Resume

MA Dance (1984 - present)

  • Dance director, choreographer, and instructor for dance camps teaching and mentoring youth
    throughout the United States.

  •  Officer Dance Camp Executive Staff – create curriculum, plan and organize the event

  •  Direct and create curriculum for Dance Camps

  •  Supervise and train dance camp instructors on teaching methods and motivational skills.

  •  Organizing and building educational director workshops for professional development

  •  Regional and National judge for dance team & studio all-star dance competitions

  •  Choreographer and special technical workshops for high school and college dance teams

  •  Texas Dance Educators’ Association convention instructor for Jazz, Modern, Improvisation, Specialized dance education classes. TDEA, D.E.A.L adjudicator and committee member

  •  Capital One Bowl Half Time collaboration with choreography and instruction

  •  Award-winning choreographer for solo, officer and team dance competitions

  •  Adjudicator for high school, middle school, and college dance team auditions

  •  USASF Dance Worlds Judge 2016

Austin Community College (1993 - present)

  • Faculty member, Department of Dance; Instructor for Jazz, Modern, Dance Production and Dance
    Performance Workshop courses. Guiding and directing students toward associates degrees in Dance

  • ACC Student Dance Company Advisor

  • Assist with organizing and teaching dance auditions, producing and directing ACC Choreographers’ Showcase

  • Travel and direct students attending the American College Dance Association Conference

  • Attending and facilitating college outreach and recruitment representing the ACC Dance Department

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company (2005 - 2019)

  • Rehearsal Director and special projects regarding choreography

  • Rehearse, tour and perform with the company

  • Board member -Producer and planning committee for the Austin Dance Festival

  • Director and Producer of the Austin Dance Festival Youth Edition ages 13 - 18

Blue Lapis Light Aerial Dance – Site-Specific Dance Company (January 2017 - present)

  • Choreographer and aerial dance performer

  • Assistant and lead instructor for dance auditions, rehearsal director and managing dancers

Austin Independent School District (1998 - 2000 and present)

  • Presently a Contract dance instructor, Masterclass instructor, and choreographer for special projects

  • Dance Team Director for the Austin High School Red Jackets (1998 - 2000)

  • Guest Dance teacher for the Fine Arts Department professional development

Leap of Joy - Non-profit organization (2014 - present)

  • Board of Directors, Assist with hiring dance instructors for after-school at-risk youth programs for AISD

  • Volunteer as a dance instructor for the programs and volunteer for all fundraisers and productions

“Miss Congeniality” | Fortis Films Production (May 2000 - Sept. 2000)

  • Assistant Choreographer for the pageant segment of the film

  • Assisted with auditions concerning casting and technical dance movement

  • Assisted with choreography, staging, rehearsals, and performances for the film

Sharir Dance Company (1989 - 1999)

  • Company school Jazz dance instructor

  • Daily modern and ballet technical dance training classes and rehearsals

  • Collaborative choreography with fellow dancers

  • Extensive touring in the U. S., France, and Mexico

  • Danced in works by Yacov Sharir, Heywood “Woody” McGriff of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company,

    Jose Bustamante, Ohad Naharin, David Dorfman, Doug Varone, and many more

Director of Choreography

  • Blanton Museum of Art- Exhibition Opening of Andy Warhol Austin, TX

  • The opening of the JW Marriott Austin, TX

  • Essential Oils World Convention in Dallas, TX

  • Rodan+Fields convention in Austin, TX

  • Texas CASA conferences (Volunteer Special Projects)

EDUCATION & AWARDS

The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Arts in Dance, 1991

  • Featured performer with Dance Repertory Theater

  • Featured performer at the American College Dance Festival, earning special recognition and a scholarship to San Diego’s Dancers Workshop

Kilgore College
Associate of Fine Arts, 1984 - 1986
Kilgore College Rangerette Lieutenant and Swingster

  • Dean’s List, Phi Theta Kappa, Who’s Who in Dance

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