Bio (Fun facts edition)

  • Grew up in Michigan as a Waldorf child and competitive figure skater.

  • I started dancing at the age 20 while studying architecture and design at Washington University in St. Louis.

  • My parents said “No” to the dance major, so I ended up graduating in Anthropology… but really studying scientific illustration.

  • I spent two summers working and living at biological stations in New Mexico and Michigan.

  • I spent 5 years working as a freelance dancer, choreographer, and fitness instructor in NYC.

  • I’ve performed in immersive productions with Oddknock (Performing as “Chelsea” in From On High), and Shondaland (performing as “The Queen” in The Queens Ball: A Bridgerton Experience) as well as DevaCurl and Makeup Forever, and dance companies throughout New York City.

  • In 2018 I received a production space grant from The Tank and produced my first 60-minute, evening-length work.

  • (also in 2018) I suffered a major injury and could not dance for 8 months. I began assisting the dance photographer Rachel Neville and taking video editing classes.

  • In 2019 I moved to San Francisco and began working full-time as a dance photographer and videographer while occasionally still performing.

  • Throughout 2020-2021 I worked with dance companies across the Bay area, successfully turning their dances into films, and in 2022 was awarded a $20,000 Individual Artist Grant from the San Francisco Artist Commission to support the production of my first feature-length dance film.

  • In 2023, I was awarded a 9-month visiting Artist residency at the Arts Student League of Denver where I explored studio photography and surrealism within the world of dance photography.

  • In 2024, I received a year-long studio Fellowship with Root Division for my dance photography.

 

Awards:

Four-Year Scholarship - Washington University in St.Louis (2009)

Art Research for Undergraduate Grant - Sevilleta Wildlife Refuge, NM (2012)

Contributions to Anthropology - Washington University in St.Louis (2013)

Emerging Choreographers Grant - Mare Nostrum Elements, Queens, NY (2016)

Dance and Film Artist-in-Residency - Cucalorus, Wilmington, NC (2018)

Space Grant - The Tank, New York, NY (2018)

Juror - 92 Y Mobile Dance Film Festival, New York, NY (2018)

Videographer-In-Residency - ODC Dance, San Francisco CA (2021)

$20,000 Individual Artist Grant - San Francisco Arts Commission (2022)

Photography Artist-In-Residence - Arts Student League, Denver CO (2022-2023)

Bay Area Black Artist Studio Fellowship - Root Division, San Francisco CA (2024-2025)