Major: Dance
Current Job Title: Choreographer and Dance Instructor
Organization: "New and Slightly Used Dance"
Brief description of your job:
As a freelance
choreographer, I have created dances for the U of MN Dance Program, MN Dance
Theatre, Mankato State University, the Arts High School and the Weisman Art Museum. I choreograph some of the main stage
productions at the Children's Theatre, the largest children's theatre company
in the nation. I have also worked with Outward Spiral Theatre Company and the U
of MN Opera. In 2002, I gathered a group of choreographers (most of us are
Dance Program grads) to start the Best Feet Forward Festival, a collectively
run modern dance festival that is now in going into it's fourth year. I also
teach dance at the Children's Theatre (8 ‑ 12 year olds) and the U of MN Dance
Program (Modern Dance 1 and 2).
Other job titles you have held:
Administrative
Aide for the Dance Program; Freelance Graphic Designer
What advice do you have for current students?
If you love it, do it. The universe will find a
way to support you.
