SARA DRAPER Adjunct Faculty, Houston Community College Northwest 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Houston, TX 77043 713-718-5305 [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae 2012

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

DISCIPLINES

Ballet, composition, creative movement, improvisation, jazz, modern, pointe, tap

Specializations: Composition, improvisation, modern with Limon influence

Created & Developed, 2008: Modern-Andalusian Fusion, a fusion of modern dance with various styles from cultures that co-existed in medieval Spain, including Middle Eastern, North African, pre-flamenco, Romani, and Sephardic folk. Developed as part of Dancepatheatre’s Al Andalus Project.

Vocal Dancer Technique, designed to aid modern dancers who are asked to speak on stage. A blend of vocal warm-ups and modern dance technique.

Stage Movement for Classical Singers, designed to aid opera singers in using the body as an instrument of expression for stage work with contemporary direction styles.

EMPLOYMENT

Rice University, 2011-current. Part-time. Movement Instructor for Advanced Opera Studies Class.

Houston Community College Spring Branch, 2009-current. Adjunct. Currently: Modern Dance I & !!. Past: Dance Performance Class, Composition, Dance Appreciation, and Tap I, Tap II.

Jewish Community Center, 2008 – current; 1985-1988 and 1978-1980 Part-time. Currently: tap for seniors. Past: ballet, tap, jazz, creative movement, dance camp

Houston Grand Opera Studio, 2009-2011. Part-time. Guest Movement Instructor. Group and private lessons in Stage Movement for Classical Singers

The River Performing and Visual Arts Center, 2008-2010; 1997 Part-time. Dance for special needs children. Past: outreach dance for children orthopedic patients at Shriner’s Hospital

Claire School of Dance, 2008 – 2010; 1996 – 1997 Part-time. Adult tap. Past: ballet, tap, jazz, modern

St. John’s School, 2001-2005; 1988-1996 Full-time. Student participation in co-curricular dance tripled 1988-1991 and 2001-2004. • Initiated the first Middle School dance program; wrote curriculum and taught. • Wrote curriculum and taught Upper School dance (ballet, jazz, modern). • Co-taught Performance Skills. Sara Draper, Page 2

• Choreographed and co-directed annual Upper School and Middle School musicals. • Taught tap to prepare students for musicals. • Designed co-curricular dance composition class and taught. • Initiated first Middle School dance ensemble. • Directed and choreographed Middle School and Upper School touring dance ensembles. • Initiated and coordinated a community outreach program. • Auditioned Upper School students for class level placement. • Created dance videos featuring students. • Recruited and supervised volunteer parents to assist student productions. • Supervised student choreography program. • Initiated student choreography showcase. • Designed and executed cross-division dance/poetry project. o Recorded elementary students reciting poetry. o Choreographed for Upper School students. o Performance for elementary students included guest poet. • Faculty Chaperone for Upper School Fine Arts trip to NYC. • Faculty Advisor: dance projects for Upper School Special Problems course. • Faculty Advisor: Upper School student group from freshman to senior years. • Managed expense accounts and prepared annual budgets. • Built investment of division equipment for long-term program development (quality video camera and tripod, quality VCR, sound system, ballet barres).

San Jacinto College South, Dance Department, fall 2001 Adjunct. Dance Performance Class

University of Houston, School of Theater Dance Division, Center for Choreography, summer 2001 Guest Teacher. Choreography in Action Distance Education Class (aired February 15, 2002, KUHT, PBS Channel 8)

University of Houston, School of Theater, Dance Division, fall 2001 Part-time. Teaching assistant for Aesthetics Class

Jackson Intermediate School, Pasadena Independent School District, 2000-2001 Full-time. Class Six Dance • Taught five dance classes daily • Choreographed for each class • Assisted with two stage productions

University of Houston, School of Theater, Dance Division, spring 2000 Adjunct. Modern II

Chrysalis Dance Company, spring, 2000 Part-time. Weekly professional company modern class (by invitation)

City Dance Studio, 1998-2000 Part-time. Ballet, beginning point, jazz, tap, modern; beginner through professional levels Creative movement outreach to students at St. Mary’s Catholic School 1998-1999

Academy of Dance – Leanna Sparacino, 1995-1996 Part-time. Ballet, jazz, modern

Discovery Dance Group Training Center, 1990-1991 Part-time. Tap

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Episcopal High School, 1987, one trimester Full-time Temporary. (Curricular and co-curricular.) Ballet, modern, jazz. Choreographed for fall production

