COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Ailey/Fordham University, cum laude
CHOREOGRAPHY:
2022 56th Assembly District Block Party Brooklyn, NY
2021 651Arts Online
2019 Dixon Place New York, NY
2018 NACHMO Showcase Brooklyn, NY
2017 Brooklyn Studio for Dance Residency Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Field: 30 on 30 New York, NY
2016 Detroit School of Performing Arts Detroit, MI
2013/2015 Brooklyn School of the Arts Brooklyn, NY
2014 Balasole New York, NY
2014 Escola de Danca-UFBA Salvador, Brazil
2014 Museu de Arte Moderna Salvador, Brazil
2013 Wow Café Theater New York, NY
2012 Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL
2012/2016 Detroit School of Performing Arts Detroit, MI
DANCE COMPANIES:
2010-2011 Urban Bush Women
2010-present Moving Spirits Dance Compnay
2010-2013 MBDance
2009-2019 Ase Dance Theater Collective
2018-Present Movement of the People Dance Company
2009-2012 Motionsickness/Sonic Leroy
2006-2016 Oru Oyo
PERFORMANCE:
2021/2022 Return and Go Seek (excerpt) STooPS BedStuy Annual Art
Crawl/Potomac Playground 2020 What's Left of Spring Judson Church, New York, NY
2019 Have (K)now Fear! A Bluessical ODC, San Francisco, CA
2016-2018 Demon Fruit Blues Harlemstage, Summerstage, Museum
of Contemporary Art Chicago New York NY
2016 El Iyawo Teatro Mellia, Havana, Cuba
2014 Balasole Ailey Citigroup, New York, NY
2013 Expressão Espaço Kriyacura, Salvador, Bahia- Brazil
2012 Black Jams Danspace, New York, NY
2011 MTV Best New Band Concert/Gyptian Best Buy Theater, New York, NY
2011 Black Culture Arts Festival Dakar/St. Louis, Senegal
2011 BAM Cafe/Adira Amram & the Experience Brooklyn, NY
2009-present Brooklyn Ballet Nutcracker Kings Theater, Brooklyn, NY
TRAINING:
Silvestre Summer Intensive Salvador, Bahia Silvestre technique & Orixas
Dos Aguas Dance Program Cuba Afro-Cuban Folklore and Popular
AWARDS: 2017 Brooklyn Studios for Dance Artist in Residence; 2018 BAX Space Grantee; 2018 Visiting Artist at Atlantic Center for the Arts; 2020/2021 The Neighborhood Project Resident Artist; 2022 Laundromat Project BedStuy Create Change Artist in Residence; 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow
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