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Junior Advisor
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Sophmore and Transfer Student Advisor, Modern Dance Department
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Associate Director-Undergraduate Studies, School Of Dance
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Dance Minors Advisor, Modern Dance Department
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Associate Professor, School Of Dance
Professional Service
- Routledge Press.
Role: Peer-Reviewer and Editor.
Invited Peer Reviewer and Editor for New Book on the DanceAbility Method.
01/19/2022 - 03/01/2023
- University of Utah--David P. Gardner Lecture in the Humanities .
Conversation with Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot-- I was an invited panelist for this conversation.
10/15/2020 - present
- Repertory Dance Theater.
Role: Community service.
Participated in RDT's Charette fundraiser as one of the "Iron Choreographers".
02/06/2014 - present
- Salt Dance Fest.
Co-Coordinator and on-site organizier.
01/01/2011 - present
Internal Service
- College of Fine Arts RPT Committee.
Member,
10/24/2022 - 12/09/2022.
College service.
- Utah System of Higher Education Dance in Universities liaison.
members,
01/17/2022 - present.
Other service.
- University of Utah School of Dance DEI and Community Engagement Working Group.
Member,
01/01/2021 - present.
Department service.
- Morales Post-Doc Fellowship Search Committee Chair (2019-2021).
Chair,
01/01/2021 - present.
Department service.
- University Graduate Council.
Member,
08/20/2018 - present.
University service.
- School of Dance Executive Committee.
Member,
08/20/2018 - present.
Department service.
- Director of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
Director,
08/20/2018 - present.
Department service.
- College of Fine Arts College Council.
Member,
08/20/2018 - present.
College service.
- Associate Director-Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Associate Director-Director of Undergraduate Studies,
07/01/2018 - present.
Department service.
- College of Fine Arts Curriculum Committee.
Member,
01/01/2018 - present.
College service.
- CFA Scholarly and Creative Research Awards Review Committee.
09/01/2017 - present.
College service.
- STudio Magazine Editorial Board.
09/01/2017 - present.
College service.
- Studio Magazine Board Member and Advisory Committee.
Member and Advisor,
08/21/2017 - present.
College service.
- -CFA Creative and Scholarly Research Committee (2017-2019).
Member,
08/20/2017 - present.
College service.
- Director of Undergraduate Studies.
08/14/2017 - present.
College service.
- Dance Minor Advisor.
Main Advisor to all Modern Dance Minors,
08/18/2014 - present.
Department service.
- College of Fine Arts RPT Commitee.
Member,
09/01/2013 - present.
College service.
- Dee Commitee Co-Chair.
Co-Chair,
04/2013 - 05/2014.
University service.
- Review committee for College of Fine Arts Research and Scholarly Awards Committee.
Member of Committee that read and reviewed grant applications,
02/2013 - 03/2013.
College service.
- University of Utah High School Workshop--taught composition class.
instructor,
09/2012 - present.
College service.
- Sophmore and Transfer Advisor.
08/2012 - present.
Department service.
- Dee Committee Member.
08/01/2011 - present.
University service.
- Dance minor advisor.
04/01/2011 - present.
Department service.
- Fine Arts Area Committee.
01/01/2011 - present.
University service.
- University of Utah Department of Modern Dance High School Workshop, University of Utah, October 2009
-Created a short piece in one hour, through improvisation, with high school workshop participants
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09/25/2010 - present.
Department service.
- Rehearsal Director for Guest Artist Piece by Fred Darsow.
Rehearsal Director,
02/21/2010 - present.
Department service.
Community Partnership
- 2019 External Tenure File Review for Marie France Forcier, University of Calgary.
10/01/2019 - 10/16/2019
- Co-Director University of Utah Panama Movement Exchange Project
-Duties included organizing and leading a group of 10 undergraduate and graduate students on a week-long cultural exchange to teach and learn movement at orphanages, studios and universities in Panama City, Panama.
05/01/2019 - present
- 2018 UDEO Conference Teacher and Adjudicator
Taught a contemporary class, and adjudicated choreography at the statewide UDEO conference, March 2018
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03/10/2018 - 03/10/2018
- 2017 University of Utah Department of Modern Dance High School Workshop,
University of Utah, September 2017
-Created a short piece in one hour, through improvisation, with high school workshop participants
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09/23/2017 - present
- Performing Dance Company Outreach Class at Highland High School.
11/16/2016 - present
- Hosted students from the Madeline Choir School for a half-day event at the Marriott Center for Dance, in which they were introduced to the life of a dancer.
10/29/2014 - present
Outreach
- Organizing and co-creating two JEDI Alumni evenings with School of Dance Community Engagement DEI group.
11/15/2021 - 02/01/2022
- 2018 UDEO Conference Teacher and Adjudicator
Taught a contemporary class, and adjudicated choreography at the statewide UDEO conference, March 2018
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03/11/2018 - present
- 2017 University of Utah Department of Modern Dance High School Workshop,
University of Utah, September 2017
-Created a short piece in one hour, through improvisation, with high school workshop participants
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09/23/2017 - present
- University of Utah Department of Modern Dance High School Workshop,
University of Utah, September 2016
-Created a short piece in one hour, through improvisation, with high school workshop participants
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10/01/2016 - 10/01/2016
- Prepared an outreach presentation of "Strip Dance" for local elementary school.
10/20/2015 - present
- Taught composition and improvisation, and showed a piece of "Strip Dance," for the U of U High School Workshop.
09/18/2015 - present
- Presented sections of piece "i had a little dream we walked into the world and all the little things broke my heart" at High School Workshop and for a freshman audition.
12/06/2014 - present
- High School Workshop: Taught hour-long workshop in composition in which students made a piece together in one hour.
09/27/2014 - present
Honors & Awards
- The Åland Island Guest Artist Residency—This was an awarded guest residency to develop the new work Ocean Dances during the month of July 2020. Work for this residency continued through 2021 and will be rescheduled for Summer 2022.—Åland, Sweden.
Åland Island Guest Artist Residency,
01/01/2021
- Sugar Space Arts Warehouse Artist-in-Residency -Awarded an Artist-in-Residence for the 2018-2019 Season at Sugar Space ($1,000) . Sugar Space Arts Warehouse Artist-in-Residency Program, 07/01/2018- May 30 2019.
SugarSpace Arts Warehouse,
08/01/2018
- Sugar Space Arts Warehouse Artist-in-Residency
-Awarded an Artist-in-Residence for the 2018-2019 Season at Sugar Space ($1,000)
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Sugar Space Arts Warehouse Artist-in-Residency Program,
07/01/2018
- 2018 University Research Grant, March 2018
-Awarded funding to develop and show new evening length dance theater piece Lost Love Socialite Sweet Love Recluse, to premier in May 2019 at Sugar Space Arts Warehouse ($6,000)
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University Research Committee,
03/14/2018
- Dee Grant Award, March 2016
-Awarded funding to bring renowned New York artists Maya Ciarrocchi and Kris Grey to do an intensive 10-day residency with their Gender/Power project, which resulted in workshop participants co-creating an evening-length work combining text, movement and video.
03/01/2016
- 2008 Center for Interdisciplinary Arts and Technology Research Fellowship, May 2008 -Awarded funding to develop the site-specific interdisciplinary work Ghost Interruptions with animator Lien Fan Shen and computer scientist James de St. Germain.
CIDAT,
05/30/2008
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