"HIS WORK HAS A HYPNOTIC FOCUS AWASH IN CLASHING IMPULSES - A DEFIANT SHOT TO THE FUTURE.”-HELEN COBURN MEIER
As Choreographer:
Creating powerful yet accessible mediums to communicate to multiple generations, multiple ethnicities, multiple abilities and to illuminate alternatives for an urban audience disenfranchised by the commodification of mainstream media and entertainment.
As Educator:
My goal is to provide students with a supportive and challenging environment that is responsive to multiple learning styles, emphasizes learning through the arts, and integrates critical thinking throughout the curriculum.
Major Awards and Outstanding Recognition
2021. Best Film (North America)- BeBop Channel Dance and Theatre Festival (The Wonder Years)
2021. John R. Broderick Diversity Champion Award
2021. Best Dance Film and Best Dance Solo Performance Nominee- X World Short Film Festival (The Wonder Years)
2020 Dance Studies Association’s Oscar G. Brockett Book Award (Artistic Contributor)
2020 ACDA Mid-Atlantic North Gala Selection (Old Dominion University- Neither Lost Nor Found)
2020. Old Dominion University Faculty Senate Committee Scholarly Activity & Research Award
2019. Chicago Tribune's Best in Dance - Chicago Dance Crash "Lil Pine Nut" (Choreographic Collaborator)
2019 ACDA Mid-Atlantic North Gala Selection (Old Dominion University- NONFICTION)
2018. Old Dominion University Shining Star Award
2017 Dance Magazine's Reader's Choice Awards "Most Inventive New Work"- Chicago Dance Crash (Choreographic Collaborator)
2017 Boston Dance Alliance Rehearsal and Retreat Fellowship
2016 Boston Center for the Arts Choreographic Residency
2015 The Helen Coburn Meier and Time Meier Foundation Achievement Award
2014 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow in Choreography
2013 Bates Dance Festival Teacher Fellowship
2012 SOLO Choreographer Commissioned for McKnight Dance Fellow (Stephen Schroeder)
2012 Movement Research at Judson Church
DANCE ON FILM- WHEN WALT WHITMAN WAS A LITTLE GIRL
2012 Jury's Choice (1st place) - Black Maria Film Festival (touring)
2012 Best in Festival- Magnolia Film Festival Starkville, MS
2012 Best Experimental/Animation -West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film
Festival Morgantown, WV
2012 Right Stuff award (Best in festival)- South Texas Underground Film Festival
Corpus Christi, TX
2012 Most Creative Storytelling- Carrboro Film Festival Carrboro, NC
2012 Honorable Mention- Short Narrative, Athens International Film Festival
2009 MFA Fellow Hollins University
2008 Chicago Cultural Center Dance Bridge Residency
2006 Mordine and Co. Mentoring Project
2001 Artist Ambassador Award to Northeastern Illinois University
As Choreographer:
Creating powerful yet accessible mediums to communicate to multiple generations, multiple ethnicities, multiple abilities and to illuminate alternatives for an urban audience disenfranchised by the commodification of mainstream media and entertainment.
As Educator:
My goal is to provide students with a supportive and challenging environment that is responsive to multiple learning styles, emphasizes learning through the arts, and integrates critical thinking throughout the curriculum.
Major Awards and Outstanding Recognition
2021. Best Film (North America)- BeBop Channel Dance and Theatre Festival (The Wonder Years)
2021. John R. Broderick Diversity Champion Award
2021. Best Dance Film and Best Dance Solo Performance Nominee- X World Short Film Festival (The Wonder Years)
2020 Dance Studies Association’s Oscar G. Brockett Book Award (Artistic Contributor)
2020 ACDA Mid-Atlantic North Gala Selection (Old Dominion University- Neither Lost Nor Found)
2020. Old Dominion University Faculty Senate Committee Scholarly Activity & Research Award
2019. Chicago Tribune's Best in Dance - Chicago Dance Crash "Lil Pine Nut" (Choreographic Collaborator)
2019 ACDA Mid-Atlantic North Gala Selection (Old Dominion University- NONFICTION)
2018. Old Dominion University Shining Star Award
2017 Dance Magazine's Reader's Choice Awards "Most Inventive New Work"- Chicago Dance Crash (Choreographic Collaborator)
2017 Boston Dance Alliance Rehearsal and Retreat Fellowship
2016 Boston Center for the Arts Choreographic Residency
2015 The Helen Coburn Meier and Time Meier Foundation Achievement Award
2014 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow in Choreography
2013 Bates Dance Festival Teacher Fellowship
2012 SOLO Choreographer Commissioned for McKnight Dance Fellow (Stephen Schroeder)
2012 Movement Research at Judson Church
DANCE ON FILM- WHEN WALT WHITMAN WAS A LITTLE GIRL
2012 Jury's Choice (1st place) - Black Maria Film Festival (touring)
2012 Best in Festival- Magnolia Film Festival Starkville, MS
2012 Best Experimental/Animation -West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film
Festival Morgantown, WV
2012 Right Stuff award (Best in festival)- South Texas Underground Film Festival
Corpus Christi, TX
2012 Most Creative Storytelling- Carrboro Film Festival Carrboro, NC
2012 Honorable Mention- Short Narrative, Athens International Film Festival
2009 MFA Fellow Hollins University
2008 Chicago Cultural Center Dance Bridge Residency
2006 Mordine and Co. Mentoring Project
2001 Artist Ambassador Award to Northeastern Illinois University