College Level Teaching Experience:
Present: Part-Time Faculty at the School of Music and The Theatre School at DePaul University, teaching group classes and private lessons. DePaul SOM bio HERE.
Past: Six years taught concurrently at the American Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA-NY) and The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA-NY), Two summers: Dance Director of the Summer Musical Theatre Intensive Experience at The New School, NYC. Workshops and master classes at a variety of locations.
Teaching Topics include:
- Alexander Technique for Performers
- Managing Performance Anxiety
- Anatomy & Kinesiology
- Movement Improvisation
- Movement for Actors: Creating Physical Character
- Movement for Actors: Dancing in Character
- Movement for Actors: Preparing for a Dance/Movement Audition
- The Hanya Holm Floor Series
- Early Childhood and Elementary Dance Education
- Dance and Theatre History
Credentials:
- Registered Movement Pattern Analyst, Spring 2019
- MFA in Dance and Somatics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, August 2017
- Brain Compatible Dance Education, Summer Dance Institute, Seattle, 2013, 2014
- AmSAT certified Alexander Technique Teacher 2006
- DEL Foundations of Dance Education 2004
- Professional Certificate in Musical Theatre Performance from AMDA-NY 1993
- BA in Theatre and Music, Sewanee 1991
Service and Awards:
American Society for the Alexander Technique: Conference Planning Committee, Training Standards and Course Requirements Committee, Membership Chair
Distinguished Service Award, June 2020