Rodriguez Dance Academy, 1985 Part-time. Tap, jazz

The Village School of Memorial, 1979-1980 Independent after-school instructor. Creative movement

Houston Academy of Dance, 1978-1985 Part-time. Ballet, jazz, tap, modern, pre-ballet

Houston Y.W.C.A., 1975-1978 Part-time. Ballet, tap, tumbling

Carla Reeves School of Dance, 1974-1978 Part-time. Ballet, jazz, tap, creative movement, tumbling, twirling

MASTER CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, PROJECTS AND LECTURES

Modern-Andalusian Fusion. Developed as part of Dancepatheatre’s Al Andalus Project Workshops at Barnevelder, 2008-2009 Master Class, American College Dance Festival, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2008 Master Class, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 2008 Master Class, University of Houston for Dancepatheatre’s Dance Styles of Al Andalus Workshop, 2008

Vocal Dancer Technique. Developed as part of Dancepatheatre’s commitment to assist professional dancers in using their voices in performance Master Classes, San Jacinto College South, 2008 Master Class, University of Houston, 2008 Master Classes, Freneticore Dance Company, 2009 Master Class, Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, Rice University, 2010

Stage Movement for Classical Singers. Developed as part of Dancepatheatre’s commitment to assist classical singers in performance movement and dance Workshops at Barnevelder, 2008-2009 Private class, Houston Grand Opera Studio singer, 2009

Fieldwork. Facilitated six ten-week developmental workshops for creative artists as a national network member of The Field, NYC-based artist support organization, and co-produced showcases, 1999-2005

Bi-national Project: Guest choreographer/anthropological consultant as member of UH Center for Choreography creative team in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Met with National Contemporary Dance Company of Yucatan and the Director of the Institute of Culture of Yucatan regarding long-term collaborative project with the Yucatan company, planning a bi-national performance and seminar, 2001

The Mud Muse Project: collaborated and co-taught children’s workshop, Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, Houston Contemporary Art Museum, 1998

Sustenance Project. Mentor to Gregory-Lincoln Education Center students in Liz Lerman Dance Exchange project, 1998

Guest Lecturer. Graduate Dance Program, University of Houston, June 1997

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The Dream Dance Workshop. Created and taught non-credit summer course to college students and community dancers, University of Houston. Guided participants through introspection and expressive interaction, vocal use, and artistic arrangements, 1996

CHOREOGRAPHY

2011 Beyond the Molting Season, Dancepatheatre, interdisciplinary collaboration with Lindsey Thompson, Natasha Manley, Neil Ellis Orts. Big Range Dance Festival, Barnevelder** And Then I Remember, Dancepatheatre, collaboration with Opera Vista, Bethany Christian Church**+ 2010 Tuesday, Exerpt., Dancepatheatre, Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, Barnevelder; Fieldwork Showcase, Barnevelder** Movement Study, Fieldwork Showcase, Barnevelder Letters You Wrote, Dancepatheatre, The Magnolia Ballroom**+ Gypsy Trio, Dancepatheatre, reworked from the Al Andalus Project, Danceplorations, Talento Bilingue de Houston** 2009 Five Tonadillas with Elementals, Dancepatheatre, Memories of Spain, Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts**+ We Live, Dancepatheatre, collaboration with poet/performer Donna Garrett, Caution: Women at Work, Barnevelder** My Story, Dancepatheatre, collaboration with poet/performer Donna Garrett, Caution: Women at Work, Barnevelder** Jazz, Dancepatheatre, collaboration with poet/performer Donna Garrett, Caution: Women at Work, Barnevelder** In My Lifetime, Dancepatheatre, collaboration with poet/performer Donna Garrett, Caution: Women at Work, Barnevelder** 2007 The Desirability of Babies: A Landscape, Dancepatheatre, concert length work, Artist Residency at Diverse Works* Al Andalus! The Legend, Dancepatheatre, concert length Phase I work, Barnevelder 2006 Eleven Backs, Rice Dance Theatre* Daughters of Mercury, San Jacinto College South Dancers* Body/Soul, Dancepatheatre, collaboration with writer/performance artist Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Range Dance Festival, Barnevelder** Life Museum, Part VII: Breasts X Censored, Dancepatheatre, BRDF** The Dancing Poetry Show, Dancepatheatre, Young Audiences of Houston** The Cosmic Planetary Show, Dancepatheatre, Young Audiences of Houston** 2005 Life Museum, Part VI: Calves, Dancepatheatre, Fieldwork Showcase** 2003 Life Museum, Part V: Ears, Dancepatheatre, Life Museum, Barnevelder**^ Life Museum, Part IV: Legs, Dancepatheatre, Life Museum, Barnevelder**^ Life Museum, Part III: Le Derriere, Dancepatheatre, Life Museum, Barnevelder** 2002 Life Museum, Part II: The Back, Dancepatheatre, Life Museum, Barnevelder** 2001 Legacy, San Jacinto College South Dancers* 2000 Life Museum, Part I: Feet, Dancepatheatre, Fieldwork, DiverseWorks** 1999 Endangered List, Jewish Community Center’s Dance Month: Gala Concert I* 1997 El Cerrojo (The Door Latch), University Dance Theatre; Chrysalis; Dancepatheatre 1996 Male and Female Created He Them, collaboration with composer Sharon Joy, Jewish Community Center’s Dance Initiative; Collaborations, Cullen P. Hall*+ Redemption Dance, collaboration with composer Ray Dillard, UDT*+ 1994 Single Urban Mother, Houston Dance Coalition, Houston International Festival* The Way of the Word, collaborative work with Laura Steckler, and composer Ray Dillard, Twelve Minutes Max, Diverse Works*+ 1993 Baptism, Several Dancers Core’s New Haven Series* Prelude to Night Sky, New Haven Series* 1992 Realm of Faith, Houston Dance Coalition

