​EXPERIENCE

 

Brooklyn Ballet  [2009-present]
Guest artist. Lynn Parkerson, Artistic Director.

 

the skeleton architecture, or the future of our worlds  [2016-present]
curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa for Danspace Project: Platforms 2016.

ongoing performances, residencies, and teaching engagements.

 

INSPIRIT, a dance company [2010-2013]
Company member. Christal Brown and Alexandra Joye Warren, Artistic Directors.
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Angela’s Pulse [2010]
Paloma and Patricia McGregor, Artistic Directors.
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VIA Dance Collaborative [2009]
The Seasons Project Dawn Poirier, Katy Swords, Adrienne Westwood, choreographers.
…of Paradise Dawn Poirier, choreographer.
 

University of Iowa [2007-2009]
Works by Armando Duarte, Jennifer Kayle, Charlotte Adams.
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Barnard College, Columbia University [2005-2006]
The Barnard Project at Dance Theater Workshop: Works by David Parker, Ori Flomin, Jeanine Durning.
Minor Latham Playhouse: Work by Donlin Foreman.

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EDUCATION + TRAINING​​



M.F.A.   Dance, Choreography emphasis, University of Iowa

              

               Modern dance with faculty Alan Sener, Armando Duarte, Jennifer Kayle, Charlotte Adams, Dawn Poirier.

               Ballet dance with faculty George de la Pena, Thaddeus Davis, Eloy Barragan, Deanna Carter.

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B.A.        Dance, Africana Studies, Magna Cum Laude​, Barnard College, Columbia University

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             Modern dance with faculty Mary Cochran, Donlin Foreman, Karla Wolfangle, Colleen Thomas.
               Ballet dance with faculty Katie Glasner, Kathryn Sullivan.
               Composition with Janet Soares, West African Dance with Maguette Camara, Jazz with Katiti King.
              

               Traditional Ghanaian dance with the national dance company, Ghana Dance Ensemble.

​               School of Performing Arts, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon                   

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               American Dance Festival