Colleges and Universities:
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (currently) - Hollywood, CA
Core Faculty / Head of Movement Department / 2nd Year coordinator / Accreditation Liaison - Faculty since 1993:
Movement for the Actor I & II, Dance for the Actor, Period Dance, Musical Theater, & Tap
Physical Acting for Summer Encore Program, Drama Educators Workshops
Director / Choreographer – Several productions
Occidental College - Los Angeles, CA
Adjunct Professor – 8 years:
Beg. & Int. Jazz and Tap – Spring semester 2004–2012
Movement for the Actor: Social Dances – Fall semester 2007–2009
Guest Choreographer – The Hostage, Mid–Summer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, The Mikado, Hair,
You Never Can Tell
U.C. Irvine: School of Fine Arts – Irvine, CA
Adjunct Professor:
Graduate Movement A & B – Spring quarter 2008
Undergrad. Musical Theatre Dance – Winter quarter 2003 & 2004
Guest Teacher – Intro to Musical Theatre Dance for the Graduate Actor - 2003
Musical Theatre Dance –Spring 2002
Guest Choreographer - Chicago, Hot Tkts., The Theater Songs of Maltby and Shire, The Music of Rogers and Hart
U.C.L.A. - Los Angeles, CA
Guest Lecturer for 3 years:
“Choreography at Different Educational Levels”
Guest Choreographer in association with Robert Reed: “Elizabethan Dances”
Glendale Community College - Glendale, CA
Guest Artist – Musical Theatre Dance – 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA
Guest Choreographer – Cabaret 2000, Cabaret 2001, Cabaret 2002
Pasadena City College - Pasadena, CA
Guest Choreographer – Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Sound of Music, Gypsy
Vonder Haar Performing Arts Center/ Ballet Petit - La Cañada, CA
Faculty (11 years): Tap (all levels), Musical Theatre Dance, Pilates, & Yoga
Le Studio - Pasadena, CA
Weekly Instructor (3 years): Musical Theatre Dance & (Substitute Instructor for Tap)
Debbie Reynolds Studios - North Hollywood, CA
Substitute Instructor: Tap (all levels)
Monrovia Dance Center - Monrovia, CA
Weekly Instructor (1 + years): Tap
Tremaine Dance Center - North Hollywood, CA
Faculty (1+ years): Tap (all levels)
Moro-Landis Studios - Studio City, CA
Weekly Instructor (2+ years): Tap (all levels)
Pasadena Civic Ballet Center – Pasadena, CA
Faculty (1+ years): Tap & Master Classes in Jazz
3rd Street Dance Academy - Los Angeles, CA
Faculty (1 year): Tap (all levels)
Professional School for the Arts - Torrance, CA
Frequent Guest Instructor: Theater Dance & Tap
Looking Glass Studio of Performing Arts (Tap Camp 2000 & 2001) - San Bernadino, CA
Master Instructor: Tap (all levels)
Screenland Studios - Burbank, CA
Master Instructor: “Audition Techniques for the Professional”
Dance Theatre Workshop - Chattanooga, TN
Master Instructor: Jazz, Tap, Dances through the Decades, Choreography & Audition Techniques
The Performing Arts Center - Van Nuys, CA
Master Instructor (Dance Day 1993 & 1994): Tap
La Salle High School - Pasadena, CA
Faculty for 18 years:
Numerous Dance Styles & Dance History
*Recipient of 2012-2013 Signum Fidei Award for Outstanding Service
Arcadia High School - Arcadia, CA
Staff Choreographer for 2 years – Chanteurs & New Spirit (Competition Show Choirs)
Tri-School Conservatory - Anaheim, CA
Staff Instructor (2 years) – Jazz & Movement for Actors
Choreographer – Yearbook *1st Place, International Theatre Festival
High School for the Performing Arts - Chattanooga, TN
Master Instructor – Audition Techniques for Musical Theater
Girls Preparatory School - Chattanooga, TN
Lecture / Demonstration – “Aspects of Choreography”
Beverly Hills High School - Beverly Hills, CA
Marymount High School - Los Angeles, CA
Loyola High School - Los Angeles, CA
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy - La Cañada / Flintridge, CA
Guest Choreographer – assorted productions
· Adjudicating:
CA Alliance for Arts Education - Emerging Young Artists Awards
Adjudicator 2003 – 2006 – All styles of Dance
Encore 2006 – California Show Choir Competition
Showmanship Adjudicator
Czar Productions Dance Competitions
Frequent Adjudicator since 2004 – All styles of Dance (all levels and ages)
Showstopper National Dance Championships
Frequent Adjudicator since 2000 – All styles of Dance (all levels and ages)
State Dance Championships
Adjudicator since 2001 – All styles of Dance (all levels and ages)
1997 Fosse Awards
Adjudicating panel – Film and Television choreography
Surrey Dance Festival 1997 - Surrey, B.C.
Adjudicator – Tap, Stage, Song and Dance (all levels & ages)
British Columbia Annual Dance Competition 1995 - Prince Rupert, B.C.
Adjudicator – Tap, Jazz, Stage, Song and Dance (all levels & ages)
Southern California Theatre Festival - Fullerton, CA
Adjudicator – Dramatic Monologues, Musical Theatre Scen
Pasadena Dance Festival – 2008 - 2012
Broadway Tap Master Class
Campbell Hall (Building Human Community Days) – Studio City CA
Lecture/Demonstrations: “The Charleston” – Spring 2011
“The History of Tap Dancing” –Spring 2007, Fall 2007 & 2009
California Dance Educators’ Association Conference 2003 – Long Beach, CA
Master Instructor – Musical Theatre
Newport Harbor Academy of Dentistry (Cultural Enrichment Series) - Newport Beach, CALecture / Demonstration – “The History and Art of Tap Dancing”
U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific (Elmendorf Air Force Base) - Anchorage, AK
Master Instructor – Jazz
Long Beach Civic Light Opera Youth Conservatory - Long Beach, CA
Faculty (6 years) – Acting Improvisation, Jazz & Tap
Choreographer – Several Productions
Gooden School: Theatre Arts Enrichment Program - Sierra Madre, CA
Week-long Workshop – Improvisation/Theatre Games for K - 8th grades
SPAN Workshop for Teachers - Chattanooga, TN
Lecture / Demonstration – “Education and Movement”
Atlanta Workshop Players (Annual Theater / Dance Camp) - Atlanta, GA
Faculty (1 year) –Tap, Jazz, Movement for Actors, & Theater Games
Oasis: Arts for the Elderly - Long Beach, CA
Faculty & Show Director for 2 years – Movement
Tennessee All State - Chattanooga, TN
Guest Lecturer – “Teaching Students How to Audition”
“Choreography for High School Level”