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1992 La Puerta, collaboration with co-choreographers Amy Ell, Sandra Marcello, Priscilla Nathan-Murphy, and Ronald Wright, Houston International Festval* Sweet Thought, Joan Karff’s New Dance Group* 1991 Search for the Knight of Swords, Several Dancers Core’s Six Contemporary Choreographers* 1990 My Safe Secret, Houston International Festival* Just Your Basic, Nice Little Codependent Couple, Houston Dance Coalition* 1988 Coming of Age in Shantytown, Joan Karff’s New Dance Group* Hooray for Hollywood, Jewish Community Center, director Mark Lit*+ 1987 Night Sky, Jewish Community Center’s Dance Month: Choreographers X Six,* The Fiddler’s Dance, Rice Dance Theatre* 1986 Those Dancin’ Shoes, co-choreographed with Pamela Husid, SDC’s SCC*+ Meditation #2, Houston Community College* 1984 Duet, Houston Contemporary Dance Company**^+ Life Manifest, Houston Contemporary Dance Company**^+ 1983 Blue Fugue, Houston Contemporary Dance Company**^+ Let Go But Still Here, Houston Contemporary Dance Company**^+ 1982 Zoot-Suit Suite, Academy Dancers** 1979-82 Solo Inspirational Series 1981 The Club (Eve Merriam), Main Street Theatre, Director Rebecca Green Udden*+ 1980 Occhechonia, for Houston Balalaika Society’s Balalaika ’80*+ Pas de Trois, Balalaika ’80*+

*commissioned work **resident choreographer ^commissioned composer +live music

PRODUCTIONS and PRESENTATIONS

2010 Danceplorations (Dancepatheatre showcase for itself and five independent choreographers), artistic director/choreographer/dancer for company works; curator, Talento Bilingue de Houston

2010 Letters you Wrote (Dancepatheatre production), artistic director/choreographer/dancer, The Magnolia Ballroom; collaboration with Foundation for Modern Music

2010 Scenes from Al Andalus (Dancepatheatre suite), Houston Peace Festival, Live Oak Friends Meeting

2009 What the Storm Brought Home (monologue), director for writer/performer Jere Pfister, Frenetic Fringe Festival, Frenetic Theater

2009 Memories of Spain (Dancepatheatre concert), artistic director/choreographer/dancer, Zilkha Hall of the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

2009 Caution: Women at Work (Dancepatheatre production), artistic director/collaborator/writer/ choreographer/dancer, for the International Women’s Day Soiree, Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex

2008 Al Andalus The Legend: Then and Now, Spain and Houston (Dancepatheatre lecture/multi-media presentation), artistic director/collaborator/speaker, Society for International Education, Training and Research (SIETAR)

