Vita

Member of:
AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS
ACTORS EQUITY - EMC

Education

M.F.A., Choreography: University of North Carolina – Greensboro.
B.F.A., Choreography and Performance: University of North Carolina – Greensboro.

Continued study in Graphic Design and Multimedia:
Illinois Central College
College of Southern Nevada

Appointments

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock, 2011 – present
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance

WINSTON-SALEM FESTIVAL BALLET, North Carolina, 2010 – 2011
Interim Faculty/Performer/Managing Director

ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE, East Peoria, 2007 – 2010
Manager – Performing Arts Center/Adjunct Faculty in Dance

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, 2004 – 2007
Director of Ballet/Lecturer, Department of Dance
Managing Director of the American Ballet Theatre – Detroit Summer Intensive

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, Bowling Green, 2000 – 2004
Assistant Professor/Dance Program Director, Department of Theatre and Dance

TOWSON UNIVERSITY, Maryland, 1998 – 2000
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance
Administrative Assistant, Moving America Interactive CD-ROM funded by NEA

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO, 1994 – 1998
Adjunct Instructor and Graduate Assistant
Graphic Designer, Dance Department

THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL OF NORTH CAROLINA - East, 1996 – 1998
Director of Dance

THE HIGH POINT BALLET, North Carolina, 1994 – 2006, 2010 – 2011
Guest choreographer and performer, teacher

Artistic and administrative duties among these academic appointments:

Teaching all levels of ballet, modern (Cunningham-based), classical and contemporary partnering, jazz, musical theatre workshop/styles, tap, repertory, kinesiology, body conditioning, improvisation, history, production, appreciation, introduction, choreography, and writing/research intensive; direction/choreography of dance concerts and musicals as well as musical theatre revues; senior dance projects cohort supervision and individual mentoring; performance season and degree program planning and scheduling; selection and artistic/administrative management for guest residencies; recruitment, advising, committee work (listed in Service section); degree program auditions/interviews/placement; juries in multiple arts disciplines; grant writing/project direction; NASD and NAST re-accreditation; departmental redesign of a B.F.A. degree and research for creating a M.A.T. in Dance; ACDA conference participation; online instructional design using Blackboard, Google Drive, and Zoom; graphics/marketing including design/maintenance of departmental web pages, brochures, pamphlets, posters, news articles, magazine advertisements; mentor for production (stage management, lighting design, ticketing and house management, related research); manage operations and events of college performance venues; represent/promote curricular, residential and community performing ensembles and other clients; coordinate technical support for teaching and performance activities; personnel hiring/scheduling/supervision/evaluation; participate in institutional development efforts and long-range planning; contracting, documentation, supplies, budget planning and management, procurement, residential accommodations, transportation, building and facilities maintenance/security/safety; and Six Sigma Green Belt training and various other professional development.

Selected Other Teaching

BALLET ARKANSAS, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019
Summer intensive master classes in ballet, modern, partnering, jazz, musical theatre styles, and body conditioning

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, 2015
Residency: classes in ballet, modern, 1970s and 1980s jazz, and musical theatre styles

SOUL TO SOLE - TAPESTRY DANCE COMPANY, 2013-2015
Annual conference: classes in 1970s and 1980s jazz

CENTRAL ARKANSAS PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY, 2015
Musical theatre workshops

ARKANSAS FESTIVAL BALLET, 2012, 2013
Summer intensive classes in modern, jazz and ballet

BLACKBIRD ACADEMY OF ARTS, 2012, 2013
Summer intensive classes in ballet, jazz, swing, and musical theatre styles

OKLAHOMA PERFORMING ARTS, 2011
Summer intensive classes in ballet and jazz

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO, 2010 – 2011
Courses in advanced ballet, intermediate ballet

PEORIA BALLET, ILLINOIS, 2008 – 2010
Master classes in ballet, musical theatre styles, and vernacular jazz dance styles of the 1970s and 1980s

ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE, EAST PEORIA 2008 – 2010
Courses in beginning modern, intermediate modern

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, TEMPE, 2006
Master classes in vernacular jazz dance styles of the 1970s and 1980s

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY, Cape Girardeau, 2006
Master classes in ballet

REGIONAL DANCE AMERICA:
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL BALLET ASSOCIATION (SERBA), 2004
Annual Conference hosted in 2004 by the High Point Ballet, North Carolina; master classes in modern and jazz

FORT WAYNE BALLET, INDIANA Summer Intensive(s), 2002, 2003
Master classes in musical theatre dance styles, jazz and modern

AMERICAN COLLEGE DANCE FESTIVAL – Northeast, Great Lakes, Central, Southeast, East-Central, and South Regions, 2000 – present.
Master classes in ballet, modern and jazz

MARYLAND COUNCIL FOR DANCE, Baltimore Convention, 1999
Master classes in theater dance, jazz

CARVER CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY, Baltimore Magnet School, 1999
Master classes in modern, jazz

CHILDREN'S DANCE DIVISION, TOWSON UNIVERSITY, Maryland, 1998 – 1999
Courses in ballet, contemporary ballet repertory, jazz

In addition to master classes and choreography in ballet, Cunningham-based modern, and musical theatre styles,  
Vernacular Jazz Graphic
Contact him to inquire.