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education
- 2002-2006 BA in Film, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Spring 2005 San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres department Made possible by the SFAI Presidential Grant
- 2002 Venice Art Institute, Venice, Italy. Obtained Baccalaureate degree with a specialization in painting.
Awards/Honors
- Original theater/dance/video piece "Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice" was selected to perform at the Skena UP International Theater and Film Festival in Pristina, Kosovo (November 10-17 2006), and received the New Spirit award for most original outreach in theater.
- "Digital Reinvention" Selected for the 2006 Renderyard Film Festival, London, UK
- Full tuition scholarship to American Dance Festival Six Week School, Durham, NC Summer 2006
- Cornell University Council For the Arts Outstanding Student Artist Award, May 2006
- STRAIGHT '69 selected for the regional finals of the Student Academy Awards 2006
- lot 63 grave c, which I co-edited with Sam Green (director of "The Weather Underground," 2003), screened at the following film festivals in 2006: Sundance, Black Maria, and San Francisco International Film Festival
- Cornell University's Charles B. Moss Scholarship for Speech and Drama, Fall 2005
- San Francisco Art Institute's Presidential Grant, Spring 2005
- Scholarship to Doug Varone and Dancers Summer Dance Workshop, SUNY Purchase, Summer 2003
video
- Fall 2005 Directed, shot, and edited "STRAIGHT '69"
- Summer 2005 Edited "lot 63, grave C"
- Spring 2005 Directed, shot, and edited "Digital Reinvention"
- Spring 2005 Directed, shot, and edited "Lisa Lozano in Process"
Dance/Theatre Choreography and Performance
- October 2006 Choreographed "Frames of Mind" involving four dancers and four televisions, for the Cornell University Council for the Arts, Ithaca, NY
- October 2006 Choreographed "Underwriting Companionship," a duet for Hollins University Fall Dance Gathering, Roanoke, VA
- July 2006 Choreographed and performed "Remote Commotion," a video-dance solo production, American Dance Festival, Durham, NC
- May 2006 Choreographed "Pill Popping Blues" for six dancers and an office chair, Cornell University
- May 2006 Choreographed and Performed the interactive solo "You Send Me," Cornell University
- March 2006 Conceived, choreographed, and created video accompaniment for "Lightning Never Strikes The Same Place Twice," Cornell University
- December 2005 Choreographed duet "Hold Me While I'm Naked," Cornell University
- Fall 2004 Co-directed, choreographed "Very Truly Yours" a Black Box Production, Cornell University
- Spring 2004 Choreographed and performed "Bach-in-a-Box" (solo) and "A Piece About Love in 3 Parts" (group piece) Cornell University
- July 2002 "Primitivism in the 20th Century" Baccalaureate Thesis Performance, Istituto Statale d'Arte di Venezia, Venice, Italy. Choreography and solo performance.
performance art
- Spring 2005 "Monitor Me" Studio 10 Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
- Spring 2005 "Gifted" Balazo Gallery, San Francisco
- Spring 2005 "Valentine Special" San Francisco Art Institute
- Fall 2004 "UnderCovers" Olin Library, Cornell University
- Fall 2004 "Please Stay" Ithaca City Cemetery Solo choreographed for artist and collaborator Kathryn Shearman
Dancer in
- September 2006 "Underground" choreographed by David Dorfman, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
- July 2006 "12" choreographed by Luis Garay, International Choreographers Commissioning Program, American Dance Festival
- May 2006 "That Sadness That Dissipates But Forever Remains Unresolved" choreographed by Byron Suber, senior lecturer at Cornell University
- May 2006 "Blue Horizon" choreographed by Jumay Chu, senior lecturer at Cornell University
- April 2006 Maria Calandra's Performance Installation "Enough to Know No Knowing," Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University
- March 2006 "Bench" choreographed by San Francisco-based Chris Black, Center for Performing Arts, Ithaca, NY
- May 2001 "Danza in Cortile" Courtyard performance for RAI Television, choreography by Luciana DeFanti, Venice, Italy.