2008 Music and Dance from Al Andalus! The Legend (Dancepatheatre lecture/performance), artistic director/writer/collaborator/choreographer/speaker, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana

2007 Al Andalus! The Legend (Dancepatheatre Phase I concert), artistic director/writer/ collaborator/ choreographer, Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex

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2007 The Desirability of Babies: A Landscape (Dancepatheatre concert length production; residency project) artistic director/choreographer, Diverse Works

2003 Life Museum (Dancepatheatre concert), artistic director/producer/choreographer/dancer, Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex

1998 Dance and Transformation in the New Millennium (panel discussion), organizer/mediator, American College Dance Festival (panelists included Deborah Hay)

1996 Collaborations Dance/Music Concert, producer/choreographer/dancer, Cullen Performance Hall, University of Houston

1990 Grab Bag Dancers (concert), producer/choreographer, Houston International Festival

PUBLICATIONS

Training Dancers, Arts Houston, Vol. 2, Number 12, December 2001, HDI Publishers, Houston.

Not (monologue), Family Matters: dissonance, deviation, confusion, connection, compiled by Elizabeth Gilbert, 2001.

Life Museum, Part I: Feet (text for dance), Family Matters: dissonance, deviation, confusion, connection, compiled by Elizabeth Gilbert, 2001.

Shock Value, Lessons Learned: A Multicultural Perspective, compiled by Gaye Lang, Ed.D., Waterbury, CT, Emancipation Press, 1999.

A New Order of Priests, Gnosis, A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions, No. 45, Fall 1997; Reproduction rights, SIRS, Inc. Renaissance Electronic Database, 1998; Citations, pg. 40; pg. 224: Inner Christianity, A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition, Richard Smoley, 2002, Boston, MA, Shambhala Publications, Inc.

EDUCATION AND HONORS

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, December, 1999 Summa Cum Laude, College of Social Sciences Dance Minor; accumulated thirty-seven hours in Dance, twelve hours in Music Student speaker finalist, General Commencement, 1999-2000 Study Abroad Program, Bourges, France, 1998

UNIVERSITY DANCE THEATRE ENSEMBLE, University of Houston, 1995-1998

Outstanding Student in Dance, School of Theatre, 1998 American College Dance Festival, 1997, 1998 Outstanding Choreographer Award, South Central Region, 1998 El Cerrojo (The Door Latch) choreography selected for National ACDF concert, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., 1998 Nominee: Dance Magazine Award, 1998

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:

Grants and Residencies 2010-2011 Houston Arts Alliance City Special Initiative Program Grant to support collaborative work with choreography by Sara Draper through Dancepatheatre 2010-2011 Houston Arts Alliance Artist Project Grant to support choreography by Draper through Dancepatheatre

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2009-2010 Houston Arts Alliance Artist Project Grant to support choreography by Draper through Dancepatheatre 2008-2009 Houston Arts Alliance Artist Project Grant to support choreography by Draper through Dancepatheatre 2006-2007 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist New Works Fellowship to support Draper’s choreography of Al Andalus! The Legend Phase I 2006-2007 DiverseWorks Houston Performing Arts Residency to support Draper’s choreography of The Desirability of Babies: A Landscape 1995-1996 Cultural Arts Council of Houston Creative Artist Program Artist Award for Choreography in recognition of past works (single annual award offered in this category)

Juried Commissions and Productions 2006 Legs, Texas Weekend of Contemporary Dance, Miller Outdoor Theater 2003 El Cerrojo (The Door Latch), TWCD, Miller Outdoor Theater 1996 Male and Female Created He Them, Jewish Community Center’s Dance Initiative 1994 The Way of the Word, Twelve Minutes Max, Diverse Works 1994 Baptism, Dance Houston Gala 1993 Prelude to Night Sky, Several Dancers’ Core, New Haven Series 1992 Realm of Faith, Dance Houston Gala 1991 Search for the Knight of Swords, Several Dancers Core, Six Contemporary Choreographers

SCHOLARSHIP: Summer Workshop, Ririe/Woodbury Dance Company, 1991 Snowbird, UT

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND MEMBERSHIPS

Contact Improvisation sessions with Leslie Scates, 2010 - present

Pilates open studio practice, Pilates Concepts of Houston, 2001 - present

Tap Dance Master Class, Space City Tap Fest, 2010

The Field Forward Network National Conference, New York City, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005

