance concerts per year
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Coached Dance Team
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Coached Varsity Soccer
1997-2002 Palmetto Performing Arts, Instructor Columbia, SC
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Taught Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, and Tap for all ages, beginning level through advanced
1999-2000 Florence Ballet Academy, Ballet Mistress/Sen. Instructor of Adv. Ballet Florence, SC
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Created and staged both original and classical repertoire
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Taught Company class
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Directed rehearsals
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Collaborated with the Board of Directors on company management, including dancer development, budgeting, event planning
1997-1998 Columbia College, Adjunct Faculty Columbia, SC
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Taught Ballet for undergraduate dance majors
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Rehearsal Director for Guest Artist choreography
1994-2002 Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Faculty Camden, SC
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Movement instructor for Arts Arising, a summer intensive for gifted and talented 4th-7th graders
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Created and implemented cross-curricular arts lessons with faculty
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Collaborated on cross-curricular arts performance
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Worked with mixed ability students in movement classes
Choreography
2018 above, below, beside behind
The Body Project, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
2018 Boxes and Baggage
The Drama Center of City Arts, Greensboro, NC
2016 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
The Drama Center of City Arts, Greensboro, NC
2016 Oliver! the musical
The Drama Center of City Arts, Greensboro, NC
2015 Liminal Space
Greensboro Fringe Festival, Greensboro, NC
45 min group piece in seven movements
2014 Liminal Space
Durham School of the Arts Company Concert, Durham, NC
Besides
Durham School of the Arts Company Concert, Durham, NC
2013 Somehow
Greensboro Fringe Festival, Greensboro, NC
If Not Now, When?
Durham School of the Arts Company Concert, Durham, NC
Off the Grid
Durham School of the Arts Company Concert, Durham, NC
Wizard of Oz, the musical
Durham School of the Arts Theater Department, Durham, NC
2012 Peace in Rest
Durham School of the Arts Company Concert, Durham, NC
2011 Gates of Hell
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
A collaboration with music by Boyd Gibson and live music performance by Durham School of the Arts Honors String Orchestra, danced by DSA Dance Company
Neither Here Nor There
Greensboro Fringe Festival, Greensboro, NC
Blank Slate presents, “Where the Heart Is”, Durham, NC
Rent, the musical
Durham School of the Arts Theater Department, Durham, NC
2010 Dissemination
Greensboro Fringe Festival, Greensboro, NC
NC Dances, Cary, NC
Untitled, I
Power Company Season Concert, Columbia, SC
Commissioned by the Power Company for their repertory
Godspell, the musical
Durham School of the Arts Theater Department, Durham, NC
2009 (re)visited
Greensboro Fringe Festival, Greensboro, NC
2008 At This Point
Power Company Season Concert, Columbia, SC
Commissioned by the Power Company for their repertory
Oliver! the musical
Durham School of the Arts Theater Department, Durham, NC
2007 Untitled, I
Falling Grounded at 2 Art Chicks, Greensboro NC
UNCG Alumni Concert, Greensboro, NC
Besides
Greensboro Fringe Festival, Greensboro, NC
Acts To Follow at American Dance Festival, Durham, NC
2006 …and then there was one
Physical Initiation at GSO Cultural Center, Greensboro, NC
unfamiliar (seems strangely familiar)
Greensboro Fringe Festival, Greensboro, NC
2005 unfamiliar (seems strangely familiar)
NC Dance Project presents The Saturday Series, Greensboro, NC
Point(s) of Perspective
Partial Inventory, UNCG MFA Thesis Concert, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Different Means To No End
Partial Inventory, UNCG MFA Thesis Concert, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
Stir
Partial Inventory, UNCG MFA Thesis Concert, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2001 Gestures of a Princess
The Power Company presents, The Princess Party, Columbia SC
2000 Bye Bye Birdie
Camden Theater, Camden, SC
1999 The Wizard of Oz, original full-length ballet
Florence Ballet Company, Florence, SC
Fantastic Frank, contemporary ballet
Florence Ballet Company, Florence, SC
1998 The Nutcracker, after Petipas
Florence Ballet Company, Florence, SC
1996 In Medias Res
Random Dance Company in concert at Columbia Music Festival, Columbia, SC
Dance Little Sister
Columbia College BFA Thesis Concert, Columbia SC
1995 Burley Broome’s Blues
Columbia College Spring Dance Concert, Columbia, SC
Performance
2003-pres Dancer/actor, John Gamble Dance Theater Greensboro, NC
Director & choreographer, John Gamble
