Choreography

• Drinking from the Well - Premiere April 2011
  - The Back Loft, Dublin, Ireland


• In Whose Hands - Premiere August 2009
  - The Barn, Ottawa, Ontario
  - Judson Church, New York City November 2009
  - The Back Loft, Dublin, Ireland December 2009


• Wax Hands - Premiere 2008
  - Dublin Fringe Festival, Dublin, Ireland
  - Legitimate Bodies Solo Performance Festival, Offaly, Ireland


• June 27th, 2008 With History - Premiere 2008
  - Mamuska Nights
  - Listowel, Kerry, Ireland
  - Duet with Fergus Byrne


• To the Edge - Premiere 2008
  - Dublin, Ireland (Short Film)
  - Directed by Mary Keane


• The State Owns My Body - Premiere 2007
  - Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow, Ireland
  - Duet with Lisa Marie Johnson


• Taught - Premiere 2004
  - Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Short Film)


• Sun Up - Premiere 2004
  - Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Short Film


• Status Quo - Premiere 2002
  - Solo
  - San Francisco, CA, USA


• Split - Premiere 2002
  - Duet
  - San Francisco, CA, USA

Recent Featured Performance Roles

• Her Mother's Daughters
  short film sponsored by RTE's Dance on the Box
  Dublin, Ireland - Premiere May 2010
  Choreography Cindy Cummings, Director Oonagh Kearney


• Evelyn Tables
  short film sponsored by Dance Ireland's Bursary Award
  Dublin, Ireland - Premiere October 2009
  Choreography Rebecca Reilly, Director Jade Travers


• Edge, Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company
  Cork, Ireland 2009-10
  -performed aerial dance in integrated company

Awards

• Arts Council Production Award 2011


• Arts Council Bursary Award 2009


• Culture Ireland Presentation Award 2009


• Arts Council Travel and Training Awards 2008, 2009

Experience

Co-Curator/Producer (with Fergus Byrne) Transversal2 @ the Dublin Fance Festival
(Evening of performance art and dance) at Fumbally Court, May 2011

Co-Curator/Producer (with Fergus Byrne) Transversal (Evening of performance art and dance) at Block T, October 2010

Participant Genesis Project at Dancehouse, Dublin Ireland
October-December 2009

Participant Directed Self Directed Solos Intensive with Tedd Robinson, Ottawa, Canada
Sponsored by the Arts Council of Ireland
August 2009

Participant Movement Research Exchange Program in New York City
Sponsored by Dance Ireland
April 2009

Choreographic Residency at Dancehouse, Dublin Ireland
Sponsored by Dance Ireland
March 2009

Participant in Mentored Choreographic Lab with Tedd Robinson
Sponsored by Dance Ireland
November 2008

Choregraphic Residency at Dancehouse, Dublin Ireland
Sponsored by Dance Ireland
June 2008-July 2008

Genesis Project at The Lab, Dublin Ireland
Sponsored by Dublin City Council
January 2008-March 2008

Participant in Cindy Cummings' Choreographic Research Project
Dance Ireland Choreographic Development Initiative
December 2007-May 2008

BA in Theatre and Dance, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1998

I have been teaching Yoga (Multiple certifications in prenatal, all levels of Vinyasa Flow, all levels of Astanga) for 8 years.

I have been dancing and performing theatre since the age of three.

Techniques studied include:
- Aerial Dance, rope and harness (under Genevieve Mazin, Director Compagnie Retouramant, and Tara Brandel, Director Croi Glan Integrated Dance)
- Release Technique and Modern Improvisation (2 years under Kathleen Hermesdorf)
- Sanford Meisner acting improvisation techniques (2 years under Tom Skore)
- Physical theatre (4 years under Michael Hood)
- Ongoing (and/or intermittent) contact improv, Butoh, Capoiera, rhythm tap, Afrohaitian, Afrocuban, etc
- Yoga practitioner of 17 years, 8 years teaching practice (multiple certifications)
- Music based jazz dance and improvisation (4 years under Jill Crosby)
- West African (5 years)
- Limon/Humphrey (2 years)
- Graham, Dunham, Horton (1.5 years under Linda Spriggs at Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Chicago)
- 20+ years of ballet
- Vocal performance in improvisational vocal ensemble, musical theatre, internationally touring choirs, solo performance, etc.