Collaborative session with Dr. Suzanne Oliver, San Jacinto College South, designing somatic-based modern warm-ups for students based on NDEO conference sessions, 2004

Modern dance summer workshop with Lori Yuill, Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex, 2004

Contact Improvisation Workshop, Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex, 2003

National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) Annual Conference University of Michigan, New Lansing, Michigan, 2004 Providence, Rhode Island, 2002

Contact Improvisation Workshop, University of Houston, 2002

TAPHERD (Texas Association for Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) Conferenece Presented choreography performed by students, Arlington, Texas, 2004 Presented choreography performed by students, Galveston, Texas, 2003 Presented choreography performed by students, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2002 Assisted student performers, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2001

Texas Institute for Arts in Education (TIAE), Teaching Artist Workshop, 2001

Artward Bound, Space for Choreographers, Spellman, Virginia, 2001

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Dialogue: Racism Intensive Weekend Workshop, Center for the Healing of Racism, 2001

Texas Dance and Drill Team Teachers Association Conference, 2001

Monthly Seminars, SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research), 2001

World Dance Houston, Houston Community College, 2000, 2001

Summer Workshop, Ririe/Woodbury Dance Company, 1991 Snowbird, UT

University of Houston, Dance Minor, 1995-1999

Inner Source Workshop, University of Houston, 1997

American Dance Festival: Professional Update, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1991

Dance and the Child International Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1991

Private Tap Lesson with Louie DaPron, Hollywood, California, 1984

ASSOCIATIONS

Dance Source Houston; The Field (New York, NY); Teaching Tolerance (Montgomery, AL)

INSTRUCTORS INCLUDE:

University of Houston faculty 1995-1999 Joanna Frieson: Dance History Karen Stokes: Modern Workshop, Accompaniment Technique Rebecca Valls: Modern III, Dance Production, Modern Workshop Dwight Shelton: Ballet Victoria Loftin: Modern III, Improvisation, Composition, Ensemble, Modern Workshop

Intensive workshop studies 1980-1991 Lynda Davis, Houston; Durham, North Carolina: modern, composition, theory Jose Greco, Nana Lorca, Houston: flamenco Bill Evans, four in Houston; Dallas; Port Townsend, Washington :modern, theory, tap Kitty Daniels, three in Houston; Dallas; Port Townsend, Washington: ballet Greg Lizenbury, three in Houston; Dallas; Port Townsend, Washington: Laban-Bartinieff Debbie Poulson, three in Houston; Dallas; Port Townsend, Washington: jazz Doug Nielson, Houston; Salt Lake City, Utah: modern Art Bridgman, Myrna Packard, Houston: modern Miguel Lopez, Houston: modern Trishe Casey, Houston: modern, somatics

Houston-based instructors 1984-1987 Christine Lidvall (Chrysalis Repertory Dance Company): modern, ballet 1980-1982 Farrell Dyde (Theatre Dance Unlimited): modern 1978-1985 Judy Robbins (Houston Academy of Dance): tap 1977-1990 Fred Strobel (Houston Ballet): ballet, character 1977-1982 James Clouser (Space/Dance/ Theatre): modern, ballet 1977-1981 Anita Dyche (Dyche-Yezer School of Ballet): ballet, pointe, character 1974-1981 Camille Long Hill (Discovery Dance Group): modern, partnering, tap 1972-1985 Evelyn Ireton (Houston Academy of Dance): ballet, jazz

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DISCIPLINES

Character/Composition/Classical Ballet/Contact Improvisation/Flamenco/Jazz/ Kinesiology/Laban Movement Analysis/Modern/Music/Pilates-Based Conditioning/ Pointe/Somatics/Tap/World Dance

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

COMPANY MEMBER

Dancepatheatre, 1999-2011(Founding Artistic Director, choreographer, dancer) 2011 Beyond the Molting Season, Big Range Dance Festival 2010 Tuesday, Excerpt.; Study, Fieldwork Showcase 2010 Tuesday, Excerpt., Texas Dance Improvisation Festival 2010 Not (monologue), Center for the Healing of Racisms’ Annual Juneteenth Ally Award Luncheon 2010 Gypsy Trio; Calves, Danceplorations 2010 Letters You Wrote, The Magnolia Ballroom 2006-2010 The Cosmic Planetary Show, various Houston area schools & dates 2009 The Back, solo, Memories of Spain Calves, solo, MICS Weekend of Contemporary Dance, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville Not (monologue); Calves, solo, Caution: Women at Work 2006 Body/Soul; Breasts X Censored, Big Range Dance Festival 2005 Calves, Fieldwork Showcase 2003 Ears; Le Derriere; The Back, Life Museum 2003 Feet, Field Trips, Links Hall, Chicago, Illinois 2002 The Back, Fieldwork Showcase, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 2001 Feet; Not, Family Matters: Dissonance, Deviation, Confusion, Connection, Midtown Art Center 2000 Feet, Fieldwork, Diverse Works 1999 Endangered List, Jewish Community Center’s Dance Month: Gala Concert I

