Mock Competition Judge, 03/2016 － 03/2016DIANE POWELL - DANCE BIZ COMPETITION TEAM － WEST VALLEY, UT
Assign titles of "Best Costume", "Best Personality", "Best Choreography" and "Overall High Score" within age/style category.
Produce constructive corrections with annotation to further dancers' improvement prior to formal competition.
Observe individual solos, duets, trios and group pieces, and score on scale from 0-100 points in relation to costuming, technique execution, showmanship, etc.
Studio Desk Manager, 08/2014 － 05/2015KELLY MONAHON - ALPINE DANCE ACADEMY － FRISCO, CO
Social promotion of studio through forums such as Facebook and Instagram.
Artistic responsibilities including creation of handmade props and costumes, photography for and design of annual yearbook.
Hold responsibility for all studio administrative duties: student registration, attendance records, cataloguing employee hours, answering questions over phone and email, processing payments and organizing bank statements, among other expectations.
Maintain integrity of studios with near-daily cleaning of floors, mirrors, doors, barres, etc.
Teaching Assistant, 09/2012 － 05/2015
Maintain integrity of classroom with equal measures of discipline and kindness.
Create kinesthetic metaphors to simplify lessons and enhance student understanding.
Provide students with class-wide and individual corrections as extension of the instructor's notes.
Demonstrate the given technique taught by instructor, coupled with the verbalization of vocabulary and counts.
Education
MayUNIVERSITY OF UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY, UT Physical Therapy MFA Candidate
May 2015SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL － FRISCO, COHigh School Diploma
Honors student throughout entirety of high school, pursuing Advanced Placement classes, International Baccalaureate courses and Pre-Medical work.
University of Utah Department of Modern Dance - Completed 2 semesters of Modern Dance Technique and Ballet Technique, and 1 semester of Conditioning, Improvisation, Jazz, Laban and Barteneiff Movement Fundamentals, Composition and Elements of Music.
Salt Lake City Ballet - 4 total weeks of Vaganova Ballet, Pointe, Repertoire, Conditioning and Modern Dance intensive. 1 month of attendance within invitation-only Pre-Professional Ballet class.
Broadway Dance Center - 2 weeks total training. Roughly 60 total hours allocated towards previously mentioned techniques.
Alpine Vibes (Competitive Dance Company) - Position held for 6 years. 1+ convention attended each year 24/7, IDC, NYCDA, Jump, LADM, etc...) 2 day events, 5 total hours of Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Tap, Hip Hop per day.
Alpine Dance Academy - 6 years Ballet, Tap and Jazz experience. 5 years Pointe, Modern/Contemporary, Musical Theater and Hip Hop Experience. Instructors included Kelly Monahon, Alyssa Hibbin, Sara Skinner, Jessica Bellflower and Abbey Austin.
Rocky Mountain Dance Academy - 1 year of Ballet, Tap and Jazz experience. Instructor: Kelly Monahon
Art of Dance - 5 years of Ballet, Tap and Jazz experience. Instructor: Denise Moser Spokane Ballet - 1 year of Ballet experience.
Personal Information
Dedicate my life to personal growth within my utmost passion and allow dreams to become reality, all while aiding those around me.
Explore therapeutic qualities of dance in the scope of medicine, made possible by pursuit of a Physical Therapy Masters degree.
Seek further opportunities for growth, audition for companies, interview for teaching positions.
Become the best dancer I can, physically, technically and mentally.
AWARDS AND HONORS April 2016 - Recipient of the University of Utah Department of Modern Dance's $300 scholarship for Repertory Dance Theatre's "Summerdance 2016".
July 2016 - Invited to attend highly selective pre-proffessional Vaganova ballet class at Salt Lake City Ballet.
April 2016 - Recipient of the "Florence Nightingale Excellence in Future Nursing" Award
April 2015 - Recipient of the $3,000 Summit Foundation Scholarship, $500 Summit High School Scholarship and $500 Breckenridge Elementary Scholarship
2015 Semi-Finalist for International Dance Challenge's "International Dance Idol" following performance of self-choreographed contemporary solo. High Gold award and invitation to national competition included.
2015 recipient of Anthony Russo's $500 scholarship for 24/7 Dance Convention's "Dancer Palooza".
Seven-year recipient of the Summit Dance Fund scholarship for outside dance opportunities.
CAREER OBJECTIVE Dedicate my life to personal growth within my utmost passion and allow dreams to become reality, all while aiding those around me. Explore therapeutic qualities of dance in the scope of medicine, made possible by pursuit of a Physical Therapy Masters degree. Seek further opportunities for growth, audition for companies, interview for teaching positions. Become the best dancer I can, physically, technically and mentally.
