Wesleyan Univeristy, Middletown, CT Graduate Certificate March 2013
Curatorial Practice in Performance
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA Bachelor of Arts, May 2010
Interdisciplinary Concentration: Black Performative Arts as Liberation; Multicultural Theater Practice
Thesis: Embodied Memory: Reconstructed, Re-Performed, Re-Embodied (A series of original performances on intergenerational trauma in the African-American community)
Awards: Schomburg Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Hampshire College 2006 – 2010; Summer Social Justice Scholars Grant, Summer 2007
Community Participation: Elected Member, Diversity Committee Hampshire College 2008-2010
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Body Ecology Performance Ensemble, New York, NY
Associate Artist, April 2013- Present
Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem NY
Education Assistant, October 2010 – July 2013
• Manage and hire museum educators for tours; Administer Artist in Residence Program
• Manage, select and train interns and volunteers for vital museum functions and support
Danspace Project, New York, NY
Curatorial Fellow, August 2012-March 2013
• Research and Production support for Judson Now 2012 Platform; Copyeditor for Catalog and Blog
Film, Photography and Video Program, Hampshire College Amherst MA
Assistant to Faculty, Fall 2009 -Spring 2010
• Developed supplementary curriculum and located effective media clips for Jean-Marie Teno
Theater Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Administrative Assistant, Fall 2009 – Spring 2010
• Assisted with the communication for readers of the Jane Chambers Women’s Playwriting Contest
• Assisted with the archiving of 30 years of New World Theater’s history in the W.E.B. Dubois Library
FemmAesthetik, Northampton, MA New York, NY
Dancer, Spring 2008 – Spring 2010
• Choreograph and perform works for innovative all female dance/theater/storytelling ensemble
• Re-envision mission statement with company members and artistic director Jahara Conz
• Re-envision mission statement with company members and artistic director Jahara Conz
Video Archivist Intern, Summer 2009
• Improved video archive in preparation for Urban Bush Women’s 25th anniversary season
New World Theater, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Dramaturgy Intern, Fall 2008 – Spring 2009
• Documented community events and performances; improved in office archive
• Created and distributed contracts for artists in residence for annual Project 2050 performance
The Brotherhood Sister Sol, Harlem, NY
Summer Liberation School Intern, Summer 2008
• Inspired youth participation with an Introduction to Theater of the Oppressed workshop
• Developed youth facilitators via mentorship in the peer facilitation process
Youth Leadership in the Arts, Amherst, MA
Youth Program Intern, Spring 2007 – Spring 2008
• Developed team-building and leadership skills through arts activities, for youth ages 11-16
• Trained youth in peer mentorship and leadership skills to develop events and workshops
War Resisters League National Office, Manhattan, NY
Counter-Recruitment Volunteer, Spring 2006
• Improved and assembled welcome packets for the International Conscientious Objectors Conference
• Represented the WRL at the Music for Peace Conference in NYC
Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Manhattan, NY
Grants Intern, Fall 2004 – Spring 2005
• Restructured and improved press kits; Managed inventory and mailings
• Reviewed and recommended applications of organizations seeking funds
PERFORMANCE TRAINING
ABADÁ Capoeira, Harlem, NY
Member, Fall 2005 – Present
• Participate in regular trainings and performances throughout NYC and abroad
• Co-coordinate social action work with NYC AIDS Walk performances and health advocacy work
EMERGENYC at The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics NYU,
Selected Emerging Artivist, April – June 2011
• Engaged in weekly Theater of the Oppressed workshops with George Emilio Sanchez
• Intensive trainings with Tim Miller, Susana Cook, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Peggy Shaw, and others
• Intensive trainings with Tim Miller, Susana Cook, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Peggy Shaw, and others
MADE (Movement Arts Design in Europe) in France, Paris and Mélisey, France
Choreographer, May – June 2010
• Full tuition scholarship, choreographed and performed a collaborative duet in Mélisey, France
• Trained with David Dorfman, David Marchant, Liz Claire, and Company Au Cul du Loup
• Trained with David Dorfman, David Marchant, Liz Claire, and Company Au Cul du Loup
WORD! Festival, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Playwright, March 2010
• Wrote an original play Soft blues stick on a Sunday Afternoon, and performed an excerpt
• Received a hundred-dollar prize as a contestant
Sankofa Dance Project, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Dance Participant, June 2008 and June 2009
• Performed with guest artists: George Faison, Chuck Davis, Marilyn Sylla, and Adrienne Hawkins
Urban Bush Women Technique and Repertory Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
Dance Participant, July 2009
• Collaboratively generated and performed UBW repertory with artistic director Jawole Willa Jo
Zollar and company members
Urban Bush Women Summer Leadership Institute, Brooklyn, NY and New Orleans, LA
Dance Participant, August 2008 and August 2009
• Developed and performed an original collaborative community-based dance and theater performance
SELECTED ORIGINAL PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITONS
• Hemispheric Institute Encuentro: Trasnocheo, Escola De Theatro São Paulo, SP Brazil January 2013
• Art In Odd Places Festival: MODEL Fashion. Prototype. Pose. Imitate. Plan. System, New York, NY October 2012
• Mapping Fields, MIX NYC Film Festival, New York, NY November 2011
• Letter to Obama: Live from New York, The Shrine, Harlem, NY September 2011
• Hot Festival, Dixon Place, New York, NY July 2011
• PUT: IT: ON: BLAST La MaMa E.T.C., New York, NY June 2011
• Wax Works Triskelion Arts Brooklyn, NY April 2011
• ECHODANSES, MADE in France, Meliséy, France June 2010
• Soft Blues Stick on a Sunday Afternoon Emily Dickinson Theater, Amherst, MA. April 2010
• Winter Dance Concert Hampshire College Studio Theater, Amherst, MA February 2010
• Performance Project Holder Theater, Amherst College, Amherst, MA December 2009
• Bodies In Motion Holden Theater, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. May 2009
• Women of Color Who Change the World Harold Johnson Gallery, Amherst, MA. February 2009
SELECTED COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCES
• From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Conference, Body Ecology, Hampshire College Amherst MA April 2013
• RiverSee Workshop, Sharon Bridgeforth, New Dramatists, New York, NY September 2012
SELECTED WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
• Writing on Dance Workshop. New York Live Arts, Spring 2012
