CHOREOGRAPHER

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HIGHLIGHTS

Sylvan Esso "Parad(w/m)e" Music Video

Weird Al Yankovich "Smells Like Nirvana" Live at the State

Lizzo Red Bull Sound Select Tour w/ SZA 

Eaux Claires Music Festival Choreographer-in-Residence

Har Mar Superstar “It Was Only Dancing (Sex)” MV

Prof "Time Bomb" Music Video

Lizzo/Grrrl Prty @ Paisley Park – Prince’s HITnRUN Album Release Party

Lizzo Big Grrrl Small World Tour w/ Jason Derulo / St. Paul & the Broken Bones /  My Morning Jacket

DIRECTOR

VIDEO

Duckwrth "Boy"  +  Remo Drive "Blue Ribbon"  +  Gladius James "Too Bad" +  Household "Don't Listen to Me"  +  Weary One "Lock In < Tred" + Weary One "She > Factory"  +  MSP Airport Foundation Spot  +  Monsieur Adi  "Desire"  +  Envision Fall 16 Designer Videos + Agent Max + Reinas Unidas Queens United Spot  +  Remo Drive "I'm My Own Doctor" 

EVENT

Public Functionary x Hotrocity Takeover  + Hollywoodland @ The Southern Theater + Project Runway's Olivier Green FW12 Presentation +  Fashion Dance for Life II @ The IDS Center +  Hangzhou Dance Showcase @ Binjiang Auditorium + Fashion Dance for Life I @ The Lab Theater. 

PHOTO/EDITORIAL (ART DIRECTION)

Ones To Watch "Good Old Boys" Fashion Editorial   //  Lavender Magazine Christopher Straub  +  Shamir  + Monsieur Adi  +  Adore Delano. +. Emily Trevor  +  "Denim Distilled" Fashion Editorial  //  Jon Magazine "Boy Band" Fashion Editorial  //   Nu-Mode Journal  Shaun Ross  +  Mark Indelicato (Ugly Betty)  +  The Spin Doctors  +  Meital Dohan (Weeds)  + Kandyse McClure (Battlestar Galactica)  +  Andrea Boehlke (Survivor)  +  Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobsen (Broad City)  +  Diandra Forrest  +  Brendan Fallis (DJ)  + Coco & Breezy (Designers)  + Shawn Pyfrom (Desperate Housewives)  +  Cole Escola (Comedian)  +  Javier Ninja (Choreographer)  +. Auston Bjorkman (Sir NY, Designer)  +  Armando Cabral (Model/Designer)  +  Raja/Sutan Amrull (RuPaul’s Drag Race)

DANCE EDUCATOR 

2011-2015

Mainstreet School of Performing Arts – Hopkins, MN

Show Choir Instructor

Barton Open School – Minneapolis, MN 

Hip-Hop Guest Teacher

Zenon Dance School – Minneapolis, MN 

Hip-Hop Guest Teacher

Safari Summer Arts Camp – Brooklyn Center, MN

Director of Dance Programing 

Hangzhou N. 2 High Schools – Hangzhou, China

Co-Director of Dance Programming

Main Street School of Performing Arts – Hopkins, MN 

Modern & Jazz Technique Instructor

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Cities

Hip-Hop Instructor & Program Organizer

OTHER FORMATIVE EXPERIENCES

Casting Director @ Sinema Films (NYC/LA) 2015 - Present Casting for commercials primarily. Clients included Martha Stewart Living, Beauty Blender, Band Du Binary, Hell Energy, and more!  Highlights were casting Santa Clause for Band Du Binary and casting a vibrant VO5 Salon spec in Soho! 

High-End Brand Ambassador @ Eye-5 Marketing (NYC) 2011 - 2013 Worked at private events for high end clients including Chanel, Samsung, Virgin Mobile, FujiFilm, Conde Nast, Swarovski, and Lady Gaga.  Highlights were working with Wired Magazine on the launch of a one-month pop-up shop in Soho and working as a staffing lead on the Midwest leg of the Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour. 

Modeling, Acting, & Dancing Abroad (MN, NYC, & CHINA) 2009 - 2014 Spending the first of my adult years modeling, acting, and performing between New York, Minneapolis, and Shanghai, gave me the privilege to work with so many incredible artists and glean what I could from the way each of them approached the pursuit of excellence in their craft. Highlights of my time abroad were walking in Shanghai Fashion, guesting on several episodes of a Koean Soap Opera, Fashion King, as well as campaigns and editorials for 16eme Nord, Adidas, Fairwhale, Shake, and Woodchuck USA.