Chrysalis Repertory Dance Company, 1984-1987 (Christine Lidvall, director)

New Dance Group, 1984-1985 (Joan Karff, director)

Houston Contemporary Dance Company, 1982-1984 (Lynn Reynolds, director)

Theatre Dance Unlimited, 1981 (Farrell Dyde, director)

Discovery Dance Group, 1974-1981(Camille Long Hill, director)

INDEPENDENT ARTIST

1997 Prelude to Night Sky, Arena Dancing, Farrell Dyde Dance Theatre, Houston Metropolitan Dance Center 1996 Male and Female Created He Them, Jewish Community Center’s Dance Initiative 1996 Male and Female Created He Them, The Way of the Word, Collaborations, Cullen Performance Hall, UH 1994 Single Urban Mother, Houston Dance Coalition, Houston International Festival The Way of the Word, Twelve Minutes Max, Diverse Works Baptism, Dance Houston Gala, Houston Dance Coalition, Cullen Hall, UH 1993 Baptism, Prelude to Night Sky, Several Dancers Core’s New Haven Series, Diverse Works 1992 Realm of Faith, Dance Houston Gala, Houston Dance Coalition, Cullen Hall, UH La Puerta, Dance Stage, Houston International Festival 1991 Dance Snowbird, Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort, Salt Lake City, Utah

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1990 My Safe Secret, Houston International Festival Just Your Basic, Nice Little Codependent Couple, HIF 1988 Hooray for Hollywood, Jewish Community Center, director Mark Lit 1987 Night Sky, Jewish Community Center’s Dance Month: Choreographers X Six 1986 Those Dancin’ Shoes, SDC’s Six Contemporary Choreographers 1980 Occhechonia, for Houston Balalaika Society’s Balalaika ’80 Pas de Trois, Balalaika ’80 1979-1982 Solo Inspirational Series Unity Church of Christianity St. Mary’s Seminary

GUEST APPEARANCES

1998 Sustenance Project, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, J.C.C., collaborator/dancer 1994 Darrell Pucciarello & Friends, (Darrell Pucciarello, director) 1984 Children’s Summer Concert Series, Cimarron Wind Quintet

1980-1981 Space/Dance/Theater, (James Clouser, director) Lollipop Concerts New Dances Cach Phrases 1978-1980 Texas Renaissance Festival, Magnolia, Texas, featured dancer/choreographer

FILM, TELEVISION, AND COMMERCIAL WORK

1985 Casino Nightclub, (nightly Broadway-style jazz dance shows) 1995 Say the Word Compact Computer industrial video commercial, Insight Productions 1989 Within the Rain Forest dance video, Mary Lynn Durbin (Joffrey Ballet, Milton Meyers), Access Houston Cable Corporation 1982-1984 Floor Shows To Go, Karn-Geislen Productions 1982 Frontier Days Festival, Huffman, Texas, Karn-Geislen Productions 1981-1984 The Green Room, KUHT-TV, Channel 8, five appearances 1981 Little Ol’ Show, KPRC-TV, Channel 2, Balalaika Orchestra, soloist

HOUSTON GRAND OPERA:

1990 Carousel 1989 The Mikado 1985 Eugene Oneagen 1983 Candide

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Board Member, Chrysalis Dance Company, 1995 Board Member, Houston Dance Coalition, 1991-1992 Dance Panelist, Houston Arts Alliance, 2006, 2007

CURRENT

Free-lance choreographer Adjunct Faculty, Houston Community College Spring Branch Movement Instructor for Advanced Opera Studies Class, Rice University Shepherd School of Music Tap Dance Instructor, the Jewish Community Center Tap Happy Owner/Instructor Fitness Instructor for seniors, independent Movement Coach/Choreographer for opera singers and companies, independent