I am a dancer and researcher specializing in ballet for contemporary dancers.

I am originally from Portland, Oregon. I was based in NYC from 2003 to 2017, before moving to Europe for an MA in Choreography with a specialization in Performative Practices at Stockholm University of the Arts. I am now based in Berlin, Germany, where I work as an independent dance artist and educator.

I trained in classical ballet at leading programs including Oregon Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and the School of American Ballet, where I trained year round before earning a BA in Liberal Arts from Eugene Lang College at The New School.

In 2013, I became an assistant to the late ballet teacher Janet Panetta, which began a longtime mentorship and study program in its own right. Janet Panetta’s teaching helped me build knowledge of functionality that enabled me to dance a wide range of choreographic materials physically, and also to engage with them intellectually. In 2015, I was nominated for a New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer for my work in Jillian Peña’s choreography, Polly Pocket: Expansion Pack—a choreography I contributed to that was deeply influenced by the technique I was learning in Janet’s class.

From 2012 to 2017, I worked across performance, concert dance, and visual art with artists such as Pam Tanowitz, Miguel Gutierrez, David Gordon, Madeline Hollander, Ryan McNamara, Christopher Williams, David Parker, Christiana Axelsen, Heather Kravas, Megan Kenzior, Burr Johnson, and Xavier le Roy. I continue to work with some of these people today. I also had the joy of learning the repertoire of Merce Cunningham as an ongoing participant in reconstructions hosted by the Merce Cunningham Trust and members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

More recently, I have performed in Europe with Brigitte Wilfing and Jorge Sánchéz Chiong, Thomas Hörl and Peter Kozek, Kukii, Colin Self, Cristiana de Marchi, and Liina Magnea.

I teach the ballet techniques I learned from Janet Panetta, and my classes contribute my own emphasis on rhythm, coordination, and play. I have been a guest teacher with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Cullberg, Norrdans, ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, Tanzquartier Wien, Stockholm University of the Arts, Zurich University of the Arts, Iceland University of the Arts, and the Inter-City Center For Dance Berlin HZT, where I was a guest lecturer from 2018 to 2022, as well as professional training organizations across Europe and The United States.

I am currently completing a Ph.D. project at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, die Angewandte, supervised by Bouchra Khalili. My research questions approaches to ballet transmission and praxis against the grain of historical memory, and from a practitioners’ point of view.