Choreographer/Teacher/Off-Ice Dance Coach: Miami University Open Collegiate Synchronized Skating Team, Present—2012, Miami University, OH
Research Interests
My research has shifted a bit over the last 5 years from merging elements of Brazilian culture and music, perception of women, and how these elements collide and complement women’s issues in the US, to empowering students to draw movement ideas from themselves. The stimulation for the movement is organic and true, not imposed on them from the outside.
Many Miami students come from backgrounds where many decisions are made for them. Empowering them to make personal choices has been very frightening for some and positively life-altering for others. This movement is then manipulated by me and structured to fit within the framework of the choreographic theme. The dancers are able to physically, viscerally, and visually experience the power of having their personal expression utilized in the dance.
Selected Recognition and Awards
2024 Miami University Distinguished Service Award. One of only 2 recipients in the University to receive the honor.
2025 Miami University’s Senior Varsity Synchronized Skating team won Fifth Place at the Mozart Cup, Jan. 18 in Salzburg, Austria. I was responsible for all the performance coaching and some added choreography.
2025 Miami University’s Open Collegiate Synchronized Skating Team won First Place at the Midwestern Competition, Kalamazoo, MI, Feb. 1.
2025 Miami University’s Collegiate Synchronized Skating Team won First Place at the Midwestern Competition, Kalamazoo, MI, Feb. 1.
2025 Miami University’s Collegiate Synchronized Skating Team won First Place at the Tristate’s Competition, Mentor, OH, Feb. 15.
2025 Miami University Collegiate Synchronized Skating team. Synchronized Skating National Competition, Colorado Springs, CO, Feb. 28, additional choreography for the Collegiate Team’s Free Skate, Gold Medal.
2025 Miami University Senior Varsity Synchronized Skating team. Synchronized Skating National Competition, Colorado Springs, CO, March 1, additional choreography for the Senior Team’s Free Skate, Silver Medal.
