Professional Developments & Performance Highlights

Professional Developments:

  • 2016 Staged reading of, “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” as adapted by Alex Levy at the Lee Strasberg Institute for Film and Theater, NYC in the role of art therapist
  • 2016 Introduced Charlie Chaplin film, “Limelight” at The Rubin Museum of Art, NYC
  • 2015 Movement Faculty at The New School for Drama: Summer Acting Intensive
  • 2015 Laban Movement Analysis Module 1 certification at Laban/Bartieneff Institue of Movement Studies, NYC
  • 2014 Nominated for Distinguished University Teaching Award at New School University, School for Drama
  • 2014 to present, serve as AT support and movement coach for graduate student directors and playwirights full length thesis productions in New Vision and New Voices festivals at New School for Drama
  • 2014 Presented workshop, “Bringing the AT to Developing a Production of, As You Like It” with director, Stephen Fried and colleague, Cynthia Reynolds at Freedom to Act conference, NYC
  • 2013 Worked with New School of Drama Classics directors- Casey Biggs and Stephen Fried- on Integrating the AT in productions of As You like it and Macbeth – NYC
  • 2013 Taught at The Dalton School, introductory classes to high school seniors in the Acting and Directing tracks – NYC
  • 2013 Developed together with Ann Rodiger and Belinda Mello, Freedom to Act: Acting and the Alexander Technique, a conference of twenty-five AT faculty with extensive Movement and Acting background who shared their developments at integrating the AT in rehearsal, performance, and on the film set – Nola and Shetler Stuidos, NYC
  • 2012 Co-taught “Movement for Actors” classes with NYU’s Atlantic Theater Co faculty, George Russell as a summer workshop developing dance technique, improv skills, and exploring movement with text – NYC, NY
  • 2012 Taught workshop, “Finding the Spine of Characters” at Red Bull Theater’s spring intensive – NYC, NY
  • 2012 Assisted Jean Taylor teach a Clown Workshop as informed by the Alexander Technique – The Barrow Group – NYC, NY
  • 2012 “Cultivating a Lively Use of Tension; the synergy between Acting and the Alexander Technique” an article published in Journal of Theater, Dance, and Performance Training by Routledge Publishers – Oxford, UK
  • 2012 Developed and produced together with Ann Rodiger and Belinda Mello, Freedom to Act; Acting and the Alexander Technique, a conference of twenty-six AT faculty coming together to share pedagogical developments made teaching in drama departments and conservatory trainings throughout the US and Canada – Shetler Studios, NYC
  • 2010 nominated for Distinguished University Teaching Award at New School University, School for Drama
  • 2008-2011 Weekly meetings with colleague, Belinda Mello- Movement faculty at Brooklyn College, NY; together we have shared hands-on work, discussed our teaching, developed pedagogy, taught workshops and are co-authors
  • 2008 Assisted at Alexander Techniek Centrum, Paul Versteeg and Tessa Marwick – Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2005-present Alexander Technique faculty as part of the Acting Department at The New School for Drama, a MFA program part of The New School – NYC, NY
  • 2000 Taught workshops at Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater- NYC, NY
  • 1996-2002 Alexander Technique faculty at G.A.T.E.- NYC, NY
  • 1996 Private lessons and assisted at Carrington Training Center- London, UK
  • 1995-2005 Alexander Technique faculty at The Actor’s Studio MFA Program at The New School- NYC, NY
  • 1995-present Private lessons and workshops with international and US senior AT teachers
  • 1995 Graduate of the American Center for Alexander Technique – NYC, NY
  • 1990-2007 Taught weekly dance, movement and yoga classes – Brooklyn, NY
  • 1987 Graduate of Sarah Lawrence College (Art History, Aesthetics, Dance) – Bronxville, NY

Performance Highlights:

  • 1992 Ron Brown’s Evidence Dance Theater – Theater 80 at St Mark’s, NYC
  • 1991 Susan Marshall (choreography) and Francesca Zambello (director) of Los Angeles Opera production of “Les Troyens” by Berlioz at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion- Los Angeles, CA
  • 1991 Amiel Malale and Dancers – The American Dance Festival (Premier of commission) – Duke University, NC
  • 1990 Marguerita Guergue and Dancers – The Kitchen (Bessie Award) – NYC, NY
  • 1989 Bessie Schoenberg Composition workshop, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival – Lenox, MA
  • Residencies at: Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Vassar College, Bard College, SUNY Buffalo.
  • Choreographers: Melanie Lien from Pina Bausch, David Dorfman, Mark Morris, Ann Calson, Marguerita Guergue, Jennifer Sargent
  • 1988-1991 CodanceCo – NY, NY (DIA Art Foundation, Dance Theater Workshop, PS122)
  • 1988 Byron Suber, “On Top of Blueberry Hill” – La Mama Cabaret, NYC, NY
  • 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics Cultural Oympiad Festival – Performance Arts program
  • 1980-1981 Pennsylvania Ballet – Philadelphia, PA
  • 1979-1980 North Carolina School of the Arts – Winston-Salem, NC
  • 1977-1978 (summers at American Ballet Theater) Ballet Rep II – NY, NY
  • 1975-1977 Goleta Civic Ballet (Regional Ballet Company) – Santa Barbara, CA