Training

Jean M. Wong School of Ballet (Hong Kong, SAR, China)

American Dance Festival (Durham, NC, USA)

Orsolina28 (Moncalvo, Italy)

Performance Experience

KAMBARA+

Oakland Ballet Company

Dance Theatre of San Francisco

Santa Clara Ballet Company

ZiRu Dance

Thodos Dance Chicago

Freelance in Europe (various projects)

Repertory

George Balanchine, Lucas Crandall, Robin Dekkers, William Forsythe, Bob Fosse, José Limon, Dexandro “D” Montalvo, Robert Moses, Donald McKayle, Crystal Pite, Amy Seiwert, Ben Needham-Wood, and Brenda Way

Coaching Experience

Youth America Grand Prix Regionals Top 12 and division placements (Pre-Competitive, Junior, and Senior Division)

Youth America Grand Prix New York Finals

California Dance Classics division placement and honorable mentions

American Dance Competition International Ballet Competition Regionals Division Placements (Primary, Juniors)

American Dance Competition International Ballet Competition Finals

New York City Dance Alliance Regionals overall placement (Senior Division)

ICON Dance Awards placement and scholarship recipients (Senior Division)

Fonteyn International Ballet Competition (formerly Genée International Ballet Competition)

Teaching Experience

Bay Area Dance School, Ramon Moreno School of Ballet, NorCal Dance Arts (guest), Oakland Ballet Company (guest), Jean M. Wong School of Ballet (guest), Ullian Chun Academy of Dance (guest), ZiRu Dance (Rehearsal Director)

Acceptance to college dance programs including Fordham University, The Juilliard School, University of Arizona, University of California Irvine, University of Southern California, and Butler University

Acceptance to summer dance intensives including American Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, Ellison Ballet, European School of Ballet, Joffrey Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, School of American Ballet

Choreographic Experience

New Dances 2011 program commissioned by Thodos Dance Chicago

“Dreamer” in collaboration with Marcos Vedoveto; selected for 2019 and 2020 film festivals in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Rio de Jairo, and Lisbon.

“Femme” (2020) in collaboration with videographer Augusto Lopez

“Anything But” (2020) in collaboration with videographer Duy Ho

Contemporary works for pre-professional dancers with placement and recognition at competitions including Youth America Grand Prix, Icon Dance Awards, and California Dance Classics (2012- Present)

Certifications

Royal Academy of Dance Grade (G1-G8) and Vocational Levels (Intermediate Foundation through Advanced 2)- Distinction Marks

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance (University of California, Irvine)

Project Execution: Running the Project (Coursera)

Project Planning: Putting it Together (Coursera)

Foundations of Project Management (Coursera)

Specialization

Classical Ballet, Neo-classical Ballet, Contemporary Ballet, Pointe, Contemporary, Modern, Improvisation