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WORK EXPERIENCE - since 2002

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Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts

Hickory, NC (2021 - present)

  • Faculty member 

  • Rehearsal mistress

  • Teach advanced classical ballet technique and pointe.

  • Choreographer - Sugar Plum Fairy, Ugly Duckling

 

Hudson Uptown Building Dinner Theatre

Hudson, NC (2022)

  • Choreographer - Cotton Patch Gospel

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Harper House/ Hickory Historic Museum Fundraiser (2023)

  • Choreographer - The Charleston

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Hickory Museum of Art Fundraiser (2024)

  • Choreographer - The Aerialist

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Valverde School of Performing Arts

Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. ( 2012 - 2021)

  • Faculty member.

  • Teach classical ballet from ages 9 to adults.

  • Choreograph annual summer performances.

  • In-charge of evaluation and promotion of students.

  • Organize and manage summer intensive ballet classes.

  • Teach private lessons.

  • Teach Yoga Level I.

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Young Americans College of Performing Arts  

Corona, Ca. ( 2014 - 2020 )

  • Dance Department Chair and faculty member.

  • Teach classical ballet to college students.

  • Teach yoga and stretch for dance conditioning.

  • Build curricula with course objectives.

  • Build comprehensive syllabi with student learning objectives.

  • Create assessment tools to reflect course objectives.

  • Evaluate students through midterm and final exams.

 

Summer Intensive Guest Teaching:

Westlake School For the Performing Arts (2016) - SanFrancisco, Ca.

Inland Pacific Ballet Academy (2014) – Montclair, Ca.

Ballet Pacifica Conservatory (2003) - Irvine, Ca.

Choreographed for Ballet Pacifica's Children Series 

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Professional Development:

David Howard Teacher's Workshop (2005)

Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) Certified (2018)

Registered Yoga Teacher - 200h with Yoga Alliance (2020)

 

Ballet Training:

Formative years – trained in Manila, Philippines under the Royal Academy of Dance School (R.A.D.). Completed and passed all examinations (children to advance levels) required by the R.A.D. London.

 

Professional years – trained under various teachers in the Philippines, Canada and United States. Most recent influences are Molly Lynch, Janek Schergen, David Allan and Alaine Haubert

 

Education:

Chaffey Community College - 2021

Associate of Science in Gerontology

 

San Diego Miramar College 2020

Yoga Teacher Certificate of Performance

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California State University, Fullerton 2008

Bachelor of Science in Human Services

Summa Cum Laude

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PERFORMING EXPERIENCE - 1981 - 2002

 

Dance Theater Philippines (1979 to 1984) - Manila, Philippines

Berkeley Ballet Theater (1984) - Berkeley, California

Ontario Ballet Theater (1984 to 1989) - Toronto, Canada

Ballet Pacifica (1989 to 2002) - Irvine, California

 

Worked with notable choreographers:

David Allan, Douglas Becker, Colin Connor, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, AnnMarie de Angelo, Eddie Elejar, Tony Fabella, 

Phillip Jerry, Jim Jones, Lambros Lambrou, Sean Lavery, 

Jean-Grand Maitre, Rick McCullough, Trey McIntyre, 

Stephen Mills, Molly Lynch, Kirk Peterson, Peter Pucci, 

Felicitas Radaic, Robert Sund, Sally Streets, Paul Vasterling, Michael Vernon, Steve Villaruz, and many more.

 

Performed principal roles in:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Giselle, Graduation Ball, Les Sylphides, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, 

The Nutcracker

 

Performed principal works by:

George Balanchine, Antony Tudor and Choo -San Goh

 

Guest Artist with:

Ballet Montmarte, Ballet Philippines, Festival Ballet Theatre and West Hawaii Dance Theatre.

 

 

 

 

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