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Education
Fordham University (2018-2022)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance (Fordham/Ailey BFA Program)
Bachelor of Arts in English (Creative Writing Concentration)
Graduated summa cum laude
Dean’s List (2019-2022)
Vice-President, Alpha Chi Omicron Honor Society
Member of Phila Kappa Phi Honor Society
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Work Experience
Archivist and Social Media/Marketing Associate at Urban Bush Women (2022-present)
Social Media Manager for award-winning author (2021-present)
Apprentice with Company of Collaborative Artists, Newark, NJ (2021-present)
Company Member, Benjamin Briones Ballet, New York, NY (2021-2022)
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Writing Experience and Recognition
Represented by Kimberley Cameron Literary Agency (2021-present)
Published in The Comma: Fordham Lincoln Center’s Literary Arts Collective (2021)
Published in Flash Magazine No. 14 (2020)
Featured in The Black Sunflower: “Danielle Davis: World Shaping Poet and Writer” (2020)
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Dance Training
Graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University/Alvin Ailey Bachelor of Fine Arts Program in New York.
Coursework: Ballet, Pointe, Horton, Graham, Improvisation, West African, Composition
Instructors: Graciela Kozak, Ana Marie Forsythe, Caridad Martinez, Mikhail Ilyin, Elizabeth Roxas, Adrian Hurd, Francesca Harper, Michaela Boschetto, Lakey Evans Pena, Andre Tyson, Pedro Ruiz
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Pre-Professional Dance Productions
Kansas City Ballet
Peter Pan, 2018 (Devon Carney, Artistic Director); The Nutcracker, 2015-2017 (Devon Carney, Artistic Director); The Sleeping Beauty, 2017 (Devon Carney, Artistic Director), Kansas City Youth Ballet Company Fall and Spring Productions, 2015-2018
Storling Dance Theater
Underground (Annual Production directed by Mona Storling, 2009-2015)
Culture House Academy of Performing Arts (2009-2015)
The Secret Garden; The Lion King; The Little Mermaid; Sleeping Beauty; Cinderella; The Snow Queen (various roles in all productions).
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Previous Dance Training
Kansas City Ballet School (Scholarship Recipient, 2016 and 2017; YAGP Academic Achievement Grant Recipient)
Member of the Kansas City Youth Ballet; Additional coursework in ballet, pointe, jazz, modern, contemporary, and tap.
Previously studied at the Culture House Academy of Performing Arts in Olathe, Kansas; Member of Infinity Dance Company.
Legacy Foundation for the Arts Scholarship Recipient, 2015
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Summer Intensive Dance Training
Martha Graham, 2021; Hubbard Street, 2019; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2018; Alonzo King LINES Ballet, 2017; Kansas City Ballet, 2016; American Ballet Theater, 2015; Joffrey School of Ballet, 2014
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Other Dance Experience & Training
Youth American Grand Prix: Kansas City, 2018; Indianapolis, 2017; Chicago, 2015 (Member of ensemble choreographed by Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye that was invited to YAGP Finals in New York, 2017).
Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Los Angeles, 2016
Spring Break Ballet and Contemporary Intensive (Master Class Instructors: Debbie Allen, Misty Copeland, and Desmond Richardson)