Growing up in Barre, Vermont and competing in high jump and hurdles on the track team (high school) and dive team in the summers, I eventually found my way to formal dance classes at Northern Vermont University (formally Johnson State College). Inspired by my first dance professor, Maris Wolf, I remember thinking "What? You can get a college degree in dance?" So, I transferred to the University of Maryland College Park to earn a B.A. in Dance Performance then moved to NYC to dance professionally and pursue a Masters in Dance Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. I was fortunate to dance witeading post-modern dance companies including: Bill T. Jones, Stephen Petronio and Pooh Kaye and the dance form of contact improvisation.  Read more

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