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I am a choreographer, performer, dance filmmaker, and educator. 

My work for stage and film is rich in detail and rigor, with breathable space for improvisational choices within the choreographic inter-logic. This enables collaborators to contribute to the work their own ideas, experiences, and self-expression. In these terms, I value what artists offer throughout the creative process, and utilize these contributions in the collaborative formation of my pieces. I find that by emphasizing the artistic liberty of others, this process produces work that remains fluid and represents a broader range of voices, in turn, offering audiences a wider invitation to form their own connection to the work. 

 As an educator I believe in the power of dance, its creative possibilities, and the sense of community that blossoms across connections. My overarching goals as an educator are to promote proactivity, creative expression, and collaboration within a culturally relevant learning environment. I am thoughtfully committed to the rigor of this form, ever curious about what is currently relevant in the field, and dedicated to expanding my approach in engaging student identity into the learning experience. 

Abbreviated CV

Education

  • MFA in Dance - Texas Woman’s University - 2014

  • BFA in Dance - San Diego State University - 2010

Teaching

  • Austin Community College - Associate Professor - 2021-present

  • Texas Dance Improvisation Festival - Configuration Practice - Workshop in collaboration with Jordan Fuchs - Texas Woman’s University and University of North Texas - 2023, 2024

  • Bellevue College - Adjunct Faculty - 2018-2021

  • Tarrant County College (online) - Adjunct Faculty - 2015-2021

  • Rainier Dance Center - Faculty - 2018-2021

  • Dallas College Eastfield Campus (online) - Adjunct Faculty - 2014-2020

  • The Northwest School - Faculty (sabbatical replacement) - 2020

  • Velocity Dance Center - Substitute Instructor - 2017-2020

  • World Dance Alliance-Americas Regional Assembly - University of Texas at El Paso - 2019

  • Creative Dance Center - Guest Faculty - 2019

  • University of North Texas - Adjunct Faculty - 2015-2017

  • Texas Woman’s University - Graduate Teaching Assistant - 2012-2014

  • Bellart, CBA, Ballet Blanc - Santa Cruz, Bolivia - Guest Teacher - 2011

  • University of Zürich - Guest Teacher - 2009

Creative Residencies

  • 10 Degrees Artist in Residence - Seattle WA - 2019

  • International Young Choreographer Project - World Dance Alliance-Asia Pacific - Kaohsiung, Taiwan - 2015

  • Dallas College Richland Campus - Richland TX - 2015

Choreography

Dance Film

  • FilmFest by Rogue Dancer: OUtBreak Edition - Raleigh NC - 2020 - Nobody Signed Up For This

  • 12 Minutes Max: The 12 Second Edition - Seattle WA - 2020 - Nobody Signed Up For This

  • Seyr Festival - Tehran, Iran - 2019 - Three

  • São Carlos Videodance Festival - São Carlos, Brazil - 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 - Three, Ground, Non-repeat, Skin in the Grass

  • Iowa International Screendance Festival - The FilmScene - Iowa City, Iowa - 2017 - Ground

  • Jacksonville Dance Film Festival - Museum of Contemporary Art - Jacksonville FL - 2017 - Ground

  • Utah Dance Film Festival - SCERA Center for the Arts - Orem UT - 2017 - Ground

  • Oklahoma Dance Film Festival - Tulsa OK - 2015 - Non-repeat

  • Breaking8: Festival Internazionale di Videodanza - Teatro Auditorium Comunale - Cagliari, Italy - 2014 - Skin in the Grass

  • Dans Kamera Istanbul - Istanbul, Turkey - 2014 - Non-repeat

  • Agite y Sirva - Mexico City, Guadalajara, Puebla, Xalapa, Mexico - 2014 - Skin in the Grass

  • Festival International de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne - Le Creusot, France - 2014 - Skin in the Grass

Performance

  • First Street Studio Work in Progress Series - Choreography by Allysen Hooks - First Street Studio - Austin TX - 2024 - 3 Duets

  • Austin Dance Festival - Choreography by Alexa Capareda - Rollins Studio Theatre, The Long Center - Austin TX - 2024 - Miserylieu (part one and two)

  • POINT A (Andrew Schneider and Annie Saunders) - SXSW EX - The Long Center - Austin TX - 2024 - Eclipsing, a site-specific sound walk

  • BLiPSWiTCH - The Wolf House - Austin TX - 2024 - Unstill Life

  • Handle With Care, produced by ZATERO Dance - Choreography by Alexa Capareda - Cafe Dance - Austin TX - 2023 - Miserylieu (part two)

  • The Gray (Beth Terwilleger) - Seattle International Dance Festival - Broadway Performance Hall - Seattle WA - 2021 - I Just Need Some Space

  • Coriolis Dance - Dance film, recorded on Mercer Island WA - 2021 - Undiscovere’d Country

  • LanDforms - Cooped-Up, drive-in dances for cooped-up people - Seattle WA - 2020

  • Jessica Jobaris & General Magic - Base: Experimental Arts + Space - Seattle WA - 2019 - Orphans, Thieves, and other Unlived Lives

  • Jessica Jobaris & General Magic - Ten Tiny Dances - On the Boards - Seattle WA - 2019

  • The Gray (Beth Terwilleger) - Seattle International Dance Festival - Erickson Theatre - Seattle WA - 2019 - The Midsummer

  • Kinesis Project Dance Theatre - Central Waterfront - Seattle WA - 2019

  • The Gray (Beth Terwilleger) - Velocity Dance Center - Seattle WA - 2018 - The Midsummer

  • Coriolis Dance - Northwest Film Forum - Seattle WA - 2018 - What is Home an Obscure Kingdom an Opera Buffa It’s You Always You

  • Jordan Fuchs Company - Barnstorm Dance Fest - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH) - Houston TX - 2018 - Torsion

  • Jordan Fuchs Company - Dallas Dances - Dallas TX - 2018 - Torsion

  • RAD Fest - Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival - The Wellspring Theater - Kalamazoo MI - 2016

  • Jordan Fuchs Company - Austin Dance Festival - Austin Ventures Studio Theater/Ballet Austin - Austin TX - 2016 - Trace

  • Danielle Georgiou Dance Group - Aurora - Dallas TX - 2015

  • Danielle Georgiou Dance Group - Late Nights - Dallas Museum of Art - Dallas TX - 2015

  • Contemporary Ballet Dallas - Out of the Loop Festival - WaterTower Theater - Addison TX - 2015

  • Sarah Gamblin and Dancers - New Genre Arts Festival - Living arts of Tulsa - Tulsa OK - 2014

  • Big Rig Dance Collective - Black Box Theater - Denton TX - 2011

  • Buro Curious - The Sugar Factory, Volkskrantgebouw - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 2010, 2011

  • Petra Van Aken - Heim Thuis in Transvaal Festival, Rode Loper Festival - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 2010

  • Patricia Sandback - Art Gallery of Sushi, Contemporary Performance and Visual Art - San Diego CA - 2010

  • Martita Abril - Emerge Festival - San Diego CA - 2009

  • University Dance Company (San Diego State University) - Tanzschule Czerner Dance Academy - Konstanz, Germany - 2009

  • University Dance Company (San Diego State University) - University of Zürich - Zürich, Switzerland - 2008