2016 Dancer, Van Dyke Dance Group
Trustees, Virginia Dupont, Laura McDuffee, Kelly Swindell
2005-2006 Dancer, Jan Van Dyke Dance Group
Director & choreographer, Jan Van Dyke
2004-2005 Dancer, 2B Tribe Greensboro, NC
Director, Barry Stoneking
2000-2002 Dancer, The Power Company Columbia, SC Director, Martha Brim
!996-1998 Random Dance Company Columbia, SC
Collaborative
2013 Greensboro Fringe Festival Greensboro, NC
Somehow
Choreography, Christine Kiernan Fisher
John Gamble Dance Theater, UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Bones of the Earth
Choreography, John Gamble
2012 Here. now presented by Durham School of the Arts Durham, NC
Untitled, I
Choreography, Christine Kiernan Fisher
John Gamble Dance Theater, UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Reunion
Choreography, John Gamble
2010 Greensboro Fringe Festival Greensboro, NC
Disambiguation
Structured improvisation
John Gamble Dance Theater, UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC
After Amadeus
Choreography, John Gamble
2009 Greensboro Fringe Festival Greensboro, NC
(re)visited
Choreography, Christine Kiernan Fisher
John Gamble Dance Theater, UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC
The Tragic End of Lust
Choreography, John Gamble
2008 John Gamble Dance Theater, UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC
The Tragic End of Lust
Choreography, John Gamble
2007 NC Dance Festival Greensboro, NC
Adhere, Activate, Roll, Tether
Choreography, Amy Beasley
2007 Between the Bones and the Branches
MFA Thesis concert by Amy Beasley Greensboro, NC
2007 Greensboro Fringe Festival Greensboro, NC
American Dance Festival, Acts To Follow Durham, NC
Conversational Interludes
Choreography, Heather Nabors
2006-2007 NC Dance Festival Wilmington, Charlotte, Raleigh, Boone, Greensboro, NC
Winter Ashes
Choreography, John Gamble
2006 An Evening of Contact Improv Greensboro, NC
Improvised contact Improvisation concert
Direction, John Gamble
2006 Greensboro Fringe Festival Greensboro, NC
Feminin[E]ntropy
Choreography, Kindal Blattner-Buterin
Greensboro Fringe Festival Greensboro, NC
unfamiliar (seems strangely familiar)
Choreography, Christine Kiernan Fisher
John Gamble Dance Theater, UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC Greensboro Fringe Festival Greensboro, NC
1934-1937
Choreography, John Gamble
2005-2006 NC Dance Festival Wilmington, Charlotte, Raleigh, Boone, Greensboro, NC
Mirror Rim
Choreography, Jan Van Dyke
2005 Greensboro Fringe Festival Greensboro, NC
Partial Inventory, UNCG MFA Thesis Concert ` Greensboro, NC
On The Edge
Choreography, John Gamble
Partial Inventory, UNCG MFA Thesis Concert Greensboro, NC
Gemini
Choreography, Jan Van Dyke
Partial Inventory, UNCG MFA Thesis Concert Greensboro, NC
Til the Cows Come Home
Choreography, Gerri Houlihan
2004-2005 2B Tribe, various performances Greensboro, NC
Icharus Affect, 20th Century Poetry
Choreography, Barry Stoneking
2004 UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
Fields of Stone
Choreography, John Gamble
UNCG MFA Thesis Concert Greensboro, NC
Trashed
Choreography, Erin Brown Craven
UNCG MFA Thesis Concert Greensboro, NC
Undertow
Choreography, Erin Brown Craven
UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
Walk In Closet
Choreography, bj Sullivan
UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
Tumbling Tea Party
Choreography, bj Sullivan
2003 UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
On/off spearing observing survival
Choreography, bj Sullivan
UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
Til The Cows Come Home
Choreography, Gerri Houlihan
UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
On/off spearing observing survival
Choreography, bj Sullivan
UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
Our Song
Choreography, Eluza Santos
UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
Neverland
Choreography, Tracie R. Foster
UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
Southern Accents
Choreography, Eleanor Smith
UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
Chopin Suite, Lost and Found
Choreography, Kindal Blattner
2002 UNCG Dance Concert Greensboro, NC
Design for 13
Choreography, Jan Van Dyke
2001-2002 The Power Company, various performances SC
Cosmic Breath
Choreography, Lisa Wheeler
The Power Company, various performances SC
White Light
Choreography, Christian Von Howard
The Power Company, various performances SC
Rapid Eye Movement
Choreography, 1*4*8* the Collective
The Power Company, various performances SC
Cosmic Breath
Choreography, Lisa Wheeler
The Power Company, various performances SC
Atlas Shrugged
Choreography, Linda Caldwell
The Power Company, various performances SC
Tango Brilliante
Choreography, Martha Brim
Power Company The, various performances SC
Breath of Fire
Choreography, Martha Brim
The Power Company, various performances SC
Green Girl
Choreography, Beth Coiner
2000-2001 The Power Company presents The Princess Party Columbia, SC
gestures of a princess
Choreography, Christine Kiernan Fisher
The Hallelujah Project Columbia, SC
Choreography, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
